Miss Universe 1988
| Miss Universe 1988 | |
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| Date | 24 May 1988[a] |
| Presenters | |
| Venue | Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 66 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Porntip Nakhirunkanok Thailand |
| Congeniality | Liza Camacho (Guam) |
| Best National Costume | Porntip Nakhirunkanok (Thailand) |
| Photogenic | Tracey Williams (England) |
Miss Universe 1988 was the 37th edition of Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Lin Kou Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan, on 24 May 1988.
Cecilia Bolocco of Chile crowned Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand at the conclusion of the event.[1]
Sixty-six candidates competed in this year's edition.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss Universe 1988 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 10 |
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Contestants
- Argentina - Claudia Pereyra
- Australia - Vanessa Gibson
- Austria - Maria Steinhart
- Bahamas - Natasha Pinder
- Belgium - Daisy van Cauwenbergh
- Bermuda - Kim Lightbourne
- Bolivia - Ana María Pereyra
- Brazil - Isabel Beduschi
- British Virgin Islands - Nelda Farrington
- Canada - Melinda Gillies
- Chile - Verónica Romero
- Colombia - Diana Arévalo
- Costa Rica - Erika Paoli
- Denmark - Pernille Nathansen
- Dominican Republic - Patricia Jiménez
- Ecuador - Cecilia Pozo
- Egypt - Amina Shelbaya
- El Salvador - Margarita Vaquerano
- England - Tracey Williams
- Finland - Nina Björnström
- France - Claudia Frittolini
- Gibraltar - Mayte Sanchez
- Greenland - Nuno Baadh
- Guam - Liza Camacho
- Guatemala - Silvia Mansilla
- Holland - Annabet Berendssen
- Honduras - Jacqueline Herrera
- Hong Kong - Pauline Yeung
- Iceland - Anna Margret Jónsdóttir
- Ireland - Adrienne Rock
- Israel - Shirly Ben Mordechai
- Italy - Simona Ventura
- Jamaica - Leota Suah
- Japan - Mizuho Sakaguchi
- Lebanon - Elaine Fakhoury
- Luxembourg - Lydie Garnie
- Malaysia - Linda Lum
- Malta - Stephanie Spiteri
- Mexico - Amanda Olivares
- New Zealand - Lana Coc-Kroft[2]
- Nigeria - Omasan Buwa
- Northern Mariana Islands - Ruby Jean Hamilton
- Norway - Bente Brunland
- Paraguay - Marta Noemi Acosta
- Peru - Katia Escudero
- Philippines - Perfida Limpin
- Portugal - Isabel da Costa
- Puerto Rico - Isabel Pardo
- Republic of China - Jade Hu
- Scotland - Amanda Laird
- Singapore - Audrey Ann Tay
- South Korea[b] - Yoon-jeong Jang
- Spain - Sonsoles Artigas
- Sri Lanka - Deepthi Alles
- Sweden - Annika Davidsson
- Switzerland - Gabriela Bigler
- Thailand - Porntip Nakhirunkanok[3]
- Trinidad and Tobago - Cheryl Gordon
- Turkey - Meltem Hakarar
- Turks and Caicos Islands - Edna Smith
- United States - Courtney Gibbs
- United States Virgin Islands - Heather Carty
- Uruguay - Carla Trombotti
- Venezuela - Yajaira Vera
- Wales - Lise Williams
- West Germany[c] - Christiane Kopp
Replacements
- Italy - The original winner of Miss Italia 1987, Mirca Viola was dethroned few days later after it was discovered that she was married and had a child, and less than 1 month later the final contest was repeated and Michela Rocco di Torrepadula won; But a few months later she renounced her right to go to Miss Universe to compete in Miss Europe 1988 in May, where she won the crown. Due to the scandal with the winners, the Miss Universe Organization took away the licence from the Miss Italia Organizers and a new organization called Miss Universo Campione d'Italia held the Italian Selection for Miss Universe pageant from 1988 to 1991. Simona Ventura who competed at Miss Italia 1986 Pageant, won the first edition in 30 March 1988.[4]
- 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.[5]
- Yugoslavia - Miss Yugoslavia 1987, Matilda Sazdova was a underage before February 1st and was replaced by her runner-up - Alma Hasanbašić.
Notes
- ^ The event was held at 8:00 am Taiwan Time (UTC+08:00); for the Americas, this was May 23 in their local times.
- ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
- ^ Competed as Germany in the pageant
References
- ^ "Thai beauty is Miss Universe 1988 - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ "Premier N.Z. beauty queen chosen". The Press. Christchurch, New Zealand. 8 February 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "สวยอมตะ! 'ปุ๋ย ภรณ์ทิพย์' ฉลองวันเกิดอายุ 57 ปี หุ่นเป๊ะ-ออร่าสมตำแหน่งนางงามจักรวาล" [Immortal beauty! 'Bui Porntip' celebrates her 57th birthday with a perfect figure and aura worthy of the title of Miss Universe]. Daily News (in Thai). 11 February 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "ICharta". icharta.com. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
- ^ "Miss France pageant scandals". Retrieved March 22, 2019.