Miss International 1998

Miss International 1998
DateSeptember 26, 1998
PresentersMasumi Okada
VenueKoseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
BroadcasterTV Tokyo
Entrants43
Placements15
DebutsLatvia
Withdrawals
  • Brazil
  • Guatemala
  • Lebanon
  • Macau
  • Malta
  • Puerto Rico
  • Russia
  • Ukraine
Returns
  • Cyprus
  • Iceland
  • Macedonia
  • Holland
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Senegal
  • Togo
WinnerLía Borrero
Panama
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Miss International 1998 was the 38th Miss International pageant, held at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 26 September 1998.

Lía Borrero of Panama won and was crowned by Consuelo Adler of Venezuela. It is the first time Panama has won the pageant.[1][2]

Contestants from forty-three countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by Masumi Okada.

  1. ^ "Lía Victoria Borrero nueva Miss Internacional". portal.critica. 1998.
  2. ^ "Winning ways". The Straits Times. 28 September 1998. p. 6. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via National Library Board.