Mona Grudt
Mona Grudt is a Norwegian television host, model, editor, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 1990. She is so far the only Norwegian to capture the Miss Universe 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. Her runners-up were Carole Gist, United States and Lizeth Mahecha,.
During her reign, she appeared in an episode of as "Ensign Graham" in the episode "Identity Crisis". Grudt was also the last Miss Universe to accompany Bob Hope on his USO tour.
Mona was the last Miss Universe from Europe to successfully complete her reign until Iris Mittenaere from France was crowned Miss Universe 2016.Life after Miss Universe
Today, Grudt is the editor of the Norwegian wedding magazine Ditt Bryllup.
Also, Mona Grudt came in 2nd place in the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars, in Norway called Skal vi danse.
Grudt returned to the Miss Universe pageant in 1994 when she sat as a member of the board of judges. In 2010 she became the host of the seventh Cycle of Norway's Next Top Model which aired in 2011.
