1988 Porntip Nakhirunkanok THAILAND

Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)

1st runner-up     Chang Yoon Jung   KOREA 2nd runner-up     Amanda Beatriz Olivares MEXICO 3rd runner-up     Mizuho Sakaguchi   JAPAN 4th runner-up     Pauline Yeung   HONG KONG SEMI-FINALISTS Diana Patricia Arevalo Guerra   COLOMBIA Patricia Jimenez   DOMINICAN REPUBIC Bente Charlotte  Brunland   NORWAY Courtney Gibbs   USA Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán   VENEZUELA

The pageant presentation was one of the most spectacular to date as the stage for pageant night was transformed to a menagerie of moving figures and colorful sceneries complete with flowers, dragons, and butterflies. Media coverage though was less than spectacular. Yet, there were early favorites in the persons of Misses Venezuela, Mexico, and England. , Asians ruled on pageant night as 4 Asian delegates zoomed into the top 5 leaving preliminary toppers USA and Dominican Republic behind. Only Mexico was able to fight through this Asian wall. Thailand's Porntip Nakhirunkanok ran away with the title but not without stiff competition from Korea's Chang Yoon Jung.

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