Elísa Gróa Steinþórsdóttir represented Iceland in the 70th edition of Miss Universe. It was won by India’s Harnaaz Sandhu.
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BIOGRAPHY
Steinþórsdóttir is an Icelandic dancer, flight attendant, makeup artist and beauty queen from Garðabær, Capital Region, Iceland. Here are 13 more things about her:
- She is engaged to Elís Guðmundsson, who is from Kjósarhreppur, Iceland.
- From 2017 to 2019, she worked for the Icelandic airline WOW Air.
- In 1999, she started her training as a dancer.
- She was a Miss Iceland 2015 candidate.
- She was Miss Universe Iceland 2016 third runner-up.
- She was Miss Universe Iceland 2017 second runner-up.
- In 2018, she visited Cuba.
- She was a Miss Eco International 2019 candidate.
- She won Miss Universe Iceland 2021.
- She was a Miss Universe 2021 candidate.
- In 2022, she became a Miss Universe Iceland co-director and choreographer.
- In 2023, she and Guðmundsson visited Italy.
- On February 21, 2025, she turned 31.
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TIMELINE
Steinþórsdóttir is 5’6″ tall. She went to Verzlunarskóli Íslands in Reykjavik, Iceland and Snyrtiakademían in Kópavogur, Iceland.
2015
- In June 2015, she visited Reykjavik Makeup School in Reykjavik, Iceland.
- On September 5, 2015, she competed against 23 other candidates at Miss Iceland 2015 at Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik. She was unplaced.
2016
- On September 12, 2016, she represented Breidholt at Miss Universe Iceland 2016 and competed against 29 other candidates at Gamla Bio in Reykjavik. She was third runner-up Hildur Maria Leifsdóttir.
2017
- On September 25, 2017, she competed against nine other Miss Universe Iceland 2017 finalists. She was second runner-up to Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir.
2018
- In December 2018, she visited Havana, Cuba.
2019
- On March 29, 2019, she represent Iceland at Miss Eco International 2019 and competed against 51 other candidates in Cairo, Egypt. She was unplaced.
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2021
- On August 1, 2021, she joined PLAY airlines, which is headquartered in Reykjavik, as a cabin crew.
- On September 29, 2021, she represented the Capital Region at Miss Universe Iceland 2021 at Gamla Bio and competed against 19 other candidates. She won the title.
- On December 12, 2021, she represented Iceland at Miss Universe 2021 and competed against 79 other candidates in Eilat, Israel. She was unplaced.
2022
- On August 24, 2022, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Iceland 2022 Hrafnhildur Haraldsdottir at Gamla Bíó.
- On June 27, 2023, she was with Haraldsdottir and Miss Supranational Iceland 2022 Isabella þorvaldsdóttir.
2023
- On August 3, 2023, she and Guðmundsson dined at the Bastione Lounge and Restaurant in Riva del Garda, Trento, Italy.


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