# Miss World 1988

Miss World 1988, the 38th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 17 November 1988 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Linda Pétursdóttir (Queen of Europe) from Iceland. She was crowned by Miss World 1987, Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria. Runner-up was Yeon-hee Choi (Queen of Asia) representing Korea and third was Kirsty Roper from the United Kingdom. The Miss World 1988 was hosted by Peter Marshall, who has hosted other Miss World competitions such as Miss World 1986, and Alexandra Bastedo, with musical performances by Koreana and 1970s American pop musician Donny Osmond.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1988 | Iceland – Linda Pétursdóttir |
| 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 |
| Argentina | Gabriela Madeira | 19 | Buenos Aires |
| Australia | Catherine Bushell | 21 | Sydney |
| Austria | Alexandra Werbanschitz | 21 | Graz |
| Bahamas | Natasha Rolle | 21 | Nassau |
| Barbados | Ferida Kola | 20 | Bridgetown |
| Belgium | Daisy van Cauwenbergh | 19 | Limbourg |
| Belize | Pauline Young | 19 | Belize City |
| Bermuda | Sophie Cannonier | 19 | Warwick East |
| Bolivia | Claudia Nazer | 24 | Tarija |
| British Virgin Islands | Nelda Farrington | 22 | Tortola |
| Bulgaria | Sonia Vassilieva | 19 | Varna |
| Canada | Morgan Fox | 18 | Richmond |
| Cayman Islands | Melissa McTaggart | 23 | Grand Cayman |
| Chile | María Francisca Aldunate | 22 | Santiago |
| China Taiwan | Wu Yi-ning | 17 | Taipei |
| 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 |
| Germany | Katja Munch | 19 | Frankfurt |
| 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 | 18 | Kowloon |
| Iceland | Linda Pétursdóttir | 18 | Vopnafjörður |
| India | Anuradha Kottoor | 22 | Bombay |
| Ireland | Collette 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 |
| Korea | Choi Yeon-hee | 22 | Seoul |
| Lebanon | Sylvana Samaha | 19 | Beirut |
| Liberia | Ollie White | 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 | Waikato |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Thailand | Prapatsara Chutanutpong | 18 | Bangkok |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Wendy Baptiste | 19 | Arouca |
| Turkey | Esra Sumer | 19 | Istanbul |
| Turks and Caicos | 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 |
| Uruguay | Gisel Silva | 19 | Montevideo |
| Venezuela | Emma Rabbe | 19 | La Guaira |
| Western Samoa | Noanoa Hill | 17 | Apia |
| Yugoslavia | Suzana Žunić | 17 | Split |