Mona Grudt

Mona Grudt Bittrick (born 6 April 1971 in Hell, Stjørdal, Norway) is a Norwegian TV Host, dancer, editor and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1990. she also became the first and the only Norwegian to capture the Miss Universe.

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 Hell, Norway; apart from that, 'hell' also means 'luck' in Norwegian). Her runners-up were Carole Gist, (United States) and Lizeth Mahecha, (Colombia).

During her reign, she appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation as "Ensign Graham" in the episode "Identity Crisis". Grudt was also the last Miss Universe to accompany Bob Hope on his USO tour.

Life after Miss Universe

Today, Grudt is the editor of the Norwegian wedding magazine Ditt Bryllup (en. Your Wedding).

Also, Mona Grudt came in 2nd place in the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars, in Norway called Skal vi danse (Shall we dance).

In 2010 she became the host of the seventh Cycle of Norway's Next Top Model which aired in 2011.^[1]

References

External links

• Official homepage (resizes browser window)
• Mona Grudt at the Internet Movie Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Angela Visser	Miss Universe 1990	Succeeded by Lupita Jones
Preceded by Lene Ørnhoft	Frøken Norge Universe 1990	Succeeded by Lene Maria Pedersen

Miss Norway winners in the Big Four international beauty pageants
Miss Universe	Mona Grudt (1990)
Miss World
Miss Earth
Miss International	Catherine Gude (1988) Anne Lena Hansen (1995)
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