Linda Pétursdóttir
Linda Pétursdóttir (born 27 December 1969) is an Icelandic businesswoman and beauty queen who won Miss World 1988.
Linda was born in Húsavík and raised there and in Vopnafjörður. She won Miss Iceland on 23 May 1988[1] and Miss World that November.[2]
She operated a spa company named Baðhúsið for over 20 years, which closed in 2014.[3] In 2003, with Reynir Traustason, she published her autobiography, Linda - ljós & skuggar.[4]
In 2015, she was guest judge in the final Miss World 2015 beauty pageant in Sanya, Hainan, China PR.
In 2019, Pétursdóttir became the license holder for Miss World Iceland.
References
- ^ "Fólk í Fréttum: Linda Pétursdóttir", Dagblaðið Vísir, 1 June 1988 (in Icelandic).
- ^ "Miss World was shy", Wilmington Morning Star, 28 November 1988.
- ^ Stefán Árni Pálsson, "Baðhúsið lokar: Linda Pé gefst upp á rekstrinum", Vísir (365), 10 December 2014 (in Icelandic).
- ^ JPV, ISBN 9979-775-85-8: listing at Félag íslenskra bókaútgefenda (Association of Icelandic Publishers) (in Icelandic).
External links
- Official website
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Preceded by Ulla Weigerstorfer | Miss World 1988 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Ulla Weigerstorfer | Miss World Europe 1988 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Anna Margrét Jónsdóttir | Ungfrú Ísland 1988 | Succeeded by Hugrún Linda Guðmundsdóttir |
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- 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)
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