Yvonne Agneta Ryding (born 14 December 1962, in

Eskilstuna Eskilstuna () is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The city of Eskilstuna had 67,359 inhabitants in 2015, with a total population of 100,092 inhabitants in Eskilstuna municipality (2014). Eskilstuna h ...

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) is a Swedish dancer, model, TV Host and beauty queen who was crowned

Miss Universe 1984 Miss Universe 1984, the 33rd Miss Universe pageant, was held on 9 July 1984 at the James L. Knight Convention Center in Miami, Florida, United States. Yvonne Ryding of Sweden was crowned by Lorraine Downes of New Zealand. 81 contestants competed ...

on 9 July 1984. She is the third Swede in history to win the

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, and the most recent one.

Early life

She was born to Agneta and Sten Ryding, Prior to being crowned

Miss Sweden Miss Sweden or Miss Universe Sweden (in Swedish: ''Fröken Sverige''), is the title of the Swedish beauty pageant, qualifying delegates to the Miss Universe competition. In 2009 the pageant renamed as Miss Universe Sweden and the first nationa ...

and competing in the Miss Universe pageant, Ryding was a Swedish National Lucia Bride, formerly midfield soccer player and nurse.

After Miss Universe

Following the year as Miss Universe, Ryding worked within the

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industry and also did some commission work. In 1988 her homesickness got the upper hand and she moved back to Sweden. In 1989 she presented the Swedish competition

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. In 1997, she launched her skincare line originally called Y. Ryding. She was a guest of honor of the

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competition, held in

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, United States. She is divorced from Swedish actor

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, whom she met in

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in 1986. The couple has two daughters. In 2007, Ryding competed against eleven other Swedish celebrities in the television dance contest Let's Dance, and was eliminated on 23 February. She participated in Farmen VIP 2018 which is broadcast on

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References

External links

Yvonne Ryding official homepage
*https://web.archive.org/web/20081011012845/http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Universe_1984.htm *http://www.tipsoninterview.in/miss-universe-1984-winner
Grattis till 30-årsjubileet Yvonne Ryding
1962 births Let's Dance (Swedish TV series) Living people Miss Universe 1984 contestants Miss Universe winners Miss Sweden winners People from Eskilstuna Swedish beauty pageant winners Swedish female models Swedish nurses Swedish television hosts Swedish women television presenters 20th-century Swedish women {{pageant-bio-stub

Early life

After Miss Universe

See also

References

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