# Miss World 1998

Miss World 1998, the 48th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 26 November 1998 at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort in Mahé Island, Seychelles. 86 delegates from around the world competed for the crown. Ronan Keating, then lead singer of Boyzone, and MTV's Eden Harel hosted the event. This year's winner, Israel's Linor Abargil, revealed days after the competition that she had been raped several weeks before the pageant. She was crowned by Miss World 1997, Diana Hayden of India.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1998 | Israel – Linor Abargil |
| 1st Runner-Up | France – Véronique Caloc |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Malaysia – Lina Teoh |
| Top 5 | Czech Republic – Alena Šeredová  South Africa – Kerishnie Naicker |
| Top 10 | Brazil – Adriana Reis  Chile – Daniella Campos  Jamaica – Christine Straw  Peru – Mariana Larrabure  United States – Shauna Gambill |

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa | South Africa – Kerishnie Naicker |
| Americas | Chile – Daniella Campos |
| Asia & Oceania | Malaysia – Lina Teoh |
| Caribbean | Jamaica – Christine Straw |
| Europe | Israel – Linor Abargil |

## Contestants

* American Virgin Islands – Wendy Sanchez
* Angola – Maria Manuela Cortez de Lemos João †
* Argentina – Natalia Elisa González
* Aruba – Judelca Shahira Briceno
* Australia – Sarah-Jane Camille St. Clair
* Austria – Sabine Lindorfer
* Bahamas – LeTeasha Henrietta Ingraham
* Belgium – Tanja Dexters
* Bolivia – Bianca Bauer Áñez
* Bosnia & Herzegovina – Samra Tojaga
* Botswana – Earthen Pinkinyana Mbulawa
* Brazil – Adriana Reis
* British Virgin Islands – Virginia Olen Rubiane
* Bulgaria – Polina Petkova
* Canada – Leanne Baird
* Cayman Islands – Gemma Marie McLaughlin
* Chile – Daniella Andrea Campos Lathrop
* Colombia – Mónica Marcela Cuartas Jiménez
* Costa Rica – María Luisa Ureña Salazar
* Croatia – Lejla Šehović
* Curaçao – Jeameane Veronica Colastica
* Cyprus – Chrysanthi Michael
* Czech Republic – Alena Šeredová
* Dominican Republic – Sharmin Arelis Díaz Costo
* Ecuador – Vanessa Natania Graf Alvear
* Estonia – Ly Jürgenson
* Finland – Maaret Saija Nousiainen
* France – Véronique Caloc
* Germany – Sandra Ahrabian
* Ghana – Efia Owusuaa Marfo
* Gibraltar – Melanie Soiza
* Greece – Katia Marie Margaritoglou
* Guatemala – Glenda Iracema Cifuentes Ruiz
* Holland – Nerena Ruinemans
* Hong Kong China – Jessie Chiu Chui-Yi
* Hungary – Eva Horvath
* India – Annie Thomas
* Ireland – Vivienne Doyle
* Israel – Linor Abargil
* Italy – Maria Concetta Travaglini
* Jamaica – Christine Renee Straw
* Japan – Rie Mochizuki
* Kazakhstan – Anna Kirpota
* South Korea – Kim Kun-woo
* Lebanon – Clemence Achkar
* Liberia – Olivia Precious Cooper
* Lithuania – Kristina Pakarnaite
* Malaysia – Lina Teoh Pick Lim
* Malta – Rebecca Camilleri
* Mauritius – Oona Sujaya Fulena
* Mexico – Vilma Verónica Zamora Suñol
* Nepal – Jyoti Pradhan
* New Zealand – Tanya Hayward
* Nicaragua – Claudia Patricia Alaniz Hernández
* Nigeria – Temitayo Osobu
* Norway – Henriette Dankersten
* Panama – Lorena del Carmen Zagía Miro
* Paraguay – Perla Carolina Benítez Gonzales
* Peru – Mariana Larrabure de Orbegoso
* Philippines – Rachel Muyot Soriano
* Poland – Izabela Opęchowska
* Portugal – Marcia Vasconcelos
* Puerto Rico – Antonia Alfonso Pagán
* Russia – Tatiana Makrouchina
* Sint Maarten – Myrtille Charlotte Brookson
* Seychelles – Alvina Antoinette Grand d'Court
* Singapore – Grace Chay
* Slovakia – Karolina Cicatkova
* Slovenia – Mihaela Novak
* South Africa – Kerishnie Naicker
* Spain – Rocío Jiménez Fernández
* Swaziland – Cindy Stanckoczi
* Sweden – Jessica Magdalena Therése Almenäs
* Switzerland – Sonja Grandjean
* Chinese Taipei – Chen Yi-Ju
* Tanzania – Basila Kalubha Mwanukuzi
* Trinidad & Tobago – Jeanette Marie La Caillie
* Turkey – Buket Saygi
* Ukraine – Nataliya Nadtochey
* United Kingdom – Emmalene McLoughlin
* United States – Shauna Gene Gambill
* Uruguay – María Desiree Fernández Mautone
* Venezuela – Verónica Schneider Rodríguez
* Yugoslavia – Jelena Jakovljević
* Zambia – Chisala Chibesa
* Zimbabwe – Annette Kambarami

## Judges

* Eric Morley † – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
* Diana Hayden – Miss World 1997 from India
* Sophie Dahl
* Pilin Leon – Miss World 1981 from Venezuela
* Jonah Lomu †
* Mark Newson
* Terry O'Neill †
* Mica Paris
* Jacques Villeneuve

### Scrutineer

* David Boyd