Miss Universe 1988


Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 May 1988 sponsored by Formosa Airlines at the Lin Kou Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan. 19 year-old Porntip Nakhirunkanok from Thailand was crowned by Cecilia Bolocco of Chile at the end of the event. 66 contestants competed in this year.

Results

Placements

Final Competition

NationPreliminary AverageInterviewSwimsuitEvening GownSemifinal Average
'8.719 9.730 9.684 9.752 9.722
'8.795 9.453 9.463 9.630 9.515
'8.497 9.266 9.144 9.233 9.214
'8.409 8.922 8.866 8.944 8.910
'8.505 8.744 8.666 9.074 8.828
'9.052 8.833 8.688 8.744 8.755
'8.518 8.543 8.900 8.811 8.751
'9.144 8.522 8.621 8.943 8.695
'8.440 8.712 8.588 8.644 8.648
'8.368 7.555 7.977 8.077 7.869


Contestants

Last competed in 1964:
Last competed in 1985:
Last competed in 1986:
, Finland was elected as the host city after Bob Barker announced he would serve as host for 1988 pageant. On January 3, 1988, the mayor of Helsinki, Raimo Ilaskivi, announced that his city has withdrawn to host the pageant due a technical and financial problems.The next day, it was officially announced that the contest was being moved to Taipei.

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