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

1955: Miss Sweden, Hillevi Rombin

Miss Sweden Hillevi Rombin won the Miss Universe crown in 1955. It made quite the impression—she ended her victory press conference with a handstand, thanks to her background as Sweden’s national decathlon champ. After the win, she signed with Universal Pictures and appeared in films like “Istanbul” and “The Benny Goodman Story.”

But by 1957, Hillevi traded Hollywood for family life after marrying hotel heir G. David Schine. They raised six children together, away from the spotlight. In 1996, tragedy struck when she, her husband, and one of their sons died in a private plane crash. She was the first Miss Universe winner to lose her life.

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