MISS UNIVERSE 1988

 

1988 MAY 23 - Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan  (66 delegates)

1  THAILAND - Porntip (Bui) Nakhirunkanok

2  KOREA - Chang Yoonjung

3  MEXICO - Amanda Beatriz Olivares Philips

4  JAPAN - Mizuho Sakaguchi

5  HONG KONG - Pauline Yeung Bo-Ling

 

        (semi-finalists)

COLOMBIA - Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Patricia Jiménez

NORWAY - Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland

USA - Courtney Gibbs

VENEZUELA - Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán

 

        (66 contestants)

ARGENTINA - Claudia Gabriela Pereyra

AUSTRALIA - Vanessa Lynn Gibson  (MI 87, All 89)

AUSTRIA - Maria Steinhart

BAHAMAS - Natasha Christine Pinder

BELGIUM - Daisy Van Cauwenbergh  (MW 88)

BERMUDA - Kim Lightbourne

BOLIVIA - Ana María Pereira Parada

BRAZIL - Isabel Cristina Beduschi  (Miss Sudamérica 1988)

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - Nelda Felecia Farrington

CANADA - Mary-Melinda Gillies

CHILE - Verónica María Romero Carvajal

CHINA (TAIWAN) - Jade Hu Fei-Tsui

COLOMBIA - Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra

COSTA RICA - Erika María Paoli González  (MI 88, Señorita 88, Asia-Pac 88)

DENMARK - Pernille Nathansen

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Patricia Jiménez

ECUADOR - Cecilia Pozo Caminer  (AmLat 84, Asia-Pac 85, MW 87)

EGYPT - Amina Samy Shelbaya

EL SALVADOR - Ana Margarita Vaquerano Celarie

ENGLAND - Tracey Williams  ........................................................................................................... Miss Photogenic

FINLAND - Nina Carita Bjornström

FRANCE - Claudia Frittolini  (MW 88)

GERMANY - Christiane Kopp  (MW 87, MI 88)

GIBRALTAR - Mayte Sánchez  (MW 87)

GREENLAND - Nuno Nette Baadh

GUAM - Liza Maria Camacho  (MI 88)  ....................................................................................................... Miss Amity

GUATEMALA - Silvia Mansilla Manrique

HOLLAND - Annabet Reindina Berendsen

HONDURAS - Jacqueline Herrera Mejía  (AmLat 88)

HONG KONG - Pauline Yeung Bo-Ling  (MW 87)

ICELAND - Anna Margret Jonsdóttir  (MI 85, MW 87)

IRELAND - Adrienne Rock  (MW 87)

ISRAEL - Shirly Ben Mordechay

ITALY - Simona Ventura

JAMAICA - Leota Suah

JAPAN - Mizuho Sakaguchi  ...................................................................... 2ND runner-up, Best National Costume

KOREA - Chang Yoonjung

LEBANON - Eliane George Fakhoury

LUXEMBOURG - Lydie Garnie

MALAYSIA - Linda Chee Ling Lum  (All 88)

MALTA - Stephanie Spiteri

MEXICO - Amanda Beatriz Olivares Philips

NEW ZEALAND - Lana Marie Coc-Kroft

NIGERIA - Omasan Tokurbo Buwa  (MW 88)

NORTHERN MARIANAS - Ruby Jean Hamilton

NORWAY - Bente Charlotte Rosenkilde Brunland (MW 89)

PARAGUAY - Marta Noemi Acosta Granada  (AmLat 88)

PERU - Katia Mirella Escudero Lozano

PHILIPPINES - Perfida Reyes Limpin

PORTUGAL - Isabel Rodrigues Martins da Costa

PUERTO RICO - Isabel María Pardo  (Señorita 87, Café 88)

SCOTLAND - Amanda Laird

SINGAPORE - Audrey Ann Tay

SPAIN - Sonsoles Artigas Medero  (MW 87)

SRI LANKA - Deepthi Alles

SWEDEN - Annika Davidsson

SWITZERLAND - Gabriela Bigler  (MW 87)

THAILAND - Porntip “Bui” Nakhirunkanok  ........................................................................ Best National Costume

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Cheryl Ann Gordon

TURKEY - Meltem Hakarar

TURKS & CAICOS - Edna Elizabeth Smith  (MW 87)

URUGUAY - Carla Irene Trombotti Moreno  (AmLat 86, Reina Mundial del Banano ‘87)

USA - Courtney Gibbs  ................................................................................ 1ST runner-up, Best National Costume

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - Heather Carty

VENEZUELA - Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán  (Miss Globe ’88)

WALES - Lise Marie Williams

 

        (did not compete)

GREECE - Tereza Liakou (fell ill & went back home)

 

Information courtesy of Donald West, with sincere thanks to Dan Mcevily. JPP extends its appreciation to many other international correspondents. Be sure to visit http://www.pageantopolis.com, Pageantopolis, for detailed historical information from international pageants of the past.

 

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