Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir

Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir
Born	Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir (1963-06-03) 3 June 1963 (age 58) Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Title	Miss World Iceland Miss World 1985
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Blue
Major competition(s)	Ungfrú Ísland 1985 (Runner-up) Miss World 1985 (Winner) (Miss World Europe)

Hólmfríður "Hófí" Karlsdóttir (born 3 June 1963) is an Icelandic former model and beauty queen who won the 1985 Miss World contest.^[1]

Miss World[]

Hólmfríður finished runner-up at the 1985 Miss Iceland contest behind Halla Jonsdóttir.^[2] Halla went to Miss Universe while Hólmfríður won the title of Miss World Iceland and represented Iceland at Miss World, where she was named Europe's Queen of Beauty and Miss World 1985, with Mandy Shires (UK) second and Brenda Denton (USA) third.

Life after Miss World[]

Hólmfríður is married to Elfar Rúnarsson and they have three children together, Anton Örn Elfarsson ('89), Rúnar Karl Elfarsson ('91) and Ásta Gígja Elfarsdóttir ('97). The family lives in Iceland, Garðabær, where Hófí works in a local kindergarten and Elfar works nearby as a lawyer.

References[]

^ "Miss World and runners-up". Gainesville Sun. United States. 16 November 1985. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
^ "Miss Iceland 1985". Miss Iceland. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Astrid Carolina Herrera	Miss World 1985	Succeeded by Giselle Laronde
Preceded by Vivienne Rooke	Miss World Europe 1985	Succeeded by Pia Rosenberg Larsen
Preceded by Berglind Johansen	Miss Iceland 1985	Succeeded by Gígja Birgisdóttir

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1950s	Kiki Håkansson (1951) May-Louise Flodin (1952) Denise Perrier (1953) Antigone Costanda (1954) Susana Duijm (1955) Petra Schürmann (1956) Marita Lindahl (1957) Penelope Coelen (1958) Corine Rottschäfer (1959)
1960s	Norma Cappagli (1960) Rosemarie Frankland (1961) Catharina Lodders (1962) Carole Crawford (1963) Ann Sidney (1964) Lesley Langley (1965) Reita Faria (1966) Madeleine Hartog-Bel (1967) Penelope Plummer (1968) Eva Rueber-Staier (1969)
1970s	Jennifer Hosten (1970) Lúcia Petterle (1971) Belinda Green (1972) Marjorie Wallace (1973) Helen Morgan/Anneline Kriel (1974) Wilnelia Merced (1975) Cindy Breakspeare (1976) Mary Stävin (1977) Silvana Suárez (1978) Gina Swainson (1979)
1980s	Gabriella Brum/Kimberley Santos (1980) Pilín León (1981) Mariasela Álvarez (1982) Sarah-Jane Hutt (1983) Astrid Carolina Herrera (1984) Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir (1985) Giselle Laronde (1986) Ulla Weigerstorfer (1987) Linda Pétursdóttir (1988) Aneta Kręglicka (1989)
1990s	Gina Tolleson (1990) Ninibeth Leal (1991) Julia Kourotchkina (1992) Lisa Hanna (1993) Aishwarya Rai (1994) Jacqueline Aguilera (1995) Irene Skliva (1996) Diana Hayden (1997) Linor Abargil (1998) Yukta Mookhey (1999)
2000s	Priyanka Chopra (2000) Agbani Darego (2001) Azra Akın (2002) Rosanna Davison (2003) María Julia Mantilla (2004) Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir (2005) Taťána Kuchařová (2006) Zhang Zilin (2007) Ksenia Sukhinova (2008) Kaiane Aldorino (2009)
2010s	Alexandria Mills (2010) Ivian Sarcos (2011) Yu Wenxia (2012) Megan Young (2013) Rolene Strauss (2014) Mireia Lalaguna (2015) Stephanie Del Valle (2016) Manushi Chhillar (2017) Vanessa Ponce (2018) Toni-Ann Singh (2019)
2020s	TBA (2021)

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Margarita Rosa de Francisco Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir Karen Margrethe Moe Parnlekha Wanmuang Ruddy Rodríguez
Miss World delegates of 53 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 65 66 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21

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Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty titleholders (1985)

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
Kayonga Mureka Tete	Brenda Denton	Maja Wechtenhaim	Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir	Sheri Anastasia Burrow

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Miss Universe	-
Miss World	Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir (1985) Linda Pétursdóttir (1988) Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir (2005)
Miss International	Guðrún Bjarnadóttir (1963)
Miss Earth	-
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