Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir

{{Short description|Icelandic model}}

{{Icelandic name|Hólmfríður}}

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| name =Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|6|3}}

| birth_name = Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir

| birth_place = Reykjavík, Iceland

| title = Miss World Iceland
Miss World 1985

| nationalcompetition = Ungfrú Ísland 1985
(Runner-up)
Miss World 1985
(Winner)
(Miss World Europe)

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| eye_color = Blue

| hair_color = Blonde

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Hólmfríður "Hófí" Karlsdóttir (born 3 June 1963) is an Icelandic former model and beauty queen who won the 1985 Miss World contest.{{Cite news|

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|title=Miss World and runners-up

|date=16 November 1985

|location=United States

|newspaper=Gainesville Sun

|access-date=15 September 2010}}

Miss World

Hólmfríður finished runner-up at the 1985 Miss Iceland contest behind Halla Jonsdóttir.{{cite web |url=http://www.lempimissit.suntuubi.com/?cat=254 |work=Miss Iceland |title=Miss Iceland 1985 |access-date=14 August 2017 |archive-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905214922/http://www.lempimissit.suntuubi.com/?cat=254 |url-status=dead }} Halla went to Miss Universe while Hólmfríður won the title of Miss World Iceland and represented Iceland at Miss World, where she was named Europe's Queen of Beauty and Miss World 1985, with Mandy Shires (UK) second and Brenda Denton (USA) third.

Life after Miss World

Hólmfríður is married to Elfar Rúnarsson and they have three children together, Anton Örn Elfarsson ('89), Rúnar Karl Elfarsson ('91) and Ásta Gígja Elfarsdóttir ('97). The family lives in Iceland, Garðabær, where Hófí works in a local kindergarten and Elfar works nearby as a lawyer.

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| before={{flagicon|Venezuela}} Astrid Carolina Herrera

| title =Miss World

| years =1985

| after ={{flagicon|Trinidad & Tobago}} Giselle Laronde

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| before={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Vivienne Rooke

| title =Miss World Europe

| years =1985

| after ={{flagicon|Denmark}} Pia Rosenberg Larsen

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| before=Berglind Johansen

| title =Miss Iceland

| years =1985

| after =Gígja Birgisdóttir

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|Year = 1985

|Miss World={{flagicon|Iceland}} Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir

|Miss Universe={{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Deborah Carthy-Deu

|Miss International={{flagicon|Venezuela}} Nina Sicilia

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Category:Miss World winners

Category:Miss World 1985 delegates

Category:Living people

Category:1963 births

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