Iceland at major beauty pageants

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This is a list of Iceland's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world.

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Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, [1] widely covered and broadcast by media. [2] The Wall Street Journal, [3] BBC News, [4] CNN, [5] Xinhua News Agency, [6] and global news agencies such as Reuters [7] and Agence France-Presse [8] [9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth. [10] [11] [12] This country has won four victories in among two of the pageants:

Iceland's Big Four titleholders

Iceland has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women. [3] [13] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth. [14] [15] [16]

Color Key
YEAR MISS UNIVERSE MISS WORLD MISS INTERNATIONAL MISS EARTH
2021TBATBATBATBA
2020 Elísabet Hulda Snorradóttir ↑ No Pageant HeldDagbjört Rúriksdóttir
2019 Birta Abiba Þórhallsdóttir
Top 10		Kolfinna Mist Austfjörð××
2018 Katrín Lea Elenudóttir Erla Ólafsdóttir××
2017 Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir Ólafía Ósk Finnsdóttir××
2016 Hildur María Leifsdóttir Anna Orlowska××
2015× Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir ××
2014×Tanja Ýr Ástþórsdóttir××
2013×Sigríður Dagbjört ÁsgeirsdóttirSigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir
Top 15		×
2012×Íris Telma Jónsdóttir××
2011×Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir××
2010×Fanney Ingvarsdóttir××
2009Ingibjörg Egilsdóttir
Top 15		Guðrún Dögg Rúnarsdóttir××
2008×Alexandra Ívarsdóttir
Top 15		××
2007×Jóhanna Vala Jónsdóttir×Katrín Dögg Sigurdardóttir
2006Sif AradóttirÁsdís Hallgrímsdóttir×↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines. Iceland sent their first delegate in 2007.)
2005× Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir
WINNER		×
2004×Hugrún HarðardóttirHalldóra Rut Bjarnadóttir
2003 Manuela Ósk Harðardóttir
(Withdrew)		Regína Dilja Jónsdóttir×
2002×××
2001×Kolbrún Pálina HelgadóttirÍris Dögg Oddsdóttir
2000×Elva Dögg MelstedAnna Lilja Björnsdóttir
1999×Katrin BaldursdóttirÁsbjörg Kristinsdóttir
1998××Guðbjörg Sigridur Hermannsdóttir
1997Sólveig Guðmundsdóttirxx
1996Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdóttir×Auður Geirsdóttir
1995Margrét Skúladóttir×Lovísa Guðmundsdóttir
Top 15
1994Svala Björk ArnardóttirBirna Bragadóttir×
1993Maria Rún HaflidadóttirGudrun Hreidarsdóttir×
1992Svava HaraldsdóttirMaria Rún HaflidadóttirÞórunn Larusdóttir
Top 15
1991Dis SigurgeirsdóttirSvava HaraldsdóttirSólveig Kristjansdóttir
1990Hildur DungalsdóttirÁsta Sigriður EinarsdóttirÞórdis Steinunn Steinsdóttir
1989Guðbjörg GissurardóttirHugrún Linda GudmundsdóttirGuðrun Eyjólfsdóttir
Top 15
1988Anna Margrét Jónsdóttir Linda Pétursdóttir
WINNER		Guðbjörg Gissurardóttir
Top 15
1987×Anna Margrét Jónsdóttir
2nd Runner-Up		Magnea Magnúsdóttir
1986Thora ThrastardóttirGígja BirgisdóttirRagna Sæmundsdóttir
1985Halla Jonsdóttir Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir
WINNER		Anna Margret Jónsdóttir
Top 15
1984Berglind JohansenBerglind Johansen
Top 15		Guðlaug Brynjólfsdottir
Top 15
1983 Unnur Steinsson Unnur Steinsson
Top 7		Steinunn Bergmann
1982Guðrún MöllerMaria Sverrisdóttir×
1981Elisabet TraustadóttirÁsdís HannesdóttirHlíf Hansen
1980Guðbjörg Sigurdardóttir
Top 12		××
1979Halldóra JónsdóttirSigrún SætranSigrún Sverrisdóttir
1978Anna Björk EdwardsÁsdís LoftsdóttirSigurlaug Halldórsdóttir
1977Kristjana ÞráinsdóttirSigurlaug HalldórsdóttirGuðrún Helgadóttir
1976Guðmunda JohannesdóttirSigríður OlgeirsdóttirSigrún Saevarsdóttir
1975Helga Eldon JonsdóttirHalldóra JonsdóttirÞorbjörg Garðarsdóttir
1974 Anna Björnsdóttir ×Þórunn Stefánsdóttir
1973×Nína BreiðfjördHelga Eldon Jonsdóttir
2nd Runner-Up
1972María Kristín JóhannesdóttirRósa HelgadóttirKolbrún Sveinsdóttir
1971Guðrún ValgarðsdóttirFanney BjarnadóttirMatthildur Guðmundsdóttir
1970Erna JóhannesdottirAnna Scheving HansdóttirErla Hardardóttir
Top 15
1969María BaldursdóttirRagnheidur PétursdóttirHelen Knútsdóttir
1968Helen Knuttsdóttir××
1967Guðrún PétursdóttirHrefna Wigelund SteinthorsdóttirKolbrún Einarsdóttir
1966Erla TraustadóttirAudur Hardardóttir↑ No Pageant Held
1965Bára MagnúsdóttirSigrún VignisdóttirRósa Einarsdóttir
1964Thelma IngvarsdóttirRósa EinarsdóttirElisabet Sigríður Ottósdóttir
Top 15
1963Theódóra ÞórðardóttirMaría Ragnarsdóttir Guðrún Bjarnadóttir
WINNER
1962Anna Geirsdóttir
1st Runner-Up		Rannveig Olafsdóttir María Guðmundsdóttir
Top 15
1961Kristjana Magnúsdóttir
Top 15		Jóhanna Kolbrún KristjansdóttirSigrún Ragnarsdóttir
4th Runner-Up
1960Svanhildur JakobsdóttirKristin Thorvaldsdóttir Sigriður Geirsdóttir
2nd Runner-Up
1959Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir
Top 15		Sigurbjörg Sveinsdóttir↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.)
1958××
1957Bryndís SchramRuna Brynjolfdóttir
1956Guðlaug GuðmundsdóttirAgusta Gudmundsdóttir
1955↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States. Iceland sent their first delegate in 1956.)		Arna Hjorleifsdóttir
1954↑ No Pageant Held
(established in 1951 in London, United Kingdom. Iceland sent their first delegate in 1955.)
1953
1952
1951


× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

PageantPlacementsBest result
Miss Universe61st Runner-Up(1962)
Miss World7Winner Star*.svg (1985 • 1988 • 2005)
Miss International14Winner Star*.svg (1963)
Miss Earth0None
Total274 TITLES

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