Top (4th row)  Slovak Republic, Spain, Curacao, British Virgin Islands, Bonaire, Ukraine, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Russia, Colombia, Venezuela, Portugal, Angola, Ecuador, Brazil, New Zealand, Hungary, Netherlands and Trinidad & Tobago

3rd row  Yugoslavia, Paraguay, India, Ireland, Nicaragua, Poland, Canada, Germany, Finland, Australia, Estonia, Greece, Honduras, Czech Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, Bolivia, Israel, Romania, Nigeria, Philippines & Sweden

2nd row  Panama, Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Taiwan, Singapore, Namibia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Uruguay, Italy, Croatia, U.S.A., Norway, Costa Rica, Dominica Republic, Malaysia & Zimbabwe

MISS UNIVERSE 1998

1998 May 12
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
81 entries

Results
1  Trinidad & Tobago  Wendy Rachelle Fitzwilliam
2  Venezuela  Veruska Tatiana Ramirez Medina
3  Puerto Rico  Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica (World '94)

Finalists
Colombia  Silvia Fernanda Ortíz Guerra
U.S.A.  Shawnae Nicole Jebbia

Semi-finalists
Brazil  Michela Dauzacker Marchi
India  Lymaraina D’Souza
Ireland  Andrea Roche (World '97)
Russia  Anna Malova (winner Baltic Sea '94, World '94, Queen of the Clubs '95)
South Africa  Kerishnie Naicker (4th RU World '98)
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Order of announcement of semi-finalists
South Africa, Russia, Ireland, Brazil, Colombia, India, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, U.S.A. & Puerto Rico

Order of announcement of Top 5
Colombia, U.S.A., Trinidad & Tobago, Puerto Rico & Venezuela

Order of announcement of Top 3
Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago & Puerto Rico
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Remainder
Angola  Emilia Guardano
Argentina  Marcela Viviana Brane (2nd RU Sudamericana '98)
Aruba  Wendelyne "Wendy" Esther Laclé
Australia  Renee Henderson (World '00)
Bahamas  Juliette Deanza Sargent
Belgium  Sandrine Corman (World '97)
Belize  Elvia Lilia Vega (Nuestra Belleza '97)
Bolivia  Verónica Larrieu (2nd RU Maja '95)
Bonaire  Uzmin Mariluz Everts
British Virgin Islands  Kaida Donovan (World '93)
Bulgaria  Natalia Gourkova
Canada  Juliana Renee Thiessen
Chile  Claudia Arnello Reynolds (Asia Pacific '98)
Costa Rica  Kisha Alvarado Murillo
Croatia  Ivana Grzetic
Curacao  Natacha Tamara Bloem (Nuestra Belleza '97)
Cyprus  Daniella Iordanova
Czech Republic  Kristina Fridvalska (SF Europe '97)
Dominican Republic  Selines Mendez (1st RU Intercontinental '96, winner Top Model of the World '96)
Ecuador  Soraya Edith Hogonaga Serrano
Egypt  Karine Fahmy
El Salvador  Maria Gabriela Joviel Munguia
Estonia  Mari Loorens
Finland  Jonna Kauppila (winner Scandinavia '99)
France  Sophie Thalmann
Germany  Katharina Mainka (2nd RU Intercontinental '98, 1st RU Baltic Sea '99)
Ghana  Francisca Baafour Awuah
Great Britain  Leilani Anne Dowding
Greece  Dimitra Aiginiti
Guam  Joylyn Muñoz (World '95)
Guatemala  Astrid Gabriela Ramírez Apel  (1st RU Queen of the World '98, winner Reina de la Costa Maya '98, Coffee '99, Atlantico '99)
Honduras  Dania Patricia Prince Méndez (Coffee '98, winner Latin America '99, Atlantico '01, winner Earth '03)
Hong Kong  Virginia Yung Ka-Shui (Top 5 Chinese International '98)
Hungary  Agnes Nagy
Israel  Hagit Raz
Italy  Claudia Trieste
Jamaica  Shani McGraham
Japan  Nana Okumura
Korea  Kim Ji-yeon
Lebanon  Nina Kadis
Malaysia  Sherine Wong Sook Ling
Malta  Carol Cassar
Mauritius  Leena Ramphul
Mexico  Katty Fuentes Garcia
Namibia  Retha Reinders
Netherlands  Jacqueline Rotteveel
New Zealand  Rosemary Rassell
Nicaragua  Claudia Patricia Alaniz Hernández (World '98, SF International '99, SF Latin America '99, 4th RU World Miss University '01)
Nigeria  Chika Lilian Chikezie
Northern Marianas  Helene Yun Lizama
Norway  Stine Bergsvand
Panama  Tanisha Tamara Drummond Johnson
Paraguay  Luz Marina González Ruiz Díaz (Queen of the World '98, Top 6 Coffee '99, Atlantico '99)
Peru  Karin Bernal
Philippines  Jewel May Lobaton
Poland  Sylwia Malgorzata Kupiec
Portugal  Icília Silva Berenguel (World '97, Coffee '98, International '98)
Romania  Iuliana Elena Verdes
Singapore  Alice Lim Poh Choo
Slovak Republic  Vladimira Hrenovcikova
Spain  María José Besora Villanueva
Sweden  Jessica Olérs
Switzerland  Tanja Gutmann (World '97)
Taiwan  Annie Tsai
Thailand  Chalida Thaochalee
Turkey  Asuman Krause
U.S. Virgin Islands  Leah Webster (World '92)
Ukraine  Yelena Spirina
Uruguay  Virginia Russo
Yugoslavia  Jelena Trninic
Zimbabwe  Selina Stuart

Replaced
Philippines  Olivia Tisha Silang (non-citizen)

Did not compete
Bermuda  Joanne Darrell
Iceland  Harpa Lind Hardardóttir
Turks & Caicos  Kricket Hunt
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