User:Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1988
| Mauriziok/Miss Universe 1988 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 May 1988[a] |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 66 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Porntip Nakhirunkanok Thailand |
| Congeniality | Liza Maria Camacho  Guam |
| Best National Costume | Porntip Nakhirunkanok Thailand |
| Photogenic | Tracey Williams  England |
Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 May 1988[a] sponsored by Formosa Airlines at the Lin Kou Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan. Cecilia Bolocco of Chile crowned Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand at the end of the event. 66 candidates competed in this year's edition.
Results
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Placements
[edit]| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1988 | |
| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up | |
| 3rd Runner-up |
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| 4th Runner-up | |
| Top 10 |
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Final Competition
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| Nation | Preliminary Average | Interview | Swimsuit | Evening Gown | Semifinal Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand
|
8.719 (4) | 9.730 (1) | 9.684 (1) | 9.752 (1) | 9.722 (1) |
 Korea
|
8.795 (3) | 9.453 (2) | 9.463 (2) | 9.630 (2) | 9.515 (2) |
 Mexico
|
8.497 (7) | 9.266 (3) | 9.144 (3) | 9.233 (3) | 9.214 (3) |
 Japan
|
8.409 (9) | 8.922 (4) | 8.866 (5) | 8.944 (5) | 8.910 (4) |
 Hong Kong
|
8.505 (6) | 8.744 (6) | 8.666 (7) | 9.074 (4) | 8.828 (5) |
 Dominican Republic
|
9.052 (2) | 8.833 (5) | 8.688 (6) | 8.744 (8) | 8.755 (6) |
 Venezuela
|
8.518 (5) | 8.543 (8) | 8.900 (4) | 8.811 (7) | 8.751 (7) |
 United States
|
9.144 (1) | 8.522 (9) | 8.621 (8) | 8.943 (6) | 8.695 (8) |
 Colombia
|
8.440 (8) | 8.712 (7) | 8.588 (9) | 8.644 (9) | 8.648 (9) |
 Norway
|
8.368 (10) | 7.555 (10) | 7.977 (10) | 8.077 (10) | 7.869 (10) |
Contestants
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Argentina - Claudia Gabriela Pereyra
Australia - Vanessa Lynn Gibson
Austria - Maria Steinhart
Bahamas - Natasha Christine Pinder
Belgium - Daisy Van Cauwenbergh
Bermuda - Kim Lightbourne
Bolivia - Ana María Pereyra Parada
Brazil - Isabel Beduschi
British Virgin Islands - Nelda Felecia Farrington
Canada - Melinda Gillies
Chile - Verónica Romero Carvajal
Colombia - Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra
Costa Rica - Erika Maria Paoli
Denmark - Pernille Nathansen
Dominican Republic - Patricia Jimenez
Ecuador - Cecilia Pozo Caminer
Egypt - Amina Sammy Shelbaya
El Salvador - Ana Margarita Vaquerano Celarie
England - Tracey Williams
Finland - Nina Carita Bjornstrom
France - Claudia Frittolini
Germany - Christiane Kopp
Gibraltar - Mayte Sanchez
Greenland - Nuno Nette Baadh
Guam - Liza Maria Camacho
Guatemala - Silvia Mansilla
Holland - Annabet Reindina Berendsen
Honduras - Jacqueline Herrera Mejia
Hong Kong - Pauline Yeung
Iceland - Anna Margret Jonsdóttir
Ireland - Adrienne Rock †
Israel - Shirly Ben Mordechai
Italy - Simona Ventura
Jamaica - Leota Suah
Japan - Mizuho Sakaguchi
Korea - Jang Yoon-jeong
Lebanon - Elaine Georges Fakhoury
Luxembourg - Lydie Garnie
Malaysia - Linda Lum
Malta - Stephanie Spiteri
Mexico - Amanda Olivares
New Zealand - Lana Coc-Kroft
Nigeria - Omasan Tokurbo Buwa
Northern Marianas - Ruby Jean Hamilton
Norway - Bente Brunland
Paraguay - Marta Noemi Acosta Granada
Peru - Katia Mirella Escudero Lozano
Philippines - Perfida Reyes Limpin
Portugal - Isabel Martins da Costa
Puerto Rico - Isabel Maria Pardo
Republic of China - Jade Hu Fei-Tsui
Scotland - Amanda Laird
Singapore - Audrey Ann Tay
Spain - Sonsoles Artigas Medero
Sri Lanka - Deepthi Alles
Sweden - Annika Davidsson
Switzerland - Gabriela Bigler
Thailand - Porntip Nakhirunkanok
Trinidad and Tobago - Cheryl Ann Gordon
Turkey - Meltem Hakarar
Turks and Caicos - Edna Elizabeth Smith
Uruguay - Carla Irene Trombotti Moreno
United States - Courtney Gibbs
US Virgin Islands - Heather Carty
Venezuela - Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán
Wales - Lise Marie Williams
Notes
[edit]Returns
[edit]Last competed in 1986:
Withdrawals
[edit]
Replacement
[edit]- France - Sylvie Bertin refused to compete in both Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. The pageant organizers decided to send her first runner-up, Claudia Frittolini to compete in both pageants instead.[1]
Awards
[edit]- Guam - Miss Amity (Liza Maria Camacho)
- England - Miss Photogenic (Tracey Williams)
- Thailand - Best National Costume (Porntip Nakhirunkanok)
Host city
[edit]Helsinki, Finland was elected as the host city after Bob Barker announced he would serve as host for 1988 pageant. On January 3, 1988, the mayor of Helsinki, Raimo Ilaskivi, announced that his city has withdrawn to host the pageant due a technical and financial problems. The next day, it was officially announced that the contest was being moved to Taipei.
General references
[edit]- "Miss Universe 1988". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012.
References
[edit]- ^ a b The event was held at 8:00 am Taiwan Time (UTC+08:00); for the Americas, this was May 23 in their local times.
- ^ "Miss France pageant scandals". Retrieved March 22, 2019.
External links
[edit][[:Category:Miss Universe|1988]] [[:Category:1988 in Taiwan]] [[:Category:1988 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in Taiwan]] [[:Category:Events in Taipei]] [[:Category:May 1988 events in Asia]]