# Miss World 1988

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Beauty pageant edition

Miss World 1988 Miss World 1988 Titlecard Date 17 November 1988 Presenters Peter Marshall Alexandra Bastedo Entertainment Koreana Donny Osmond Venue Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom Broadcaster Thames Television Entrants 84 Placements 10 Debuts Bulgaria Withdrawals Brazil Panama Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Returns British Virgin Islands Egypt Ghana Guyana Liberia Sierra Leone Taiwan Uganda Winner Linda Pétursdóttir[1][2] Iceland ← 1987 1989 →

**Miss World 1988**, the 38th edition of the [Miss World](/source/Miss_World) pageant, was held on 17 November 1988 at the [Royal Albert Hall](/source/Royal_Albert_Hall) in London, United Kingdom. The winner was [Linda Pétursdóttir](/source/Linda_P%C3%A9tursd%C3%B3ttir) (*Queen of Europe*) from Iceland.[1][2] At the conclusion of the event, she was crowned by [Miss World 1987](/source/Miss_World_1987), [Ulla Weigerstorfer](/source/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](/source/Peter_Marshall_(UK_broadcaster)), who has hosted other Miss World competitions such as [Miss World 1986](/source/Miss_World_1986),[3][4][5] and [Alexandra Bastedo](/source/Alexandra_Bastedo),[4][5] with musical performances by [Koreana](/source/Koreana_(band)) and 1970s American pop musician [Donny Osmond](/source/Donny_Osmond).

This edition marked the debut of Bulgaria and the return of Egypt, which had last competed in [1956](/source/Miss_World_1956), Taiwan last competed (as Free China) in [1964](/source/Miss_World_1964), Ghana last competed in [1968](/source/Miss_World_1968) , Guyana last competed in [1971](/source/Miss_World_1971), Liberia and Uganda last competed in [1985](/source/Miss_World_1985), and the British Virgin and Sierra Leone Islands last competed in [1986](/source/Miss_World_1986)

Brazil, Panama, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines withdrew from the competition due to lost Miss World franchise.

## Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1988[2][6]

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss World 1988 Iceland – Linda Pétursdóttir[1][2] 1st Runner-up South Korea – Yeon-hee Choi 2nd Runner-up United Kingdom – Kirsty Roper Top 5 Spain – Susana de la Llave Varón Venezuela – Emma Rabbe Top 10 Australia – Catherine Bushell Austria – Alexandra Werbanschitz Norway – Rita Helene Paulsen Sweden – Cecilia Hörberg United States – Diana Magaňa

#### Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant Africa Kenya – Dianna Naylor Americas Venezuela – Emma Irmgard Marina Rabbe Ramírez Asia South Korea – Yeon-hee Choi Europe Iceland – Linda Pétursdóttir Oceania Australia – Catherine Bushell

## Contestants

84 countries participated in Miss World 1988.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Preliminary Scores Argentina Gabriela Madeira 19 Buenos Aires 18 Australia Catherine Bushell 21 Sydney 26 Austria Alexandra Werbanschitz 21 Graz 25 Bahamas Natasha Rolle 21 Nassau 18 Barbados Ferida Kola 20 Bridgetown 18 Belgium Daisy van Cauwenbergh 19 Limbourg 19 Belize Pauline Young 19 Belize City 18 Bermuda Sophie Cannonier[7] 19 Warwick East 19 Bolivia Claudia Nazer 24 Tarija 18 British Virgin Islands Nelda Farrington 22 Tortola Bulgaria Sonia Vassilieva[8] 19 Varna Canada Morgan Fox 18 Richmond Cayman Islands Melissa McTaggart 23 Grand Cayman Chile María Francisca Aldunate 22 Santiago Colombia Jasmín Oliveros 20 Bahía Solano Cook Islands Annie Wigmore 17 Titikaveka Costa Rica Virginia Steinvort 19 San José Curaçao Anuschka Cova 19 Willemstad Cyprus Aphrodite Theophanous 18 Paphos Denmark Susanne Johansen 24 Copenhagen Dominican Republic María Josefina Martínez 21 San Ignacio de Sabaneta Ecuador Cristina López 20 Guayaquil Egypt Dina El Naggar 20 Giza El Salvador Karla Hasbún 17 San Salvador Finland Nina Andersson 21 Lahti France Claudia Frittolini 20 Illzach Ghana Dzidzo Abra Amoa 23 Volta Gibraltar Tatiana Desoiza 23 Gibraltar Greece Ariadni Mylona 19 Chania Guam Rita Mae Diaz 23 Windward Hills Guatemala Mariluz Aguilar 18 Guatemala City Guyana Christine Jardim 20 Georgetown Holland Angela Visser 21 Rotterdam Honduras Alina Patricia Díaz 19 Choluteca Hong Kong Michelle Reis[9] 18 Kowloon Iceland Linda Pétursdóttir[1][2][10] 18 Vopnafjörður India Anuradha Kottoor 22 Bombay Ireland Colette Jackson 22 Coolock Isle of Man Victoria O'Dea 17 Douglas Israel Dganit Cohen 18 Tel Aviv Italy Giulia Gemo 18 Modena Jamaica Andrea Haynes 24 Kingston Japan Kazumi Sakikubo 22 Kobe Kenya Dianna Naylor 21 Mombasa Lebanon Sylvana Samaha 19 Beirut Liberia Ollie White[11] 19 Nimba Luxembourg Chantal Schanbacher 22 Altrier Macau Helena da Conceição Lo Branco 19 Macau Malaysia Sue Wong 19 Penang Malta Josette Camilleri 21 Marsa Mauritius Véronique Ash 21 Beau Bassin Mexico Cecilia Cervera 20 Tlaxcala New Zealand Lisa Corban 19 Tokoroa Nigeria Omasan Buwa 22 Warri Norway Rita Paulsen 21 Myrvoll Papua New Guinea Erue Taunao 19 Port Moresby Paraguay María José Miranda 19 Asunción Peru Martha Kaik 21 Lima Philippines Dana Narvadez 19 Manila Poland Joanna Gapinska 20 Szczecin Portugal Helena Isabel de Cunha Laureano 20 Sesimbra Saint Kitts and Nevis Hailey Cassius 21 Newtown Sierra Leone Tiwilla Ojukutu 21 Freetown Singapore Shirley Teo 23 Singapore South Korea[a] Choi Yeon-hee 22 Seoul Spain Susana de la Llave 19 Figueres Sri Lanka Michelle Koelmeyer 18 Colombo Swaziland Thandeka Magagula 22 Manzini Sweden Cecilia Hörberg 22 Gothenburg Switzerland Karina Berger 20 Zürich Taiwan[b] Wu Yi-ning[12] 17 Taipei Thailand Prapatsara Chutanutpong[13] 18 Bangkok Trinidad and Tobago Wendy Baptiste 19 Arouca Turkey Esra Sumer 19 Istanbul Turks and Caicos Islands Doreen Dickenson 20 Grand Turk Uganda Nazma Mohamed 20 Entebbe United Kingdom Kirsty Roper 17 Staffordshire United States Diana Magaña 23 Rancho Palos Verdes United States Virgin Islands Cathy Mae Sitaram 19 St. Croix 18 Uruguay Gisel Silva 19 Montevideo Venezuela Emma Rabbe 19 La Guaira West Germany[c] Katja Munch 19 Frankfurt Western Samoa Noanoa Hill 17 Apia Yugoslavia Suzana Žunić[14] 17 Split

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Competed as Korea in the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Competed as China Taiwan in the pageant

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Competed as Germany in the pageant

### Other Notes

- [Angela Visser](/source/Angela_Visser) competed in [Miss Universe 1989](/source/Miss_Universe_1989), in May 1989, she only had seven months to prepare to Miss Universe before going to win.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-express.co.uk_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-express.co.uk_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-express.co.uk_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-express.co.uk_1-3) ["Miss World 1988 winner Linda Petursdottir from Iceland"](http://www.express.co.uk/pictures/galleries/2438/Miss-World-Contest-through-the-years/Miss-World-1988-winner-Linda-Petursdottir-from-Iceland-49878). *[Daily Express](/source/Daily_Express)*. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-OR-1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-OR-1_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-OR-1_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-OR-1_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-OR-1_2-4) ["Bodybuilder crowned Miss World"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19881119&id=5wRlAAAAIBAJ&pg=5368,5769877&hl=en). *[Observer-Reporter](/source/Observer-Reporter)*. 19 November 1988. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Getty_Images_1986_3-0)** ["Irish TV presenter Peter Marshall interviews Miss World winner"](https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/irish-tv-presenter-peter-marshall-interviews-miss-world-news-photo/149782880). *[Getty Images](/source/Getty_Images)*. 13 November 1986. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TDT-1_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TDT-1_4-1) ["Alexandra Bastedo - obituary"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10569081/Alexandra-Bastedo-obituary.html). *[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)*. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-The_Independent_2014_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-The_Independent_2014_5-1) ["Alexandra Bastedo: Actress best known for her role in the 1960s"](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). *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*. 12 January 2014. [Archived](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) from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Former Miss UK lands a billionaire life and enters Rich List in sixth"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080517084350/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/article3822519.ece). *[The Sunday Times](/source/The_Sunday_Times)*. (subscription required)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Hendrickson, Sékou (11 July 2022). ["Sophia Cannonier tells court her antibodies 'equal to, if not better than' vaccine"](https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20220610/sophia-cannonier-tells-court-her-antibodies-equal-to-if-not-better-than-vaccine/). *Royal Gazette*. Retrieved 4 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Red beauty Sonia faces court"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sunday-people/148385610/). *The Sunday People*. 2 July 1989. p. 9. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Wang, Zijing (23 September 2024). ["Beyond the Crown: Miss Hong Kong's Shifting Influence"](https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2024/09/beyond-the-crown-miss-hong-kongs-shifting-influence/). *[The World of Chinese](/source/The_World_of_Chinese)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250124165059/https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2024/09/beyond-the-crown-miss-hong-kongs-shifting-influence/) from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Guðjónsdóttir, Guðrún Ósk (13 May 2020). ["Fegurðardrottningar sem leituðu á önnur mið"](https://www.dv.is/fokus/2020/05/13/fegurdardrottningar-sem-leitudu-onnur-mid/) [Beauty queens who sought other paths]. *[DV - Frjáls og óháður miðill](/source/DV_(newspaper))* (in Icelandic). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200615122641/https://www.dv.is/fokus/2020/05/13/fegurdardrottningar-sem-leitudu-onnur-mid/) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Liberia: Former Miss Liberia Launches School Operation"](https://allafrica.com/stories/200709190631.html). *The Inquirer Newspaper*. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via AllAfrica.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Newest rage in Taiwan"](https://books.google.com/books?id=pHkQAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Wu+Yi-ning%22&pg=PA3). *The Free-Lance Star*. 5 May 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via Google Books.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Beast in the beauties rears its ugly head"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/newpaper19881018-1.1.2). *The New Paper*. 18 October 1988. p. 2. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via National Library Board.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Bila je tiha patnja i želja mnogih muškaraca, no zbog ovog je našeg nogometaša bivša Miss Jugoslavije prošla kroz pakao"](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) [It was the silent suffering and desire of many men, but because of this our football player, the former Miss Yugoslavia went through hell.]. *Slobodna Dalmacija* (in Croatian). 18 March 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2025.

## Further reading

- ["Le triomphe discret de Kirsty Bertarelli"](http://largeur.ch/expArt.asp?artID=1275). *[Largeur.com](/source/Largeur.com)*.

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v t e Miss World 1988 national titleholders Angela Visser Michelle Reis Linda Pétursdóttir Omasan Buwa Papassara Techapaibun Kirsty Bertarelli Emma Rabbe

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