Miss Universe Iceland

Miss Universe Iceland
Motto Confidently Beautiful
Formation 1956
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Reykjavík
Location
Membership
Miss Universe
Official language
Icelandic
President
Manuela Ósk Harðardóttir
Jorge Esteban
Website Official Miss Universe Iceland

Miss Universe Iceland is a national Beauty pageant in Iceland which set to compete at the Miss Universe pageant. This pageant is unrelated to Miss Iceland contest.

History

Began in 2016 Former Miss Iceland 2002, Manuela Ósk Harðardóttir and Jorge Esteban took the Miss Universe franchise to Iceland.[1][2] Before creating Miss Universe Iceland, the Miss Iceland (Ungfru Island) winners gained the right to represent Iceland in Miss Universe. As of 2010, the Miss Iceland dropped the Miss Universe license.[3]

Titleholders

Color key
  •      Declared as winner
  •      Ended as runner-up
  •      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
YearMiss IcelandHometownPlacementSpecial AwardsNational Date
Belize 2016 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Miss Iceland before 2016

Between 1956 and 2009, the winners of Miss Iceland went to Miss Universe pageant.

YearMiss IcelandPlacementSpecial Awards
United States 1956 Guðlaug Guðmundsdóttir Unplaced
United States 1957 Bryndís Schram Unplaced
United States 1959 Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir Top 15
United States 1960 Svanhildur Jakobsdóttir Unplaced
United States 1961 Kristjana Magnúsdóttir Top 15
United States 1962 Anna Geirsdóttir 1st Runner-up
United States 1963 Theódóra Þórðardóttir Unplaced
United States 1964 Thelma Ingvarsdóttir Unplaced
United States 1965 Bára Magnúsdóttir Unplaced
United States 1966 Erla Traustadóttir Unplaced
United States 1967 Guðrún Pétursdóttir Unplaced
United States 1968 Helen Knuttsdóttir Unplaced
United States 1969 María Baldursdóttir Unplaced
United States 1970 Erna Jóhannesdottir Unplaced
United States 1971 Guðrún Valgarðsdóttir Unplaced
Puerto Rico 1972 María Kristín Jóhannesdóttir Unplaced
Puerto Rico 1973 Anna Björnsdóttir Unplaced Miss Congeniality
Philippines 1974 Anna Björnsdóttir Unplaced Miss Congeniality
El Salvador 1975 Helga Eldon Jonsdottir Unplaced
Hong Kong 1976 Gudmunda Hulda Johannesdottir Unplaced
Dominican Republic 1977 Kristjana Þráinsdóttir Unplaced
Mexico 1978 Anna Björk Edwards Unplaced
Australia 1979 Halldora Björk Jónsdóttir Unplaced
South Korea 1980 Guðbjörg Sigurdardóttir Top 12
United States 1981 Elisabet Traustadóttir Unplaced
Peru 1982 Guðrún Möller Unplaced
United States 1983 Unnur Steinsson Unplaced
United States 1984 Berglind Johansson Unplaced
United States 1985 Hana Bryndis Jonsdóttir Unplaced
United States 1986 Thora Thrastardóttir Unplaced
Taiwan 1988 Anna Margrét Jónsdóttir Unplaced
Mexico 1989 Guðbjörg Gissurardóttir Unplaced
United States 1990 Hildur Dungalsdóttir Unplaced
United States 1991 Dis Sigurgeirsdóttir Unplaced
Thailand 1992 Svava Haraldsdóttir Unplaced
Mexico 1993 Maria Rún Haflidadóttir Unplaced
Philippines 1994 Svala Björk Arnardóttir Unplaced
Namibia 1995 Margret Skúladóttir Sigurz Unplaced
United States 1996 Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdóttir Unplaced
United States 1997 Solveig Guðmundsdóttir Unplaced
United States 2006 Sif Aradóttir Unplaced
The Bahamas 2009 Ingibjörg Egilsdóttir Top 15

Best results

Winner Runner-up Finalists Semi-finalists Awards
- 1962 - 1959, 1961, 1980, 2009 1973, 1974

See also

References

  1. "Iceland will return at the Miss Universe". pageantnews.com. 27 March 2016.
  2. "Manuela Ósk í nýju og spennandi starfi fyrir Miss Universe!". krom.is. 26 March 2016.
  3. "Upplýsingar um keppnina" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 25 May 2007.

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