Miss Universe 1988
{{Short description|37th Miss Universe pageant}}
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{{Infobox beauty pageant
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| winner = Porntip Nakhirunkanok
{{flag|Thailand}}
|date=24 May 1988{{efn|name=Taiwan date|The event was held at 8:00 am Taiwan Time (UTC+08:00); for the Americas, this was May 23 in their local times.}}
| presenters = {{Hlist|Alan Thicke|Tracy Scoggins}}
| venue = Lin Kou Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan
| broadcaster = {{Hlist|CBS (international)|CTS (official broadcaster)}}
| entrants = 66
| placements = 10
| withdraws = {{Hlist|Barbados|Belize|Curaçao|Cyprus|Greece|India|Kenya|Panama|Senegal}}
| returns = {{Hlist|Belgium|Bermuda|Gibraltar|Iceland|Luxembourg|Republic of China|Scotland}}
| congeniality = Liza Maria Camacho
{{flag|Guam}}
| best national costume = Porntip Nakhirunkanok
{{flag|Thailand}}
| photogenic = Tracey Williams
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| before = 1987
| next = 1989
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Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 May 1988{{efn|name=Taiwan date}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Thai beauty is Miss Universe 1988 - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/05/24/Thai-beauty-is-Miss-Universe-1988/4495600084464/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=UPI |language=en}} 66 candidates competed in this year's edition.
Results
=Placements=
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| Placement
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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
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- {{ARG}} - Claudia Gabriela Pereyra
- {{AUS}} - Vanessa Lynn Gibson
- {{AUT}} - Maria Steinhart
- {{BAH}} - Natasha Christine Pinder
- {{BEL}} - Daisy Van Cauwenbergh
- {{BER}} - Kim Lightbourne
- {{BOL}} - Ana María Pereyra Parada
- {{BRA}} - Isabel Cristina Beduschi
- {{IVB}} - Nelda Felecia Farrington
- {{CAN}} - Melinda Gillies
- {{CHL}} - Verónica Romero Carvajal
- {{COL}} - Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra
- {{CRC}} - Erika Maria Paoli
- {{DEN}} - Pernille Nathansen
- {{DOM}} - Patricia Jimenez
- {{ECU}} - Cecilia Pozo Caminer
- {{EGY}} - Amina Sammy Shelbaya
- {{ELS}} - Ana Margarita Vaquerano Celarie
- {{ENG}} - Tracey Williams
- {{FIN}} - Nina Carita Bjornstrom
- {{FRA}} - Claudia Frittolini
- {{flag|West Germany|name=Germany}} - Christiane Kopp
- {{GIB}} - Mayte Sanchez
- {{GRL}} - Nuno Nette Baadh
- {{GUM}} - Liza Maria Camacho
- {{GUA}} - Silvia Mansilla
- {{flag|Holland}} - Annabet Reindina Berendsen
- {{HON}} - Jacqueline Herrera Mejia
- {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} - Pauline Yeung
- {{ISL}} - Anna Margret Jonsdóttir
- {{IRL}} - Adrienne Rock †
- {{ISR}} - Shirly Ben Mordechai
- {{ITA}} - Simona Ventura
- {{JAM}} - Leota Suah
- {{flag|Japan|1870}} - Mizuho Sakaguchi
- {{flag|KOR|name=Korea}} - Jang Yoon-jeong
- {{LBN}} - Elaine Georges Fakhoury
- {{LUX}} - Lydie Garnie
- {{MYS}} - Linda Lum
- {{MLT}} - Stephanie Spiteri
- {{MEX}} - Amanda Olivares
- {{NZL}} - Lana Coc-Kroft
- {{NGA}} - Omasan Tokurbo Buwa
- {{flag|Northern Marianas}} - Ruby Jean Hamilton
- {{NOR}} - Bente Brunland
- {{flag|Paraguay|1954}} - Marta Noemi Acosta Granada
- {{PER}} - Katia Mirella Escudero Lozano
- {{flag|Philippines|1986}} - Perfida Reyes Limpin
- {{POR}} - Isabel Martins da Costa
- {{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}} - Isabel Maria Pardo
- {{ROC}} - Jade Hu Fei-Tsui
- {{SCO}} - Amanda Laird
- {{SIN}} - Audrey Ann Tay
- {{ESP}} - Sonsoles Artigas Medero
- {{SRI}} - Deepthi Alles
- {{SWE}} - Annika Davidsson
- {{SWI}} - Gabriela Bigler
- {{flagicon|Thailand}} Thailand - Porntip Nakhirunkanok{{Cite web|last=|date=11 February 2025|title= สวยอมตะ! ‘ปุ๋ย ภรณ์ทิพย์’ ฉลองวันเกิดอายุ 57 ปี หุ่นเป๊ะ-ออร่าสมตำแหน่งนางงามจักรวาล |trans-title= Immortal beauty! 'Bui Porntip' celebrates her 57th birthday with a perfect figure and aura worthy of the title of Miss Universe |url= https://www.dailynews.co.th/news/4386225/ |access-date=24 March 2025|website=Daily News|language=Thai}}
- {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} - Cheryl Ann Gordon
- {{TUR}} - Meltem Hakarar
- {{flag|Turks and Caicos}} - Edna Elizabeth Smith
- {{URU}} - Carla Irene Trombotti Moreno
- {{flag|United States}} - Courtney Gibbs
- {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}} - Heather Carty
- {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} - Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán
- {{WAL}} - Lise Marie Williams
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Notes
=Returns=
=Withdrawals=
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- {{BRB}}
- {{BLZ}}
- {{CUW}}
- {{CYP}}
- {{GRC}} – Tereza Liakou - She got sick before the pageant.
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- {{KEN}}
- {{PAN}}
- {{SEN}}
- {{YUG}} - Alma Hasanbašić - Lack of Founding and Sponsorship. She went to Miss International 1988.
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Notes
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=Replacement=
- {{FRA}} - 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.premiere.fr/Tele/Miss-France-a-chaque-Miss-son-scandale|title=Miss France pageant scandals|access-date=March 22, 2019}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.missuniverse.com Miss Universe official website]
{{Miss Universe}}
{{Miss Universe 1988 delegates}}