Mona Grudt (born 6 April 1971) is a Norwegian television presenter, model, editor and beauty queen who was crowned

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. She is so far the only Norwegian to capture the

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title.

Miss Universe

She became the clear favorite of the judges, winning the interview and swimsuit preliminaries and all three segments of the semi-finals. During the 1990 Miss Universe competition, she listed herself as "The beauty queen from Hell" as a publicity stunt (because she was born in the village of

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, located in Stjørdal, Norway; however 'hell' also means 'luck' in Norwegian). Her runners-up were

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and Lizeth Mahecha, representing United States and Colombia, respectively. During her reign, she appeared in an episode of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' as Ensign Graham in the episode "

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". Grudt was also the last Miss Universe to accompany

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on his

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tour. Mona was the last Miss Universe from Europe to successfully complete her reign until

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from France was crowned

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(

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of Russia, who was originally crowned

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, was dethroned).

Life after Miss Universe

Today, Grudt is the editor of the Norwegian

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magazine ''Ditt Bryllup'' ( en. ''Your Wedding''). Also, Mona Grudt came in second place in the Norwegian version of

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, in Norway called ''Skal vi danse'' (Shall we dance). Grudt returned to the Miss Universe pageant in 1994 as a member of the panel of judges. In 2010 she became the host of the seventh Cycle of

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which aired in 2011.

References

External links

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