Miss International 1998
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Miss International
Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...
pageant, was won by Lía Victoria Borrero González of Panama
Panama
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. It took place on 26 September 1998 at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo
Tokyo
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, Japan
Japan
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Results
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss International 1998 |
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| 1st runner-up |
 Venezuela - Daniela Kosán Montcourt |
| 2nd runner-up |
 India - Shvetha Jaishankar |
| Finalists |
 Bolivia - Liliana Peña Guachalla Colombia - Adriana Hurtado Novella Czech Republic - Petra Faltynova Finland - Piia Hartikainen Early Modern France - Patricia Spéhar Japan - Megumi Taira Republic of Macedonia - Ana Binovska Philippines - Colette Centeno Glazer Poland - Agnieszka Osinska Spain - Vanessa Romero Torres Tunisia - Nejla Kouniali |
Special awards
- Friendship:
- Photogenic: VenezuelaMiss Venezuela 1997The Miss Venezuela 1997 pageant was held in Caracas, Venezuela in 12 September 1997. The pageant was won by Veruska Ramírez of Táchira, who was crowned by outgoing queen Marena Bencomo of Carabobo...
, Daniela Kosán Montcourt - National Costume: Colombia, Adriana Hurtado Novella
Contestants
- - Maria Fernanda Ortiz
- - Anushka Sheritsa Lew Jen Tai
- - Katherine Louis O'Brien
- - Liliana Peña Guachalla
- - Adriana Hurtado Novella
- - Cho Hye-young
- - Santa Indris Tokaay
- - Marianna Panayiotou
- - Sorangel Fersobe Matos
- - Colette Centeno Glazer
- - Piia Hartikainen
- - Patricia Spéhar
- - Fiona Ammann
- - Melanie Devina Jones
- - Eleni Pliatsika
Hawaii - Lori-Ann Lee Medeiros- - Megumi Taira
- - Wendy Suyapa Rodríguez
Hong Kong - Natalie Ng Man-Yan- - Shvetha Jaishankar
- - Gudbjörg Sigridur Hermannsdóttir
- - Galia Abramov
- - Liga Graudumniece
- Republic of Macedonia - Ana Binovska
- - Karina Patricia Mora Novelo
Northern Mariana Islands - Sonya Palacios Pangelinan- - Bjorg Sofie Lovstad
- - Ilona Marilyn van Veldhuisen
- - Lía Victoria Borrero González
- - Maria Fabiola Roig Escandriolo
- - Melissa Miranda Quiñones
- - Agnieszka Osinska
- - Icilia Silva Berenguel
- - Petra Faltynova
- - Maimouna Diallo
- - Sudha Menon
- - Martina Kalmanova
- - Vanessa Romero Torres
- - Manuella Nadou Lawson-Body
- - Nejla Kouniali
- - Senay Akay
- - Daniela Kossán Montcourt
- - Susan Paez