Miss World 1998
Miss World 1998, the 48th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 26 November 1998 at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort in Mahé Island, Seychelles.86 delegates from around the world competed for the crown.Ronan Keating, then lead singer of Boyzone, and MTV's Eden Harel hosted the event.This year's winner, Israel's Linor Abargil,[1] revealed days after the competition that she had been raped several weeks before the pageant.She was crowned by Miss World 1997, Diana Hayden of India.
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