title: Mister World 1998
text: # Mister World 1998
  
  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 | Venezuela – Sandro Finoglio Speranza |
  | 1st Runner-Up | Puerto Rico – Germán Cardoso Méndez |
  | 2nd Runner-Up | France – Gregory Rossi |
  | Top 6 | Jamaica – Kinte Thelwell  Spain – Enrique Miranda García  United States – Daniel Weaver |
  | Top 12 | Australia – Joel Williams  Belgium – Franck Clemente  Latvia – Gatis Didrihsons  Norway – Espen Engtroe  United Kingdom - Brett Phippen  Yugoslavia – Darko Marojević |
  
  ### Special Awards
  
  | Award | Contestant |
  | - | - |
  | Mr Personality | Greece – Dimitri Drabakoulos |
  | Mr Photogenic | Portugal – Rubim Fonseca |
  
  ## Contestants
  
  | Country | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Argentina | Mariano Fernández | 25 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 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+1⁄2 in) | Barranquilla |
  | Croatia | Leonid Holjar | 20 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Rijeka |
  | Egypt | Hani Salama | 20 | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 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+1⁄2 in) | Berlin |
  | Greece | Dimitri Drabakoulos | 22 | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 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 1⁄2 in) | Tel Aviv |
  | Italy | Matteo Mammì | 22 | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | Milan |
  | Jamaica | Kinte Thelwell | 23 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Kingston |
  | Latvia | Gatis Didrihsons | 24 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | Ventspils |
  | Lebanon | Ghassan Mawla | 20 | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 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 1⁄2 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+1⁄2 in) | Callao |
  | Philippines | Rico Lee Miguel | 21 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Batangas City |
  | Poland | Robert Koszucki | 21 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 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+1⁄2 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+1⁄2 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+1⁄2 in) | Odesa |
  | United Kingdom | Brett Phippen | 26 | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 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 |
  