# Miss Universe 1998

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47th Miss Universe pageant

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Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam Date 12 May 1998 Presenters Jack Wagner Ali Landry Julie Moran Entertainment K-Ci & JoJo Sunland Venue Stan Sheriff Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Broadcaster CBS (KGMB) Entrants 81 Placements 10 Debuts Angola Withdrawals Bermuda Iceland Turks and Caicos Islands Returns Ghana Great Britain Guam Japan Netherlands Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Yugoslavia Winner Wendy Fitzwilliam Trinidad and Tobago ← 1997 1999 →

**Miss Universe 1998** was the 47th [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe) pageant, was held at the [Stan Sheriff Arena](/source/Stan_Sheriff_Center) in [Honolulu](/source/Honolulu), Hawaii, United States, on 12 May 1998. [Wendy Fitzwilliam](/source/Wendy_Fitzwilliam) of Trinidad and Tobago was crowned by [Brook Lee](/source/Brook_Lee) of the United States at the end of the event.

This marked the only second time that Trinidad and Tobago has won Miss Universe. Eighty-one contestants competed in this year.

## Background

### Selection of participants

#### Replacements

[Linor Abargil](/source/Linor_Abargil), [Miss Israel](/source/Miss_Israel) 1998 couldn't compete due to being underage. Hagit Raz, the first runner-up, went in her place.[1] The winner of Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1998, [Tisha Silang](/source/Tisha_Silang) had to resign due to her Canadian citizenship. The pageant's first runner-up, Jewel Mae Lobaton, was selected as her replacement.[2][3]

## Results

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss Universe 1998 Trinidad and Tobago – Wendy Fitzwilliam[4] 1st Runner-Up Venezuela – Veruska Ramírez 2nd Runner-Up Puerto Rico – Joyce Giraud Top 5 Colombia – Silvia Fernanda Ortíz United States – Shawnae Jebbia Top 10 Brazil – Michella Marchi India – Lymaraina D'Souza Ireland – Andrea Roche Russia – Anna Malova South Africa - Kerishnie Naiker

### Special awards

Award Contestant Best National Costume Trinidad and Tobago – Wendy Fitzwilliam Clairol Style Award Mexico – Katty Fuentes[5] Miss Photogenic Slovakia – Vladimíra Hreňovčíková Miss Congeniality Turkey – Asuman Krause[6]

## Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 1998

Eighty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Angola Emilia Guardano 22 Benguela Argentina Marcela Brane[7] 24 Cordoba Aruba Wendy Lacle 21 San Nicolaas Australia Renee Henderson 21 Melbourne Bahamas Juliette Sargent 19 Nassau Belgium Sandrine Corman 18 Verviers Belize Elvia Vega 19 Corozal Bolivia Veronica Larrieu 23 Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bonaire Uzmin Everts 18 Kralendijk Brazil Michella Marchi 20 Dourados British Virgin Islands Kaida Donovan 23 West-End Bulgaria Natalia Gourkova 20 Sofia Canada Juliana Thiessen 18 Regina Chile Claudia Arnello 22 Santiago Colombia Silvia Fernanda Ortiz 21 Bucaramanga Costa Rica Kisha Alvarado[8] 21 San José Croatia Ivana Grzetić 19 Dubrovnik Curaçao Natacha Bloem 21 Willemstad Cyprus Daniella Iordanova 20 Larnaca Czech Republic Kristina Fridvalská 20 Beroun Dominican Republic Selinés Méndez 23 Santo Domingo Ecuador Soraya Hogonaga 21 Guayaquil Egypt Karine Fahmy 19 Cairo El Salvador María Gabriela Jovel 24 San Salvador Estonia Mari Loorens 25 Tallinn Finland Jonna Kauppila 21 Kokkola France Sophie Thalmann 22 Bar-le-Duc Germany Katharina Mainka 22 Neustadt an der Weinstraße Ghana Francisca Awuah 20 Cape Coast Great Britain Leilani Dowding 19 Bournemouth Greece Dimitra Eginiti 19 Athens Guam Joylyn Munoz 21 Barrigada Guatemala Astrid Ramírez 21 Guatemala City Honduras Dania Prince 18 Choluteca Hong Kong Virginia Yung 24 Hong Kong Hungary Agnes Nagy 18 Budapest India Lymaraina D'Souza 19 Mumbai Ireland Andrea Roche 21 Clonmel Israel Hagit Raz 18 Holon Italy Claudia Trieste 18 Calabria Jamaica Shani McGraham 18 Kingston Japan Nana Okumura 24 Tokyo Lebanon Nina Kadis 24 Hadchit Malaysia Sherine Wong 19 Kuala Lumpur Malta Carol Cassar 20 Valletta Mauritius Leena Ramphul 21 Port Louis Mexico Katty Fuentes 21 Monterrey Namibia Retha Reinders – Windhoek Netherlands Jacqueline Rotteveel 18 Bilthoven New Zealand Rosemary Rassell 22 Tauranga Nicaragua Claudia Alaniz 21 Managua Nigeria Chika Chikezie 21 Imo Northern Mariana Islands Helene Yun Lizama 22 Dandan Norway Stine Bergsvand 22 Stathelle Panama Tanisha Drummond 21 Colón Paraguay Luz Marina González 19 Pilar Peru Karim Bernal 23 Lima Philippines Jewel Lobaton[2] 21 Bacolod Poland Sylwia Kupiec 22 Tczew Portugal Icilia Berenguel 21 Póvoa de Varzim Puerto Rico Joyce Giraud 23 Aguas Buenas Romania Juliana Elena Verdes 19 Galați Russia Anna Malova 23 Moscow Singapore Alice Lim 22 Singapore Slovakia Vladimíra Hreňovčíková 19 Zvolen South Africa Kerishnie Naiker 20 Durban South Korea Kim Ji-yeon 25 Seoul Spain María José Besora 22 Murcia Sweden Jessica Olérs 20 Borlänge Switzerland Tanja Gutmann 21 Zürich Taiwan Annie Tsai 25 Nantou Thailand Chalida Thaochalee 24 Bangkok Trinidad and Tobago Wendy Fitzwilliam 25 Diego Martin Turkey Asuman Krause 22 Ankara Ukraine Olena Spirina 18 Kharkiv United States Shawnae Jebbia[9] 26 Santa Rosa United States Virgin Islands Leah Webster 24 Saint Thomas Uruguay Virginia Russo 24 Montevideo Venezuela Veruska Ramírez 18 Táriba Yugoslavia Jelena Trninić 18 Belgrade Zimbabwe Selina Stuart 20 Harare

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ynet - מלכות יופי"](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204112531/http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-482048,FF.html). 2002-02-04. Archived from [the original](http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-482048,FF.html) on 2002-02-04. Retrieved 2019-04-16.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_2-1) ["Top 10 Dethroned Beauty Queens"](http://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/41706/top-10-dethroned-beauty-queens). *SPOT.PH*. April 26, 2010. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100721074453/http://www.spot.ph:80/newsfeatures/41706/top-10-dethroned-beauty-queens) from the original on 2010-07-21. Retrieved October 3, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:0_3-0)** ["RP entries"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6ZYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4545%2C1803584). *[Manila Standard](/source/Manila_Standard)*. March 17, 1998. Retrieved October 3, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Wendy Fitzwilliam, Miss Universo 1998"](https://www.telemundo.com/entretenimiento/tmna775411). *Telemundo* (in Spanish). November 17, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Clairol Herbal Essences Style Award goes to Katty Fuentes, MISS MEXICO 1998"](https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/237f6511eca2554bab9f50d95aa049f9/Clairol-Herbal-Essences-Style-Award-goes-to-Katty-Fuentes-MISS-MEXICO-1998/). *upi.com*. Retrieved March 20, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Asuman Krause, MISS TURKEY 1998, was awarded the Congeniality award"](https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/1f764dcdd6545e6afefb8c659c0493db/-Asuman-Krause-MISS-TURKEY-1998-was-awarded-the-Congeniality-award/). *upi.com*. Retrieved March 20, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [""Más linda que nunca": qué fue de Marcela Brane, la protagonista de la publicidad de Reduce Fat-Fast"](https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/mas-linda-que-nunca-que-fue-de-marcela-brane-la-protagonista-de-la-publicidad-de-reduce-fat-fast-nid15042021/). *LA NACION* (in Spanish). 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2022-11-26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Y construyó su sueño..."](https://www.nacion.com/archivo/y-construyo-su-sueno/QSREJDC5RJHPVAH5GBGOZTV64A/story/) [And she built her dream...]. *La Nación* (in Spanish). 20 October 1997. Retrieved 28 September 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Foster, Mary (1998-03-11). ["Miss Massachusetts wins Miss USA crown"](https://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=vZEKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-UsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7104,5569287&dq=miss-usa+mary-foster&hl=en). Lundington Daily News. Associated Press.

## External links

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v t e Miss Universe 1998 national titleholders BEL: Sandrine Corman CAN: Juliana Thiessen FRA: Sophie Thalmann HON: Dania Prince IND: Lymaraina D'Souza IRE: Andrea Roche MYS: Sherine Wong MEX: Katty Fuentes PAN: Tanisha Drummond PUR: Joyce Giraud RUS: Anna Malova RSA: Kerishnie Naiker SWE: Jessica Olérs TTO: Wendy Fitzwilliam (winner) TUR: Asuman Krause UK : Leilani Dowding USA: Shawnae Jebbia VEN: Veruska Ramírez

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