Miss Universe 1988, the 37th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 24 May 1988{{efn|name=Taiwan date}} sponsored by Formosa Airlines at the Lin Kou Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan. 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

Contestants

• {{ARG}} - Claudia Gabriela Pereyra
• {{AUS}} - Vanessa Lynn Gibson
• {{AUT}} - Maria Steinhart
• {{BAH}} - Natasha Christine Pinder
• {{BEL}} - Daisy Van Cauwenbergh
• {{BER}} - Kim Lightbourne
• {{BOL}} - Ana María Pereyra Parada
• {{BRA}} - Isabel Cristina Beduschi
• {{IVB}} - Nelda Felecia Farrington
• {{CAN}} - Melinda Gillies
• {{CHL}} - Verónica Romero Carvajal
• {{COL}} - Diana Patricia Arévalo Guerra
• {{CRC}} - Erika Maria Paoli
• {{DEN}} - Pernille Nathansen
• {{DOM}} - Patricia Jimenez
• {{ECU}} - Cecilia Pozo Caminer
• {{EGY}} - Amina Sammy Shelbaya
• {{ELS}} - Ana Margarita Vaquerano Celarie
• {{ENG}} - Tracey Williams
• {{FIN}} - Nina Carita Bjornstrom
• {{FRA}} - Claudia Frittolini
• {{flag|West Germany|name=Germany}} - Christiane Kopp
• {{GIB}} - Mayte Sanchez
• {{GRL}} - Nuno Nette Baadh
• {{GUM}} - Liza Maria Camacho
• {{GUA}} - Silvia Mansilla
• {{flag|Holland}} - Annabet Reindina Berendsen
• {{HON}} - Jacqueline Herrera Mejia
• {{flag|British Hong Kong|name=Hong Kong}} - Pauline Yeung
• {{ISL}} - Anna Margret Jonsdóttir
• {{IRL}} - Adrienne Rock
• {{ISR}} - Shirly Ben Mordechai
• {{ITA}} - Simona Ventura
• {{JAM}} - Leota Suah
• {{flag|Japan|1870}} - Mizuho Sakaguchi
• {{flag|KOR|name=Korea}} - Jang Yoon-jeong
• {{LBN}} - Elaine Georges Fakhoury
• {{LUX}} - Lydie Garnie
• {{MYS}} - Linda Lum
• {{MLT}} - Stephanie Spiteri
• {{MEX}} - Amanda Olivares
• {{NZL}} - Lana Coc-Kroft
• {{NGA}} - Omasan Tokurbo Buwa
• {{flag|Northern Marianas}} - Ruby Jean Hamilton
• {{NOR}} - Bente Brunland
• {{flag|Paraguay|1954}} - Marta Noemi Acosta Granada
• {{PER}} - Katia Mirella Escudero Lozano
• {{flag|Philippines|1986}} - Perfida Reyes Limpin
• {{POR}} - Isabel Martins da Costa
• {{flag|Puerto Rico|1952}} - Isabel Maria Pardo
• {{ROC}} - Jade Hu Fei-Tsui
• {{SCO}} - Amanda Laird
• {{SIN}} - Audrey Ann Tay
• {{ESP}} - Sonsoles Artigas Medero
• {{SRI}} - Deepthi Alles
• {{SWE}} - Annika Davidsson
• {{SWI}} - Gabriela Bigler
• {{THA}} - Porntip Nakhirunkanok
• {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} - Cheryl Ann Gordon
• {{TUR}} - Meltem Hakarar
• {{flag|Turks and Caicos}} - Edna Elizabeth Smith
• {{URU}} - Carla Irene Trombotti Moreno
• {{flag|United States}} - Courtney Gibbs
• {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}} - Heather Carty
• {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} - Yajaira Cristina Vera Roldán
• {{WAL}} - Lise Marie Williams

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 1964:

• {{ROC}}

Last competed in 1985:

• {{BMU}}

Last competed in 1986:

• {{BEL}}
• {{GIB}}
• {{ISL}}
• {{LUX}}
• {{SCT}}

Withdrawals

• {{BRB}}
• {{BLZ}}
• {{CUW}}
• {{CYP}}
• {{GRC}} – Tereza Liakou
• {{IND}}
• {{KEN}}
• {{PAN}}
• {{SEN}}

Replacement

• {{FRA}} - Sylvie Bertin refused to compete in both Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. The pageant organizers decided to send her first runner-up, Claudia Frittolini to compete in both pageants instead.^[1]

Awards

• {{GUM}} - Miss Amity (Liza Maria Camacho)
• {{ENG}} - Miss Photogenic (Tracey Williams)
• {{THA}} - Best National Costume (Porntip Nakhirunkanok)

Host city

Helsinki, 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 would not host the 1988 pageant due to critical problems. On January 4, 1988, the day after Helsinki cancelled to host the 1988 pageant, the mayor of Taipei, Hsu Shui-teh, announced that his city would serve as host the 1988 pageant.

General references

• {{cite web|title=Miss Universe 1988 |url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1988.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207055111/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1988.htm |website=pageantopolis.com |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |deadurl=yes |df= }}

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