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1998 Miss International Lía Borrero from Panama 

Place Crowned: Tokyo, Japan

Full name: Lía Victoria Borrero González

Place of Birth: Las Tablas, Panama

The first ever Panamanian to win Miss International.

Runners-up in the pageant:
1st runner-up: Venezuela - Daniela Kosán Montcourt
2nd runner-up: India - Shvetha Jaishankar

SEMI-FINALISTS: 
BOLIVIA - Liliana Peña Guachalla 
COLOMBIA - Adriana Hurtado Novella 
CZECH REPUBLIC - Petra Faltynova 
FINLAND - Piia Hartikainen 
FRANCE - Patricia Spéhar 
JAPAN - Megumi Taira 
KOREA - Hye-young Cho 
FYR OF MACEDONIA - Ana Binovska 
( Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia ) 
PHILIPPINES - Colette Centeno Glazer 
POLAND - Agnieszka Osinska 
SPAIN - Vanessa Romero Torres 
TUNISIA - Nejla Kouniali

AWARDS: 
Miss Friendship: (Tie) Miss Finland- Piia Hartikainen 
and Miss Togo- Manuella Nadou Lawson-Body 
Most Photogenic: Miss VENEZUELA - Daniela Kossán Montcourt 
Best National Costume: Miss COLOMBIA - Adriana Hurtado Novella