Miss Universe 1998

Results

Placements

Contestants

• ' - Emilia Guardano
• ' - Marcela Brane
• ' - Wendy Lacle
• ' - Renee Henderson
• ' - Juliette Sargent
• ' - Sandrine Corman
• ' - Elvia Vega
• ' - Veronica Larrieu
• ' - Uzmin Everts
• ' - Michella Marchi
• ' - Kaida Donovan
• ' - Natalia Gourkova
• ' - Juliana Thiessen
• ' - Claudia Arnello
• ' - Silvia Fernanda Ortiz Guerra
• ' - Kisha Alvarado
• ' - Ivana Grzetić
• ' - Natacha Bloem
• ' - Daniella Iordanova
• ' - Kristina Fridvalská
• ' - Selinée Méndez
• ' - Soraya Hogonaga
• ' - Karine Fahmy
• ' - María Gabriela Jovel
• ' - Mari Lawrens
• ' - Jonna Kauppila
• ' - Sophie Thalmann
• ' - Katharina Mainka
• ' - Francisca Awuah
• ' - Leilani Dowding
• ' - Dimitra Eginiti
• ' - Joylyn Munoz
• ' - Astrid Ramírez
• ' - Dania Prince
• ' - Virginia Yung
• ' - Agnes Nagy
• ' - Lymaraina D'Souza
• ' - Andrea Roche
• ' - Hagit Raz
• ' - Claudia Trieste
• ' - Shani McGraham
• ' - Nana Okumura
• ' - Kim Ji-yeon
• ' - Nina Kadis
• ' - Sherine Wong
• ' - Carol Cassar
• ' - Leena Ramphul
• ' - Katty Fuentes
• ' - Retha Reinders
• ' - Jacqueline Rotteveel
• ' - Rosemary Rassell
• ' - Claudia Alaniz
• ' - Chika Chikezie
• ' - Helene Yun Lizama
• ' - Stine Bergsvand
• ' - Tanisha Drummond
• ' - Luz Marina González
• ' - Karim Bernal
• ' - Jewel Lobaton
• ' - Sylwia Kupiec
• ' - Icilia Berenguel
• ' - Joyce Giraud
• ' - Juliana Elena Verdes
• ' - Anna Malova
• ' - Alice Lim
• ' - Vladimíra Hreňovčíková
• ' - Kerishnie Naicker
• ' - María José Besora
• ' - Jessica Olérs
• ' - Tanja Gutmann
• ' - Annie Tsai
• ' - Chalida Thaochalee
• ' - Wendy Fitzwilliam
• ' - Asuman Krause
• ' - Olena Spirina
• ' - Virginia Russo
• ' - Shawnae Jebbia
• ' - Leah Webster
• ' - Veruska Ramírez
• ' - Jelena Trninić
• - Selina Stuart

  Debut

• Withdrawals

• ' - Joanne Darrell
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• ' - Harpa Lind Hardardttir
• ' - Kricket Hunt

  Returns

• Last competed in 1991
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  Replacements

• ' - Linor Abargil, Miss Israel 1998 couldn't compete due underage. Her first runner up- Hagit Raz who was Israel's Maiden of Beauty 1998 went in her place. Later that year Abargil won Miss World 1998 crown.
• ' - The winner of Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1998, Tisha Silang had to resign due to her Canadian citizenship. The pageant's first runner-up - Jewel Mae Lobaton of Bacolod City, was selected as the Philippine representative in the Miss Universe 1998.

  Awards

• ' - Miss Congeniality
• ' - Miss Photogenic
• - Best National Costume

  General references