Mister World 1998

Mister World 1998
Tróia Peninsula, host region for Mister World 1998
Date September 18, 1998
Presenters Júlia Pinheiro
Entertainment Fafá de Belém
Venue Tróia Peninsula, Grândola, Portugal
Broadcaster SIC
Entrants 43
Debuts
Withdrawals
Winner Sandro Finoglio
Venezuela

Mister World 1998 was the 2nd edition of the Mister World competition. It was held on September 18, 1998 in the Tróia Peninsula, Grândola, Portugal. Tom Nuyens of Belgium crowned Sandro Finoglio of Venezuela at the end of the event.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Mister World 1998
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 6
Top 12

Special Awards

Award Contestant
Mr Personality
  • Greece – Dimitri Drabakoulos
Mr Photogenic

Contestants

Country Contestant Age Height Hometown
Argentina Mariano Fernández 25 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Macachín
Australia Joel Williams 25 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Gold Coast
Austria Andreas Sappl 28 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Breitenbach am Inn
Belgium Franck Clemente 27 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Liège
Bolivia Steven Aras Zallio 21 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Brazil Edilson Leite Ferreira 23 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Brasília
Colombia Felipe Arturo Barbosa Carrasco 25 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Barranquilla
Croatia Leonid Holjar 20 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in) Rijeka
Egypt Hani Salama 20 1.97 m (6 ft 5+12 in) Cairo
France Gregory Rossi 22 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Cassis
Germany Adrian Virgil Ursache 23 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in) Berlin
Greece Dimitri Drabakoulos 22 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in) Athens
Holland Richard van Bokkum 24 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Rotterdam
Hungary Kristian Chis 23 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Eger
India Sachin Khurana 22 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Delhi
Ireland Brian Guidera 23 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Dublin
Israel Elad Madany 22 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in) Tel Aviv
Italy Matteo Mammì 22 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in) Milan
Jamaica Kinte Thelwell 23 1.94 m (6 ft 4+12 in) Kingston
Latvia Gatis Didrihsons 24 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Ventspils
Lebanon Ghassan Mawla 20 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in) Beirut
Malaysia Yap Leong Chai 26 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Kuala Lumpur
Malta Nikovich Sammut 21 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Bugibba
Mexico Eduardo Rodríguez Álvarez 24 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in) San Luis Potosí
Norway Espen Engtroe 23 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Kristiansund
Peru Jean Pierre Vismara 23 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in) Callao
Philippines Rico Lee Miguel 21 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in) Batangas City
Poland Robert Koszucki 21 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in) Kraków
Portugal Rubim Fonseca 25 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Lisbon
Puerto Rico Germán Cardoso Méndez 22 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) San Juan
Russia Aleksey Korolev 24 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Moscow
Singapore Alvin Tan Wei Jin 21 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in) Singapore
Slovakia Matúš Haňo 22 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Vranov nad Topľou
Slovenia Eduard Žalar 22 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Maribor
Spain Enrique Miranda García 27 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in) Cádiz
Sri Lanka Tariq Saleem 22 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Colombo
Turkey Bora Erdem 29 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) İzmir
Ukraine Ihor Skrypnychenko 17 1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in) Odesa
United Kingdom Brett Phippen 26 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in) Swansea
United States Daniel Weaver 29 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Los Angeles
Uruguay Mauro Ramírez del Puerto 24 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Montevideo
Venezuela Sandro Finoglio Speranza 25 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Caracas
Yugoslavia Darko Marojević 25 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Belgrade