Miss Universe 1988

Miss Universe 1988 was the 37th Miss Universe pageant, held on 24 May 1988^[a] sponsored by Formosa Airlines at the Lin Kou Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan. Cecilia Bolocco of Chile crowned Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand at the end of the event. 66 candidates competed in this year's edition.

Miss Universe 1988
Date	24 May 1988^[a]
Presenters	Alan Thicke Tracy Scoggins
Venue	Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan
Broadcaster	CBS (international) CTS (official broadcaster)
Entrants	66
Placements	10
Withdrawals	Barbados Belize Curaçao Cyprus Greece India Kenya Panama Senegal
Returns	Belgium Bermuda Gibraltar Iceland Luxembourg Republic of China Scotland
Winner	Porntip Nakhirunkanok  Thailand
Congeniality	Liza Maria Camacho  Guam
Best National Costume	Porntip Nakhirunkanok  Thailand
Photogenic	Tracey Williams  England
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Results

 

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 1988

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe 1988	Thailand – Porntip Nakhirunkanok
1st runner-up	South Korea – Jang Yoon-jeong
2nd runner-up	Mexico – Amanda Olivares
3rd runner-up	Japan – Mizuho Sakaguchi
4th runner-up	Hong Kong – Pauline Yeung
Top 10	Colombia – Diana Arévalo   Dominican Republic – Patricia Jimenez   Norway – Bente Brunland   United States – Courtney Gibbs   Venezuela – Yajaira Vera

Notes

1. The event was held at 8:00 am Taiwan Time (UTC+08:00); for the Americas, this was May 23 in their local times.

Replacement

•   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.^[1]

References

1. "Miss France pageant scandals". Retrieved March 22, 2019.

External links

• Miss Universe official website