Renate Veronica Cerljen (born March 26, 1988 in

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, Sweden) is the first ever winner of the

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pageant which she won on June 6, 2009. Cerljen represented Sweden at the

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pageant on the

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on August 23, 2009 and placed in the Top 15. Renate was the first non-winner of the

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pageant since 1952 to represent Sweden at Miss Universe since Miss Sweden lost its rights to crown a contestant for Miss Universe earlier in 2009.
Cerljen was also the first delegate from Sweden at the international final since 2006 when

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placed in the Top 20.

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winner

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was among the judges in the final which crowned Cerljen as winner. By making the Top 15 Cerljen became Sweden's 29th semifinalist at the Miss Universe pageant overall. In May 2010 Cerljen placed fifth in the Miss Beauty of the World pageant in China. Cerljen was a judge at the Miss Sinergy competition for breast cancer in 2009 as well as 2010 which is an annual pageant made by the Sinergy group, held at the

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, United States. Cerljen represented Sweden in

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which took place in

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on December 3. She was chosen internally by the organization as

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2011. In the final she made the Top 16. Cerljen has previously been an elite gymnast but had to quit in 2005 because of an injury during training. In April 2011 Renate Cerljen toured India with the children's’ charity, “Healthy Kids Happy Kids”. Founded by

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They provided food, clothing and medical treatment to thousands of children in need.

References

External links

Official website
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