Linda Pétursdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Linda.

Linda Pétursdóttir (born 27 December 1969) is an Icelandic business woman and former beauty queen who won Miss World 1988. Her website is www.linda.is Linda was born in Húsavík and raised there and in Vopnafjörður. She won Miss Iceland on 23 May 1988[1] and Miss World that November.[2]

She operated a spa company named Baðhúsið, which closed in 2014.[3] In 2003 with Reynir Traustason she published her autobiography, Linda - ljós & skuggar.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Fólk í Fréttum: Linda Pétursdóttir", Dagblaðið Vísir, 1 June 1988 (Icelandic).
  2. ↑ "Miss World was shy", Wilmington Morning Star, 28 November 1988.
  3. ↑ Stefán Árni Pálsson, "Baðhúsið lokar: Linda Pé gefst upp á rekstrinum", Vísir (365), 10 December 2014 (Icelandic).
  4. ↑ JPV, ISBN 9979-775-85-8: listing at Félag íslenskra bókaútgefenda (Association of Icelandic Publishers) (Icelandic).
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Austria Ulla Weigerstorfer		 Miss World Europe
1988 		Succeeded by
Poland Aneta Kręglicka
Preceded by
Anna Margrét Jónsdóttir		 Ungfrú Ísland
1988 		Succeeded by
Hugrún Linda Guðmundsdóttir


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