Miss World 1998

This edition saw the debut of Angola, Kazakhstan and Sint Maarten, and the return of Curaçao, Liberia, Mauritius, Nicaragua and Nigeria; Nicaragua, which last competed in 1977, Liberia last competed in 1988, Mauritius last competed in 1994 and Curaçao and Nigeria last competed in 1996.

Cape Verde, Egypt, Honduras, Latvia, Macau, Namibia, Thailand, and Uganda, withdrew from the competition. The third runner-up of Miss Honduras 1997, Miriam Eloisa Vivas Luna was chosen to participate at Miss World 1998,{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1625/newsticker4.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/19991018212148/http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1625/newsticker4.html|archive-date = 18 October 1999|title = Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos}} but she wasn't able to travel to the contest due to the consequences of Hurricane Mitch in November of that year in Central America.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/'Mitch+kills+top+model'.-a060613502|title='Mitch kills top model'. - Free Online Library}} She went to Miss Asia-Pacific 1998. Miss Macau pageant stop to held due lack of sponsorship and low televiewers. Only was held in 2008 for 2 years.{{Cite web|url=https://cronicasmacaenses.com/2012/04/11/as-irmas-pedruco-e-os-titulos-de-miss-macau-com-video/|title=As irmãs Pedruco e os títulos de Miss Macau, com vídeo|date=2012-04-11|website=Cronicas Macaenses|language=pt-BR|access-date=2019-04-19}}

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• Eric Morley † – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
• Diana Hayden – Miss World 1997 from India
• Sophie Dahl
• Pilin Leon – Miss World 1981 from Venezuela
• Jonah Lomu † {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/222809.stm |title=Linor cruises to Miss World title |work=BBC News |date=November 27, 1998 |access-date=25 January 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/222108.stm | title=Miss World goes PC? | work=BBC News | date=November 26, 1998 | access-date=25 January 2016}}
• Mark Newson
• Terry O'Neill †
• Mica Paris
• Jacques Villeneuve

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• {{flag|Angola}} – Maria Manuela Cortez de Lemos João †
• {{flag|Argentina}} – Natalia Elisa González
• {{flag|Aruba}} – Judelca Shahira Briceno
• {{flag|Australia}} – Sarah-Jane Camille St. Clair
• {{flag|Austria}} – Sabine Lindorfer
• {{flag|Bahamas}} – LeTeasha Henrietta Ingraham
• {{flag|Belgium}} – Tanja Dexters
• {{flag|Bolivia}} – Bianca Bauer Áñez
• {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} – Samra Tojaga
• {{flag|Botswana}} – Earthen Pinkinyana Mbulawa
• {{flag|Brazil}} – Adriana Reis
• {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} – Virginia Olen Rubiane
• {{flag|Bulgaria}} – Polina Petkova
• {{flag|Canada}} – Leanne Baird
• {{flag|Cayman Islands|old}} – Gemma Marie McLaughlin
• {{flag|Chile}} – Daniella Andrea Campos Lathrop{{Cite news |date=23 September 1998 |title=Facelift for Miss World |language=en |pages=7 |work=The New Paper |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19980923-1.2.6.7 |access-date=5 May 2025 |via=National Library Board}}
• {{flag|Colombia}} – Mónica Marcela Cuartas Jiménez
• {{flag|Costa Rica}} – María Luisa Ureña Salazar
• {{flag|Croatia}} – Lejla Šehović
• {{flag|Curaçao}} – Jeameane Veronica Colastica
• {{flag|Cyprus}} – Chrysanthi Michael
• {{flag|Czech Republic}} – Alena Šeredová
• {{flag|Dominican Republic}} – Sharmin Arelis Díaz Costo
• {{flag|Ecuador}} – Vanessa Natania Graf Alvear
• {{flag|Estonia}} – Ly Jürgenson
• {{flag|Finland}} – Maaret Saija Nousiainen
• {{flag|France}} – Véronique Caloc
• {{flag|Germany}} – Sandra Ahrabian
• {{flag|Ghana}} – Efia Owusuaa Marfo
• {{flag|Gibraltar}} – Melanie Soiza
• {{flag|Greece}} – Katia Marie Margaritoglou
• {{flag|Guatemala}} – Glenda Iracema Cifuentes Ruiz
• {{flag|Netherlands|name=Holland}} – Nerena Ruinemans
• {{flag|Hong Kong}}{{Efn|Hong Kong China}} – Jessie Chiu Chui-Yi
• {{flag|Hungary}} – Éva Horváth{{Cite news|date=1 August 2016|title=1998-ban Magyarország legszebb lányának koronázták meg Horváth Évát, aki jól sáfárkodott a Miss World Hungary királynői státuszával.|trans-title=In 1998, Éva Horváth was crowned the most beautiful girl in Hungary, and she managed her status as the queen of Miss World Hungary well.|url=https://www.blikk.hu/sztarvilag/emlekszik-ra-igy-nezett-ki-horvath-eva-amikor-megnyerte-a-szepsegversenyt/8w90epd|access-date=25 April 2025|website=Blikk|language=Hungarian|archive-date=21 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621192437/https://www.blikk.hu/sztarvilag/emlekszik-ra-igy-nezett-ki-horvath-eva-amikor-megnyerte-a-szepsegversenyt/8w90epd|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|India}} – Annie Thomas
• {{flag|Ireland}} – Vivienne Doyle
• {{flag|Israel}} – Linor Abargil
• {{flag|Italy}} – Maria Concetta Travaglini
• {{flag|Jamaica}} – Christine Renee Straw
• {{flag|Japan|1947}} – Rie Mochizuki
• {{flag|Kazakhstan}} – Anna Kirpota
• {{flag|Lebanon}} – Clemence Achkar
• {{flag|Liberia}} – Olivia Precious Cooper
• {{flagicon|LIT}} Lithuania – Kristina Pakarnaitė{{Cite news|date=26 August 2013|title="Mis Lietuva 1998" nugalėtoją K.Pakarnaitę į konkurso atranką atvedė tėvai|trans-title="Miss Lithuania 1998" winner K.Pakarnaitė was brought to the competition by her parents|url=https://www.lrytas.lt/zmones/veidai-ir-vardai/2013/08/26/news/-mis-lietuva-1998-nugaletoja-k-pakarnaite-i-konkurso-atranka-atvede-tevai-4928188|access-date=25 April 2025|website=Lrytas|language=Lithuanian|archive-date=24 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424201920/https://www.lrytas.lt/zmones/veidai-ir-vardai/2013/08/26/news/-mis-lietuva-1998-nugaletoja-k-pakarnaite-i-konkurso-atranka-atvede-tevai-4928188|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|Malaysia}} – Lina Teoh Pick Lim
• {{flag|Malta}} – Rebecca Camilleri
• {{flag|Mauritius}} – Oona Sujaya Fulena
• {{flag|Mexico}} – Vilma Verónica Zamora Suñol
• {{flag|Nepal}} – Jyoti Pradhan
• {{flag|New Zealand}} – Tanya Hayward
• {{flag|Nicaragua}} – Claudia Patricia Alaniz Hernández
• {{flag|Nigeria}} – Temitayo Osobu
• {{flag|Norway}} – Henriette Dankersten
• {{flag|Panama}} – Lorena del Carmen Zagía Miro
• {{flag|Paraguay|1990}} – Perla Carolina Benítez Gonzales
• {{flag|Peru}} – Mariana Larrabure de Orbegoso
• {{flag|Philippines}} – Rachel Muyot Soriano
• {{flag|Poland}} – Izabela Opęchowska
• {{flag|Portugal}} – Marcia Vasconcelos
• {{flag|Puerto Rico}} – Antonia Alfonso Pagán
• {{flag|Russia}} – Tatiana Makrouchina
• {{flag|Seychelles}} – Alvina Antoinette Grand d'Court
• {{flag|Singapore}} – Grace Chay
• {{flag|Sint Maarten}}{{Efn|competed as Saint Martin}} – Myrtille Charlotte Brookson
• {{flagicon|SVK}} Slovakia – Karolína Čičatková{{Cite news|date=28 September 2010|title=Marína Georgievová finišuje s prípravami na Miss World|trans-title=Marina Georgieva finishes preparations for Miss World|url=https://www.pluska.sk/soubiznis/spravy-klebety/nase-celebrity/marina-georgievova-finisuje-pripravami-miss-world.html|access-date=25 April 2025|website=Pluska Slovakia|language=Slovak|archive-date=25 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125061302/https://www.pluska.sk/soubiznis/spravy-klebety/nase-celebrity/marina-georgievova-finisuje-pripravami-miss-world.html|url-status=live}}
• {{flagicon|SLO}} Slovenia – Mihaela Novak{{Cite news|date=17 November 2024|title=Nekoč najlepša Slovenka pokazala stopala|trans-title=The once most beautiful Slovenian woman showed off her feet|url=https://www.zurnal24.si/magazin/vip/nekoc-najlepsa-slovenka-pokazala-stopala-431936|access-date=25 April 2025|website=Žurnal24|language=Slovenian|archive-date=18 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118021014/https://www.zurnal24.si/magazin/vip/nekoc-najlepsa-slovenka-pokazala-stopala-431936|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|South Africa}} – Kerishnie Naicker
• {{flag|South Korea}}{{Efn|competed as Korea}} – Kun-woo Kim
• {{flag|Spain}} – Rocío Jiménez Fernández
• {{flag|Swaziland}} – Cindy Stanckoczi
• {{flag|Sweden}} – Jessica Magdalena Therése Almenäs
• {{flag|Switzerland}} – Sonja Grandjean
• {{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} Taiwan{{Efn|competed as Chinese Taipei}} – Yi-Ju Chen
• {{flag|Tanzania}} – Basila Kalubha Mwanukuzi
• {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} – Jeanette Marie La Caillie
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey – Buket Saygı{{Cite news|last=Üyesi|first=Onedio|date=13 February 2019|title=Hepsi Zirveye Çıktı Ama Orada Kalamadı: Türkiye'nin Son 25 Yıldaki Türkiye Güzelleri Şimdi Ne Yapıyor?|trans-title=They All Reached the Top But Couldn't Stay There: What Are Türkiye's Beauties of the Last 25 Years Doing Now?|url=https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708|access-date=25 April 2025|website=Onedio|language=Turkish|archive-date=24 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724212547/https://onedio.com/haber/hepsi-zirveye-cikti-ancak-hepsi-orada-kalamadi-turkiye-nin-son-25-yildaki-turkiye-guzelleri-simdi-ne-yapiyor-860708|url-status=live}}
• {{flag|Ukraine}} – Nataliya Nadtochey
• {{flag|United Kingdom}} – Emmalene McLoughlin
• {{flag|United States}} – Shauna Gene Gambill
• {{flag|United States Virgin Islands}}{{Efn|competed as American Virgin Islands}} – Wendy Sanchez
• {{flag|Uruguay}} – María Desiree Fernández Mautone
• {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – Verónica Schneider Rodríguez
• {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia – Jelena Jakovljević
• {{flag|Zambia}} – Chisala Chibesa
• {{flag|Zimbabwe}} – Annette Kambarami

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• Miss Malaysia, Lina Teoh is the cousin of the owner for Lake Berjaya Resort, Mahé.

• {{flagu|Bahamas}} - Nadia Rodgers-Albury was originally supposed to compete at Miss World but ended not competing after the Miss Bahamas Committee lost the franchise to a new organization and that organization decided to hold a new contest which crowned another queen that took her place.
• {{flagu|Czech Republic}} – Miss Czech Republic 1998, Kateřina Stočesová was remplaced with her First Runner up - Alena Šeredová due her lack of English Language skills. She later won the Queen of the World 1998 title in same November.
• {{flagu|France}} - Véronique Caloc was the first runner-up at Miss France 1998, representing Martinique. She was chosen to represent France at Miss World, while the winner of Miss France 1998, Sophie Thalmann, participated at Miss Universe 1998.
• {{flagu|Kazakhstan}} – Dana Tolesh[http://old.express-k.kz/show_article.php?art_id=14230 Жизнь после короны]

• {{flagu|Latvia}} - Evija Rucevska - She withdrew for personal reasons, but competed a year later in Miss World 1999.
• {{flagu|Namibia}} - Miss Namibia 1998, Retha Reinders did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship.
• {{flagu|Thailand}} - Lacked sponsorship to send a delegate.
• {{flagu|Uganda}}

• {{flagu|Bangladesh}} - Shaila Simi - Miss World Bangladesh 1998 withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.{{Cite news|date=13 September 2018|title=Search for Miss World Bangladesh will start from September 16|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/155524/search-for-miss-world-bangladesh-will-start-from|access-date=27 April 2025|website=Dhaka Tribune|language=en|archive-date=11 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411033451/https://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/155524/search-for-miss-world-bangladesh-will-start-from|url-status=live}}
• {{flagu|Belize}} - Viola Jeffery - Due to lack of sponsors. She went to Miss Universe 1999.
• {{flagu|Bonaire}} - Julina Felida - Due to lack of sponsors. She went to Miss Universe 1999.
• {{flagu|Iraq}} - Ban Kadret - She withdrew because of a disagreement between Eric Morley and the Miss Iraq organizers, due to sanctions placed on Iraq.
• {{flagu|Suriname}} - Miss Suriname 1998, Farah Breeveld did not participate due to the lack of sponsorship.

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