Miss World 1998

Miss World 1998
Miss World 1998 Linor Abargil
Date	26 November 1998
Presenters	Ronan Keating Eden Harel
Venue	Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort, Mahé, Seychelles
Broadcaster	E! SBC
Entrants	86
Placements	10
Debuts	Angola Kazakhstan Sint Maarten
Withdrawals	Cape Verde Honduras Latvia Macau Namibia Thailand Uganda
Returns	Curaçao Liberia Mauritius Nicaragua Nigeria
Winner	Linor Abargil[1] Israel
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Miss World 1998, the 48th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 26 November 1998 at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort in Mahé Island, Seychelles. 86 delegates from around the world competed for the crown. Ronan Keating, then lead singer of Boyzone, and MTV's Eden Harel hosted the event. This year's winner, Israel's Linor Abargil,^[1] revealed days after the competition that she had been raped several weeks before the pageant. She was crowned by Miss World 1997, Diana Hayden of India.