Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir - Misplaced Pages

Icelandic model This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Hólmfríður.

Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir
Born	Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir (1963-06-03) 3 June 1963 (age 61) Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss World Iceland Miss World 1985
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.

Miss World

Hólmfríður finished runner-up at the 1985 Miss Iceland contest behind Halla Jonsdóttir. 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. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. 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 byBerglind Johansen	Miss Iceland 1985	Succeeded byGígja Birgisdóttir

v t e Miss World titleholders
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) 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) Jennifer Hosten (1970) Lúcia Petterle (1971) Belinda Green (1972) Marjorie Wallace (1973) Helen Elizabeth Morgan/Anneline Kriel (1974) Wilnelia Merced (1975) Cindy Breakspeare (1976) Mary Stävin (1977) Silvana Suárez (1978) Gina Swainson (1979) 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) 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) 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) 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) Karolina Bielawska (2021) Krystyna Pyszková (2023)

Miss World titleholders

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)
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)
Jennifer Hosten (1970)
Lúcia Petterle (1971)
Belinda Green (1972)
Marjorie Wallace (1973)
Helen Elizabeth Morgan/Anneline Kriel (1974)
Wilnelia Merced (1975)
Cindy Breakspeare (1976)
Mary Stävin (1977)
Silvana Suárez (1978)
Gina Swainson (1979)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Karolina Bielawska (2021)
Krystyna Pyszková (2023)

v t e Miss World 1985 national titleholders
Margarita Rosa de Francisco Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir Karen Margrethe Moe Parnlekha Wanmuang Ruddy Rodríguez

v t e Miss Iceland winners in the Big Four beauty pageants
Miss Universe	-
Miss World	Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir (1985) Linda Pétursdóttir (1988) Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir (2005)
Miss International	Guðrún Bjarnadóttir (1963)
Miss Earth	-
Argentina Australia Brazil Colombia Finland France Germany Great Britain Iceland India Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Nicaragua Philippines Poland Puerto Rico South Africa Spain Sweden United States Venezuela

Major international pageant titleholders (1985)

Miss World
Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir

Miss Universe
Deborah Carthy-Deu

Miss International
Nina Sicilia

This biography article about a European contestant in a beauty pageant is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

This Icelandic biographical article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: