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Mona Grudt Bittrick (born April 6 1971 in Hell
Hell, Norway

Hell is a village in Stj?rdal, Norway with a population of 352. It has become a minor tourist attraction because of its name, since people like to take the train there to get photographed in front of the train station sign....
, Stjørdal
Stjørdal

is a Municipalities of Norway in Nord-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Stj?rdalen Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stj?rdal....
, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
) a green-eyed redhead
Redhead

Redhead may refer to:* A person with red hair* Redhead , a North American duck, Aythya americana* A colloquial name for the immatures and adult females of some other ducks, notably smew and mergansers...
, became the first Norwegian
Norwegian people

Norwegians See also History of Norway and Demography of Norway.There are about 4.4 million ethnic Norwegians living in Norway today. The Norwegians are a Scandinavian ethnic group, descendants of the Norsemen , and Celts....
 to capture the Miss Universe
Miss Universe

Miss Universe is the most important annual international beauty contest run by the Miss Universe Organization.The contest was founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills....
 title in 1990. Although she was not a favourite prior to the pageant, she became the clear favorite of the judges, winning the interview and swimsuit preliminaries. During the semi-finals she won all three segments. During the 1990 Miss Universe competition, she listed herself as "The beauty queen from Hell" as a publicity stunt (since she was born in Hell, Norway.






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Mona Grudt Bittrick (born April 6 1971 in Hell
Hell, Norway

Hell is a village in Stj?rdal, Norway with a population of 352. It has become a minor tourist attraction because of its name, since people like to take the train there to get photographed in front of the train station sign....
, Stjørdal
Stjørdal

is a Municipalities of Norway in Nord-Tr?ndelag Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Stj?rdalen Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stj?rdal....
, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
) a green-eyed redhead
Redhead

Redhead may refer to:* A person with red hair* Redhead , a North American duck, Aythya americana* A colloquial name for the immatures and adult females of some other ducks, notably smew and mergansers...
, became the first Norwegian
Norwegian people

Norwegians See also History of Norway and Demography of Norway.There are about 4.4 million ethnic Norwegians living in Norway today. The Norwegians are a Scandinavian ethnic group, descendants of the Norsemen , and Celts....
 to capture the Miss Universe
Miss Universe

Miss Universe is the most important annual international beauty contest run by the Miss Universe Organization.The contest was founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills....
 title in 1990. Although she was not a favourite prior to the pageant, she became the clear favorite of the judges, winning the interview and swimsuit preliminaries. During the semi-finals she won all three segments. During the 1990 Miss Universe competition, she listed herself as "The beauty queen from Hell" as a publicity stunt (since she was born in Hell, Norway. Apart from that 'hell' also means 'luck' in Norwegian). Her runner-ups were Carole Gist
Carole Gist

Carole Anne-Marie Gist was the first African American woman to win the Miss USA title. Gist first won the title of Miss Michigan USA and went on to win the Miss USA crown on March 2 1990 in Wichita, Kansas, Kansas....
 of the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 (she is incidentally, the first black woman to ever become Miss USA
Miss USA

The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA....
), and Liseth Mahecha of Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.

During her reign, she appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is a science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Set in the 24th century, about 70 years after Star Trek: The Original Series, the program features a new crew and a new Starship Enterprise....
, and she was the last Miss Universe to accompany Bob Hope
Bob Hope

Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....
 on his USO
United Service Organizations

The United Service Organizations Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the Military of the United States worldwide....
 tour.

Today, Grudt is the editor of the Norwegian wedding
Wedding

File:Pimenov SvadbaOnTomorrowStreet.jpgA wedding is the ceremony in which two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, country, and social classes....
 magazine Ditt Bryllup (en
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
. Your Wedding).

Also, Mona Grudt came on 2nd place in the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars is the name of a group of international television series based on the format of the United Kingdom series Strictly Come Dancing, distributed by BBC Worldwide the commercial arm of the BBC....
, in Norway called Skal vi danse (Shall we dance).

Now she is married to American Brody Bittrick, and they have 2 children.



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