{{Short description|Norwegian editor and model (born 1969)}} {{More sources needed|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name = Mona Grudt | image = | title = Miss Norway 1990<br />Miss Universe 1990 | birth_place = Stjørdal Municipality, Norway | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|04|6|df=yes}} | nationalcompetition = Miss Norway 1990<br />(Winner)<br />Miss Universe 1990<br />(Winner) | birth_name = | height = | eye_color = Blue | hair_color = Light Brown | children = 3 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Lasse Berre|1995|1999|reason=div}} * {{marriage|Brody Bittrick|2005|2012|reason=div}} }} | homepage = }}
'''Mona Grudt''' (born 6 April 1971) is a Norwegian TV host, model, editor and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1990.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hanstveit |first=Inga |date=11 August 2016 |work=Dagbladet |title=Kjæresten om Mona Grudt: -Hun kan godt bli mer rampete |trans-title=Mona Grudt's Partner: "She Could Very Well Become More Mischievous" |language=Norwegian Bokmål |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kjendis/kjaeresten-om-mona-grudt--hun-kan-godt-bli-mer-rampete/60419367}}</ref> She is, at present, the only Norwegian to capture the Miss Universe title.<ref name=LJW>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HbgxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G-UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5805,4646505&dq|title=Miss Norwat is Miss Universe|website=Dagbladet|access-date=2018-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/04/16/Norwegian-wins-Miss-Universe-title/9904640238400/|title=Norwegian wins Miss Universe title|website=UPI|accessdate=10 January 2026}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2024}}
==Miss Universe== Grudt became the clear favorite of the judges, winning the interview and swimsuit preliminaries and all three segments of the semi-finals. During the 1990 Miss Universe competition, she listed herself as "The beauty queen from Hell" as a publicity stunt{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} (because she was born in the village of Hell, located in Stjørdal Municipality, Norway; however 'hell' also means 'luck' in Norwegian).<ref name=LJW/> Her runners-up were Carole Gist and Lizeth Mahecha, representing United States and Colombia, respectively.
During her reign, she appeared in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' as Ensign Graham in the episode "Identity Crisis". Grudt was also the last Miss Universe to accompany Bob Hope on his USO tour.
==Life after Miss Universe== In 2013, Grudt was the editor of the Norwegian wedding magazine ''Ditt Bryllup'' (en. ''Your Wedding'').<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bråthen |first=Jennifer |date=11 July 2013 |work=Dagbladet |title=Single Mona Grudt: - Man må ha ungene i fokus |trans-title=Single Mona Grudt: "You Need to Keep Your Kids in Focus" |language=Norwegian Bokmål |url=https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/6b2Jr/single-mona-grudt-man-maa-ha-ungene-i-fokus}}</ref> Also, Mona Grudt came in second place in the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars, in Norway called ''Skal vi danse'' (Shall we dance).{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
Grudt returned to the Miss Universe pageant in 1994 as a member of the panel of judges.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} In 2010, she became the host of the seventh cycle of Norway's Next Top Model, which aired in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mobil.tv2.no/underholdning/gkn/mona-grudt-ny-top-modelprogramleder-3208727.html |title=Mona Grudt ny "Top Model"-programleder | God Kveld Norge – TV 2 Underholdning |language=no |publisher=Mobil.tv2.no |date=2010-05-16 |access-date=2011-02-09}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070110215938/http://www.monagrudt.no/ Official homepage (resizes browser window)] * {{IMDb name|id=0344363}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{s-bef|before={{flagicon|Netherlands}} Angela Visser}} {{s-ttl|title=Miss Universe |years=1990}} {{s-aft|after={{flagicon|Mexico}} Lupita Jones}} {{s-bef|before=Lene Ørnhoft}} {{s-ttl|title=Frøken Norge Universe |years=1990}} {{s-aft|after=Lene Maria Pedersen}} {{s-end}}
{{Miss Universe titleholders}} {{Miss Universe 1990 delegates}} {{Big Four Pageants titleholders |Year = 1990 |Miss World={{flagicon|United States}} Gina Tolleson |Miss Universe={{flagicon|Norway}} '''Mona Grudt''' |Miss International={{flagicon|Spain}} Silvia de Esteban }} {{Miss Universe Organization titleholders |Year = 1990 |Miss Universe= {{flagicon|Norway}} '''Mona Grudt''' |Miss USA= {{flagicon|Michigan}} Carole Gist |Miss Teen USA= {{flagicon|Oregon}} Bridgette Wilson }} {{Authority control}}
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