Mona Grudt

Mona Grudt

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Mona Grudt 6 April 1971 (1971-04-06) Hell, Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Title(s)	Miss Norway 1990 Miss Universe 1990

Mona Grudt Bittrick (born 6 April 1971 in Hell, Stjørdal, Norway) became the first Norwegian to capture the Miss Universe title in 1990.

Miss Universe

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 (incidentally, the first black woman to ever become Miss USA), and Liseth Mahecha of Colombia.

During her reign, she appeared in an episode of 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

Today, Grudt is the editor of the Norwegian wedding magazine Ditt Bryllup (en. Your Wedding).

Also, Mona Grudt came on 2nd place in the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars, in Norway called Skal vi danse (Shall we dance).

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

In 2010 she became the host of the seventh Cycle of Norway's Next Top Model which aired in 2011.

External links

• Official homepage (resizes browser window)
• Mona Grudt at the Internet Movie Database
• Mona Grudt at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Lene Ørnhoft	Frøken Norge Universe 1990	Succeeded by Lene Maria Pedersen