{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = MW 1988 - Thames TV.png | caption = Miss World 1988 Titlecard | winner = [[Linda Pétursdóttir]]<ref name="express.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/pictures/galleries/2438/Miss-World-Contest-through-the-years/Miss-World-1988-winner-Linda-Petursdottir-from-Iceland-49878|title=Miss World 1988 winner Linda Petursdottir from Iceland|work=[[Daily Express]]|access-date=23 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="OR-1"/> | represented = Iceland | date = 17 November 1988 |placements = 10 | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]]|[[Alexandra Bastedo]]}} | acts = {{Hlist|Koreana|[[Donny Osmond]]}} | venue = [[Royal Albert Hall]], London, United Kingdom | broadcaster = [[Thames Television]] | entrants = 84 | debuts = {{Hlist|Bulgaria}} | returns = {{Hlist|British Virgin Islands|Egypt|Ghana|Guyana|Liberia|Sierra Leone|Taiwan|Uganda}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Brazil|Panama|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} | before = [[Miss World 1987|1987]] | next = [[Miss World 1989|1989]] }}
'''Miss World 1988''', the 38th edition of the [[Miss World]] pageant, was held on 17 November 1988 at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, United Kingdom. The winner was [[Linda Pétursdóttir]] (''Queen of Europe'') from Iceland.<ref name="express.co.uk"/><ref name="OR-1"/> At the conclusion of the event, she was crowned by [[Miss World 1987]], [[Ulla Weigerstorfer]] of Austria. Runner-up was Yeon-hee Choi (''Queen of Asia'') representing South Korea and third was Kirsty Roper from the United Kingdom. The Miss World 1988 was hosted by [[Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster)|Peter Marshall]], who has hosted other Miss World competitions such as [[Miss World 1986]],<ref name="Getty Images 1986">{{cite web | title=Irish TV presenter Peter Marshall interviews Miss World winner | website=[[Getty Images]] | date=November 13, 1986 | url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/irish-tv-presenter-peter-marshall-interviews-miss-world-news-photo/149782880 | access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="TDT-1"/><ref name="The Independent 2014"/> and [[Alexandra Bastedo]],<ref name="TDT-1">{{cite web | website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| date=January 13, 2014 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10569081/Alexandra-Bastedo-obituary.html | title=Alexandra Bastedo - obituary | access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="The Independent 2014">{{cite web | title=Alexandra Bastedo: Actress best known for her role in the 1960s | website=[[The Independent]] | date=January 12, 2014 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/alexandra-bastedo-actress-best-known-for-her-role-in-the-1960s-television-sci-fi-series-the-9054808.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/alexandra-bastedo-actress-best-known-for-her-role-in-the-1960s-television-sci-fi-series-the-9054808.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | access-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref> with musical performances by [[Koreana (band)|Koreana]] and 1970s American pop musician [[Donny Osmond]].
This edition marked the debut of Bulgaria and the return of Egypt, which had last competed in [[Miss World 1956|1956]], Taiwan last competed (as Free China) in [[Miss World 1964|1964]], Ghana last competed in [[Miss World 1968|1968]] , Guyana last competed in [[Miss World 1971|1971]], Liberia and Uganda last competed in [[Miss World 1985|1985]], and the British Virgin and Sierra Leone Islands last competed in [[Miss World 1986|1986]]
Brazil, Panama, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines withdrew from the competition due to lost Miss World franchise.
== Results == [[File:Miss World 1988 Map.PNG|thumb|240px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1988<ref name="OR-1"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517084350/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/article3822519.ece "Former Miss UK lands a billionaire life and enters Rich List in sixth"]. ''[[The Sunday Times]]''. {{subscription required}}</ref>]]
=== Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | Miss World 1988 | * {{flagu|Iceland}} – [[Linda Pétursdóttir]]<ref name="express.co.uk"/><ref name="OR-1"/> |- | 1st Runner-up | * {{flagu|South Korea}} – Yeon-hee Choi |- | 2nd Runner-up | * {{flagu|United Kingdom}} – [[Kirsty Bertarelli|Kirsty Roper]] |- | Top 5 | * {{flagu|Spain}} – Susana de la Llave Varón * {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Emma Rabbe]] |- | Top 10 | * {{flagu|Australia}} – Catherine Bushell * {{flagu|Austria}} – Alexandra Werbanschitz * {{flagu|Norway}} – Rita Helene Paulsen * {{flagu|Sweden}} – Cecilia Hörberg * {{flagu|United States}} – Diana Magaňa |}
==== Continental Queens of Beauty ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Continental Group ! Contestant |- | Africa | * {{flagu|Kenya}} – Dianna Naylor |- | Americas | * {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Emma Rabbe|Emma Irmgard Marina Rabbe Ramírez]] |- | Asia | * {{flagu|South Korea}} – Yeon-hee Choi |- | Europe | * {{flagu|Iceland}} – [[Linda Pétursdóttir]] |- | Oceania | * {{flagu|Australia}} – Catherine Bushell |}
== Contestants ==<!-- FOR NAMES OF COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES, PLEASE STRICTLY ADHERE TO WP:COMMONNAME POLICIES, DO NOT CHANGE IT JUST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MISS WORLD USES. --> 84 countries participated in Miss World 1988. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Country/Territory || Contestant || Age || Hometown || Preliminary Scores |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Belleza Argentina|Argentina]]|| Gabriela Madeira || 19 || [[Buenos Aires]] || 18 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss World Australia|Australia]]|| Catherine Bushell || 21 || [[Sydney]] || 26 |- | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]]|| Alexandra Werbanschitz || 21 || [[Graz]] || 25 |- | {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Miss Bahamas|Bahamas]]|| Natasha Rolle || 21 || [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] || 18 |- | {{flagicon|BAR}} [[Miss Barbados World|Barbados]]|| Ferida Kola || 20 || [[Bridgetown]] || 18 |- | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]]|| Daisy van Cauwenbergh || 19 || [[Limbourg]] || 19 |- | {{flagicon|BIZ|1981}} [[Miss Belize|Belize]]|| Pauline Young || 19 || [[Belize City]] || 18 |- | {{flagicon|BER}} [[Miss World Bermuda|Bermuda]]|| Sophie Cannonier<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hendrickson |first=Sékou |date=11 July 2022 |title=Sophia Cannonier tells court her antibodies 'equal to, if not better than' vaccine |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20220610/sophia-cannonier-tells-court-her-antibodies-equal-to-if-not-better-than-vaccine/ |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=Royal Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> || 19|| [[Warwick, Bermuda|Warwick East]] || 19 |- | {{flagicon|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]]|| Claudia Nazer || 24 || [[Tarija]] || 18 |- |{{flagicon|IVB}} [[Miss British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]]|| Nelda Farrington || 22 || [[Tortola]] |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} [[Miss World Bulgaria|Bulgaria]]|| Sonia Vassilieva<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 July 1989 |title=Red beauty Sonia faces court |language=en |pages=9 |work=The Sunday People |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sunday-people/148385610/ |access-date=4 May 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> || 19 || [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] |- |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss World Canada|Canada]]|| Morgan Fox || 18 || [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]] |- | {{flagicon|CAY|old}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]]|| Melissa McTaggart || 23 || [[Grand Cayman]] |- | {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Miss World Chile|Chile]]|| María Francisca Aldunate || 22 || [[Santiago]] |- | {{flagicon|COL}} [[Señorita Colombia|Colombia]]|| Jasmín Oliveros || 20 || [[Bahía Solano]] |- | {{flagicon|COK}} [[Miss Cook Islands|Cook Islands]]|| Annie Wigmore || 17 || [[Titikaveka]] |- | {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Reinas de Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]|| Virginia Steinvort || 19 || [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]] |- | {{flagicon|CUR}} [[Señorita Curaçao|Curaçao]]|| Anuschka Cova || 19 || [[Willemstad]] |- | {{flagicon|CYP|1960}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]]|| Aphrodite Theophanous || 18 || [[Paphos]] |- | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Miss Denmark|Denmark]]|| Susanne Johansen || 24 || [[Copenhagen]] |- | {{flagicon|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]|| María Josefina Martínez || 21 || [[San Ignacio de Sabaneta]] |- | {{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]]|| Cristina López || 20 || [[Guayaquil]] |- | {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Miss Egypt|Egypt]]|| Dina El Naggar || 20 || [[Giza]] |- | {{flagicon|ESA}} [[Reinado de El Salvador|El Salvador]]|| Karla Hasbún || 17 || [[San Salvador]] |- | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]]|| Nina Andersson || 21 || [[Lahti]] |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]]|| Claudia Frittolini || 20 || [[Illzach]] |- | {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Miss Ghana|Ghana]]|| Dzidzo Abra Amoa || 23 || [[Volta Region|Volta]] |- | {{flagicon|GIB}} [[Miss Gibraltar|Gibraltar]]|| Tatiana Desoiza || 23 || [[Gibraltar]] |- |{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]]|| Ariadni Mylona || 19 || [[Chania]] |- | {{flagicon|GUM}} [[Miss World Guam|Guam]]|| Rita Mae Diaz || 23 || [[Yona, Guam|Windward Hills]] |- | {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]]|| Mariluz Aguilar || 18 || [[Guatemala City]] |- | {{flagicon|GUY}} [[Miss Guyana|Guyana]]|| Christine Jardim || 20 || [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]] |- | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Miss Nederland|Holland]]|| [[Angela Visser]]|| 21 || [[Rotterdam]] |- | {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]]|| Alina Patricia Díaz || 19 || [[Choluteca, Choluteca|Choluteca]] |- | {{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[Miss Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]|| [[Michelle Reis]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wang|first=Zijing|date=23 September 2024|title=Beyond the Crown: Miss Hong Kong's Shifting Influence|url=https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2024/09/beyond-the-crown-miss-hong-kongs-shifting-influence/|access-date=24 April 2025|website=[[The World of Chinese]]|language=en|archive-date=24 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124165059/https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2024/09/beyond-the-crown-miss-hong-kongs-shifting-influence/|url-status=live}}</ref> || 18 || [[Kowloon]] |- | {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Miss Iceland|Iceland]]|| [[Linda Pétursdóttir]]<ref name="express.co.uk" /><ref name="OR-1" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Guðjónsdóttir|first=Guðrún Ósk|date=13 May 2020|title=Fegurðardrottningar sem leituðu á önnur mið|trans-title=Beauty queens who sought other paths|url=https://www.dv.is/fokus/2020/05/13/fegurdardrottningar-sem-leitudu-onnur-mid/|access-date=27 April 2025|website=[[DV (newspaper)|DV - Frjáls og óháður miðill]]|language=is|archive-date=15 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615122641/https://www.dv.is/fokus/2020/05/13/fegurdardrottningar-sem-leitudu-onnur-mid/|url-status=live}}</ref>|| 18 || [[Vopnafjörður]] |- | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]]|| Anuradha Kottoor || 22 || [[Mumbai|Bombay]] |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Miss Ireland|Ireland]]|| Colette Jackson || 22 || [[Coolock]] |- | {{Flagu|Isle of Man}} || Victoria O'Dea || 17 || [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]] |- | {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]]|| Dganit Cohen || 18 || [[Tel Aviv]] |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss World Italy|Italy]]|| Giulia Gemo || 18 || [[Modena]] |- | {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica World|Jamaica]]|| Andrea Haynes || 24 || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] |- | {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Miss World Japan|Japan]]|| Kazumi Sakikubo || 22 || [[Kobe]] |- | {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Miss World Kenya|Kenya]]|| Dianna Naylor || 21 || [[Mombasa]] |- | {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]]|| Sylvana Samaha || 19 || [[Beirut]] |- | {{flagicon|LBR}} [[Miss Liberia|Liberia]]|| Ollie White<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 September 2007 |title=Liberia: Former Miss Liberia Launches School Operation |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200709190631.html |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=The Inquirer Newspaper |via=AllAfrica}}</ref> || 19 || [[Nimba County|Nimba]] |- | {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Miss Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]|| Chantal Schanbacher|| 22 || [[Altrier]] |- | {{flagicon|MAC|municipal}} [[Miss Macau|Macau]]|| Helena da Conceição Lo Branco || 19 || [[Portuguese Macau|Macau]] |- | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Miss World Malaysia|Malaysia]]|| Sue Wong || 19 || [[Penang]] |- | {{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss World Malta|Malta]]|| Josette Camilleri || 21 || [[Marsa, Malta|Marsa]] |- | {{flagicon|MRI}} [[Miss Mauritius|Mauritius]]|| Véronique Ash || 21 || [[Beau Bassin]] |- | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Miss Mexico Organization|Mexico]]|| Cecilia Cervera || 20 || [[Tlaxcala]] |- | {{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand at Miss World|New Zealand]]|| Lisa Corban || 19 || [[Tokoroa]] |- |{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria|Nigeria]]|| [[Omasan Buwa]]|| 22 || [[Warri]] |- | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway at Miss World|Norway]]|| Rita Paulsen || 21 || [[Myrvoll]] |- | {{Flagu|Papua New Guinea}}|| Erue Taunao || 19 || [[Port Moresby]] |- | {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]]|| María José Miranda || 19 || [[Asunción]] |- | {{flagicon|PER}} [[Miss Peru|Peru]]|| Martha Kaik || 21 || [[Lima]] |- | {{flagicon|PHI|1985}} [[Mutya ng Pilipinas|Philippines]]|| Dana Narvadez || 19 || [[Manila]] |- | {{flagicon|Polish People's Republic}} [[Miss Polonia|Poland]]|| Joanna Gapinska || 20 || [[Szczecin]] |- | {{flagicon|POR}} [[Miss República Portuguesa|Portugal]]|| Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano || 20 || [[Sesimbra]] |- | {{flagicon|SKN}} [[Miss St. Kitts & Nevis|Saint Kitts and Nevis]]|| Hailey Cassius || 21 || [[Basseterre|Newtown]] |- | {{flagicon|SLE}} [[Miss Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]]|| [[Twilla Ojukutu-Macauley|Tiwilla Ojukutu]]|| 21 || [[Freetown]] |- | {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Miss Singapore World|Singapore]]|| Shirley Teo || 23 || Singapore |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]{{Efn|Competed as Korea in the pageant}} || Choi Yeon-hee || 22 || [[Seoul]] |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]]|| Susana de la Llave || 19 || [[Figueres]] |- | {{flagicon|SRI}} [[Miss World Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]]|| Michelle Koelmeyer || 18 || [[Colombo]] |- | {{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Miss Swaziland|Swaziland]]|| Thandeka Magagula || 22 || [[Manzini, Swaziland|Manzini]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]]|| Cecilia Hörberg || 22 || [[Gothenburg]] |- | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]]|| Karina Berger || 20 || [[Zürich]] |- | {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Miss Taiwan|Taiwan]]{{Efn|Competed as China Taiwan in the pageant}} || Wu Yi-ning<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 May 1988 |title=Newest rage in Taiwan |language=en |pages=3 |work=The Free-Lance Star |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pHkQAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Wu+Yi-ning%22&pg=PA3 |access-date=4 May 2025 |via=Google Books}}</ref> || 17 || [[Taipei]] |- | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Miss Thailand World|Thailand]]|| [[Papassara Techapaibun|Prapatsara Chutanutpong]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 October 1988 |title=Beast in the beauties rears its ugly head |language=en |pages=2 |work=The New Paper |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/newpaper19881018-1.1.2 |access-date=4 May 2025 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> || 18 || [[Bangkok]] |- | {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Miss Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]]|| Wendy Baptiste || 19 || [[Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago|Arouca]] |- | {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]]|| Esra Sumer || 19 || [[Istanbul]] |- | {{flagicon|TCA}} [[Miss Turks and Caicos|Turks and Caicos Islands]]|| Doreen Dickenson || 20 || [[Grand Turk Island|Grand Turk]] |- | {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Miss Uganda|Uganda]]|| Nazma Mohamed || 20 || [[Entebbe]] |- | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Miss United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]|| [[Kirsty Bertarelli|Kirsty Roper]]|| 17 || [[Staffordshire]] |- | {{flagicon|US}} [[United States representatives at Miss World|United States]]|| Diana Magaña || 23 || [[Rancho Palos Verdes, California|Rancho Palos Verdes]] |- |{{flagicon|ISV}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands]] |Cathy Mae Sitaram |19 |[[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Croix]] || 18 |- | {{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]]|| Gisel Silva || 19 || [[Montevideo]] |- | {{flagicon|VEN|1954}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]]|| [[Emma Rabbe]] || 19 || [[La Guaira]] |- | {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Miss World Germany|West Germany]]{{Efn|Competed as Germany in the pageant}} || Katja Munch || 19 || [[Frankfurt]] |- | {{flagicon|SAM}} [[Miss Samoa|Western Samoa]]|| Noanoa Hill || 17 || [[Apia]] |- | {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Miss Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]|| Suzana Žunić<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 March 2024 |title=Bila je tiha patnja i želja mnogih muškaraca, no zbog ovog je našeg nogometaša bivša Miss Jugoslavije prošla kroz pakao |trans-title=It was the silent suffering and desire of many men, but because of this our football player, the former Miss Yugoslavia went through hell. |url=https://slobodnadalmacija.hr/mozaik/scena/showbiz/bila-je-tiha-patnja-i-zelja-mnogih-muskaraca-no-zbog-ovog-je-naseg-nogometasa-bivsa-miss-jugoslavije-prosla-kroz-pakao-1373418 |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=Slobodna Dalmacija |language=hr-hr}}</ref> || 17 || [[Split, Croatia|Split]] |}
== Notes == {{notelist}}
===Other Notes=== * [[Angela Visser]] competed in [[Miss Universe 1989]], in May 1989, she only had seven months to prepare to Miss Universe before going to win.
== References == <references> <ref name="OR-1">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19881119&id=5wRlAAAAIBAJ&pg=5368,5769877&hl=en | newspaper=[[Observer-Reporter]] | title=Bodybuilder crowned Miss World | date=November 19, 1988 | access-date=23 January 2016}}</ref> </references>
== Further reading == * [http://largeur.ch/expArt.asp?artID=1275 "Le triomphe discret de Kirsty Bertarelli"<!-- Bot generated title -->]. ''[[Largeur.com]]''.
{{Miss World}} {{Miss World 1988 delegates}}
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