1998 Miss Universe Pageant Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii, USA May 12 Host: Jack Wagner The 81 Official Candidates Image courtesy of Fountain of Beauty Emilia Guardado Angola Marcela Brane Argentina Wendy Laclé Aruba Renee Henderson Australia Juliette Sargent Bahamas Sandrine Corman Belgium Elvia Vega Belize Verónica Larrieu Bolivia Uzmin Mariluz Everts Bonaire Michella Marchi Brazil Kaida Donovan British Virgin Islands Natalia Gourkova Bulgaria Juliana Thiessen Canada Claudia Arnello Chile Silvia Fernanda Ortíz Guerra Colombia Kisha Alvarado Murillo Costa Rica Ivana Grzetic Croatia Natacha Bloem Curaçao Daniella Iordanova Cyprus Kristina Fridvalska Czech Republic Selines Mendez Dominican Republic Soraya Hogonaga Serrano Ecuador Karine Fahmy Egypt Maria Gabriela Jovel Munguia El Salvador Mari Loorens Estonia Jonna Kauppila Finland Sophie Thalmann France Katharina Mainka Germany Francisca Baafour Awuah Ghana Leilani Dowding Great Britain Dimitra Eginiti Greece Joylyn Muñoz Guam Astrid Ramírez Apel Guatemala Dania Prince Méndez Honduras Virginia Yung Hong Kong Agnes Nagy Hungary Lymaraina D’Souza India Andrea Roche Ireland Hagit Raz Israel Claudia Trieste Italy Shani McGraham Jamaica Nana Okumura Japan Ji Yeon Kim Korea Nina Kadis Lebanon Sherine Wong Sook Ling Malaysia Carol Cassar Malta Leena Ramphul Mauritius Katty Fuentes García Mexico Retha Reinders Namibia Jacqueline Rotteveel Netherlands Rosemary Rassell New Zealand Claudia Alaniz Hernández Nicaragua Chika Chikezie Nigeria Helene Yun Lizama Northern Marianas Stine Bergsvand Norway Tanisha Drummond Panama Luz Marina González Paraguay Karim Bernal Peru Jewel May Lobaton Philippines Sylwia Kupiec Poland Icília Berenguel Portugal Joyce Giraud Mojica Puerto Rico Iulia Verdes Romania Anna Malova Russia Alice Lim Singapore Vladimira Hrenovcikova Slovak Republic Kerishnie Naiker South Africa María José Besora Villanueva Spain Jessica Olers Sweden Tanja Gutmann Switzerland Annie Tsai Taipei ROC Chalida Thaochalee Thailand Wendy Fitzwilliam Trinidad & Tobago Asuman Krause Turkey Olena Spirina Ukraine Virginia Russo Uruguay Shawnae Jebbia U.S.A. Leah Webster US Virgin Islands Veruska Tatiana Ramirez Medina Venezuela Jelena Trninic Yugoslavia Selina Stuart Zimbabwe Images courtesy of Miss Universe L.P., LLLP PHOTO GALLERY VIDEO GALLERY Acknowledgments: Miss Universe Organization Ben Kramer's Pageant Lovers' Page Fountain of Beauty All rights reserved. Copyright © 2004-2010, pageants@veestarz This page hosted by Veestarz.com