- Catharina Svensson
Pageant titleholder bio
birth = birth date and age|1982|07|24
location=Copenhagen, Denmark
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hair=blonde
nationalcompetition=Miss Earth 2001 (winner)
birthname= Catharina Svensson
alias=Cathy SvenssonCatharina Svensson is an international
beauty queen fromCopenhagen ,Denmark who won theMiss Earth 2001 . Svensson is a model andlawyer by profession. She is married to Jan Brink, a four-time Swedishdressage champion.Miss Earth
Svensson became the first
Miss Earth , an annual internationalbeauty pageant promotingenvironmental awareness , when she was crowned onOctober 28 ,2001 , which was televised live internationally from theUniversity of the Philippines Theater inQuezon City ,Philippines . At the time of her crowning, the 21 year old Svensson was a third year law student and a part-time model. It was her first time to participate in any beauty contest, she was appointed by the national pageant director of Miss Earth Denmark. [cite news|title=Miss Earth Past Winners|publisher= Miss Earth official website|first=Carousel Productions|date=2007-09-11|accessdate=2008-06-15] [cite news|title=Miss Earth Locations & Dates|publisher=Pageant Almanac|date=2007-11-11|accessdate= 2008-06-15] [cite news|title=Danish law student is Miss Earth|publisher=The Filipino Reporter|date=2001-11-08|accessdate= 2008-06-15]It was Denmark's first title in any of the "Big Four International Pageants", and its first since winning the continental pageant,
Miss Europe in 1981. [cite news|title=Miss Europe Winners |publisher=Pageantopolis|first=Donald|last=West|date=2002-02-17|accessdate= 2008-06-15] Among the northernEurope an countries,Sweden has the firstMiss World , [cite news|title=Miss World Winners |publisher=Pageantopolis |first=Donald|last=West|date=2001-02-17|accessdate=2008-06-15]Finland has the firstMiss Universe , [cite news|title=Miss Universe Winners |publisher=Pageantopolis |first=Donald|last=West|date=2001-02-17|accessdate=2008-06-15] and Denmark has the first Miss Earth. [cite news|title=Miss Earth Winners |publisher=Pageantopolis |first=Donald|last=West|date=2002-00-00|accessdate=2008-06-15] Denmark has four first runners-up, one each forMiss International and Miss Universe (Aino Korva in 1963) and two at Miss World (the first one was Lilian Madsen in 1957). Prior to Svensson's victory at Miss Earth, the best performance year of Denmark in any of the major international beauty pageants was in 1986 when Pian Rosenberg Larsen finished as first runner-up at Miss International and Pia Larsen also finished as first princess at Miss World. [cite news|title= Denmark’s Legally Blonde |publisher=Analyzing Beauty Pageants|Missosology|first=Ric|last=Galvez|date=2001-11-08|accessdate=2008-06-15] [cite news|title=Danish student wins 1st Miss Earth title|publisher=Manila Bulletin|first=Rachel Castro|last=Barawid|date=2001-10-30|accessdate=2008-06-15]In October 2005, she went back to the Philippines and served as one of the judges in the
Miss Earth 2005 , the fifth edition of the pageant, which won byMiss Venezuela ,Alexandra Braun Waldeck . [cite news|title=Record-setting victory for Miss Venezuela|publisher= Manila Standard Today|first=Giovanni Paolo J.|last=Yazon|date=2005-10-26| accessdate=2008-06-15]Married life
On
October 6 ,2007 , Svensson got married to Jan Brink, a four-time Swedishdressage champion, the top 2 dressage rider in the world, who rides the number one horse, winner of the Aachen Championships in 2005, and Bronze medallist at the 2005European Dressage Championships . [cite news|title=Jan Brink's First Clinic in America|url=http://www.dressagedaily.com/2006/dd_200603/dd_20060316.html|publisher=Dressage Daily|first=Shaneen|last=Kohler|date=2006-03-16|accessdate=2008-06-15] [cite news|title=Brink - Bäst på häst|url=http://sydsvenskan.se/skane/article284110.ece|publisher=Sydsvenskan.se|first=Amelie|last=Bosson|date=2007-12-01|accessdate=2007-06-15] She moved toSweden with Brink after their wedding, which was held inTrollenäs Castle in Sweden. The couple met in 2005 and onNew Year's eve of 2006, Brink proposed to Svensson on a skiing holiday inVerbier ,Switzerland . [cite news|title=Jan Brink Got Married|url=http://www.dressagedaily.com/2007/dd_200710/dd_20071017.html|publisher=Dressage Daily|first=Shaneen|last=Kohler|date=2007-10-17|accessdate=2007-06-15] Svensson is originally from Denmark but also has Swedish citizenship through her parent. After her Miss Earth reign, she continued her studies and eventually became a lawyer. She currently works as a lawyer and at the same time as a model. [cite news|title=Jan Brink gifter sig med danske Catharina|url=http://www.heste-nettet.dk/nyheder/3094/|publisher=Heste-Nettet|first=Shaila|date=2007-02-10|accessdate=2007-06-15] [cite news|title=Brink - Bäst på häst|url=http://sydsvenskan.se/skane/article284110.ece|publisher=Sydsvenskan|first=Amelie|last=Bosson|date=2007-12-01|accessdate=2007-06-15] [cite news|title=Jan Brink and Catharina Svensson got married|url=http://www.eurodressage.com/news/happen/2007/october.html| publisher=Eurodressage News|first=Jacob|last=Smitslaan|date=2007-10|accessdate=2007-06-15]External links
* [http://www.missearth.tv/ Official Miss Earth web site]
* [http://missearthfoundation.org/ Miss Earth Foundation]References
Carousel Production Inc. titleholders
Year=2001
Miss Earth=Catharina Svensson
Miss Philippines-Earth=Carlene Aguilar Big Four Pageants titleholders
Year=2001
Miss Universe=Denise Quiñones
Miss World=Agbani Darego
Miss Earth=Catharina Svensson
Miss International=Małgorzata Rożniecka
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