Unnur Vilhjalmsdottir biography: 13 things about Miss World 2005

Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir is an Icelandic anthropologist, lawyer, actor, model and beauty queen. She and her mother Unnur Steinsson held the Miss Iceland title in 2005 and 1983, respectively.

Steinsson represented Iceland at Miss Universe 1983 and Miss World 1983. She was unplaced at the former and finished in the Top 7 at the latter.

While Vilhjálmsdóttir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, she grew up in Seltjarnarnes, Iceland. She was studying anthropology at the Háskóli Íslands in Reykjavik when she represented Iceland in Miss World.

Vilhjálmsdóttir is 5’8¹⁄₂” tall. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From May 2005 to August 2005, she did temporary work as a police officer at Keflavík International Airport in Suðurnesjabær, Iceland.
2. On December 10, 2005, she represented Iceland at Miss World 2005 and competed against 101 other candidates at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. She won the title.
3. On September 30, 2006, she crowned her successor Miss World 2006 Taťána Kuchařová at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland.
4. From 2007 to 2009, she attended Reykjavik University in Reykjavík where she earned her law degree. She played Anna in the comedy film “The Higher Force”, which was released in Iceland on March 28, 2008, and Tóta in the comedy film “Jóhannes”, which was released in Iceland on October 15, 2009.
5. From May 2008 to May 2009, she was a part-time legal advisor at Íslandsbanki in Reykjavik.
6. From 2009 to 2012, she attended Reykjavik University where she earned her master’s degree in law. From January 2009 to December 2009, she was a part-time legal advisor at the Iceland Defense Force.
7. From January 2010 to December 2010, she was the public relations and events director at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland.
8. From May 2012 to June 2018, she was an attorney at Íslenska lögfræðistofan in Reykjavik,
9. On May 31, 2013, she and Pétur Rúnar Heimisson got married. They have three children together.
10. From 2017 to 2018, she studied project management and leadership at the Háskóli Íslands.
11. From June 2018 to May 2021, she was a senior counsel at Valitor in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.
12. She worked at Isavia in Rekjavik as a senior counsel from May 2021 to April 2022 and as a procurement contract negotiator from May 2022 to April 2023. She worked at Omnio in Reykjavik as a part-time counsel from January 2022 to February 2022 and as the head of legal from March 2022 to May 2023.
13. In January 2023, she joined Vesturgarður ehf. in Reykjavik as an alternate board member. In March 2023, she joined Controlant in Kópavogur, Iceland as a senior counsel. On May 25, 2023, she turned 39.