Gunilla Knutsson (sometimes as Gunilla Knutson, Gunilla Knudson or Gunilla Knudsen) is a Swedish model, actress and author, from

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. She was named

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in 1961 and was a semi-finalist in the

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pageant the same year. She is most famous for a series of

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medicated

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commercials from 1967 to 1973, in which she urged men to "take it off, take it all off" (referring to facial hair). During 1973, she appeared with Joe Namath in such a commercial when he was the star

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for the New York Jets

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team. Knutsson later became spokesperson and vice-president of sales for Rose Milk Skin Care Lotion. A photograph of Knutsson appeared on the cover of the 11 December 1970 issue of ''

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'' magazine. This issue of ''Life'', with the caption "Model Gunilla Knutson owns a health food store", featured a three-page article entitled "The Move To Eat Natural" with a photo of Knutsson at her store Nature's Children, of which she was part owner. Another photo of her appeared on the October 1972 cover of ''RC Modeler'' magazine in front of a radio-control model of a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter, designed by Len Sabato. In 1979, ''

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'' issued an article, "The Gunilla Knutsson Saga", in which she spoke about her everyday life as an executive married woman. In the 1990s, she worked as a wine taster for Sabrina Wine Importers and a gymnastic instructor at the Buckley Elementary School in

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Selected works

*''Beauty and Health the Scandinavian Way'' (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1969) *''Gunilla Knutson's Book of Massage'' (St. Martin's Press, 1972)

References

External links

Knutsson on the cover of ''Life'' 1970
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knutsson, Gunilla Living people Miss Sweden winners Miss Universe 1961 contestants Swedish emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people)