Friday, March 29, 2024
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Miss World 2005

Name

:

Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir

Place

:

Iceland

Date of Birth

:

May 25, 1984

Height

:

173

Hair Colour 

:

Black

Eye Colour  

:

Hazel

Occupation

: Student

Hobbies

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Acting, singing, dancing,snow-boarding, hiking, camping, horsemanship,  choreography and playing piano

Miss Island Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir, a 21-year-old anthropology and law student was crowned Miss World 2005 and became the third Miss World from Iceland. Unnur who describes herself as an 'organised, ambitious and good-humoured' person, won the hearts and minds of the judges at the 55th Miss World contest, held for a record third time in the southern Hainan province in China. She beat beauty queens from other 101 countries.  

A student cum part-time policewoman, Unnur, was born in the Capital Reykjavik but grew up in a small town called Seltjarnarnes. The dark-haired and hazel eyed Unnur is not the first Miss Iceland in her family, her mother Unnur Steinsson won the title in 1983 and went on to be one of the top five in Miss World 1983.

Her hobbies include Acting, singing, all types of dancing, snow-boarding, hiking, camping, horsemanship and has a special talent for choreography and playing the piano and her favourite motto is 'You are what you do' or 'You are what you make'.