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- ↑ Miss Universe Sweden:Renate Cerljen Archived August 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 Archived June 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 "Miss Earth". Miss Universe Sweden. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
