Find Out Who Took the Miss Universe Crown the Year You Were Born

1961: Miss Germany, Marlene Schmidt

A beauty queen with a brain? That was the vibe in 1961 when Marlene Schmidt snagged the Miss Universe crown for Germany. Before the tiara, she worked as a legit research engineer at an electronics and radio company.

Marlene entered the pageant world on a dare, and boom, global fame followed. After her win, she moved to the U.S., married actor Ty Hardin, and got into screenwriting and producing. She even acted in a few films during the 1970s, such as the 1972 cult film “The Stepmother.” By 1986, she had written, produced, and starred in the movie “Knight of the Night.”

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