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Geraldine "Geri" Hoo Dwellers (1939 - Dec. 29, 2007) was an American actress and beauty pageant contestant who was second runner up in the 1958 Miss Universe contest as a representative of Hawaii.

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Hoo had a minor part in the 1962 film Confessions of an Opium Eater .

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