10 things about Miss Earth 2001 Catharina Svensson

Catharina Svensson Brink won the inaugural edition of Miss Earth. It is an international beauty pageant launched in the Philippines in 2001.

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BIOGRAPHY

A citizen of both Denmark and Sweden, Brink is a Danish lawyer, equestrienne, model and beauty queen. She is originally from Charlottenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark.

From Copenhagen, Brink moved to Vankiva, Hässleholm, Scania County, Sweden and joined Tullstorp Dressage Stable in Vankiva. She became the second youngest Miss Earth after the coronation of Miss Earth 2023 Drita Ziri, then 18.

Miss Earth 2001 is the only beauty pageant Brink competed in. She was a 19-year-old part-time-model and third-year law student when she won the title.

Brink is Benjamin Svensson‘s sister. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She won Miss Earth 2001.
2. In 2005, she met Jan Brink, a native of Hörby, Skåne County, Sweden.
3. She was a Miss Earth 2005 judge.
4. In 2007, she and Jan got married.
5. Her husband Jan represented Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and finished fourth in team dressage.
6. In 2010, she became a mother.
7. In 2012, she gave birth to her second child Oliver Brink.
8. She was a Miss Earth 2015 judge.
9. She was a Face of Denmark 2016 judge.
10. On July 24, 2024, she turned 42.

TIMELINE

Catharina is 5’11” tall. She is 22 years younger than Jan.

2000s

• On October 28, 2001, she represented Denmark at Miss Earth 2001 and competed against 41 other candidates at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. She won the title.
• On October 20, 2002, she crowned her successor Miss Earth 2002 Džejla Glavović at the Folk Arts Theater in Pasay City, Metro Manila.
• On October 23, 2005, she served as a judge at Miss Earth 2005 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City.
• On December 31, 2006, Jan proposed to her on a skiing holiday in Verbier, Switzerland.
• On October 6, 2007, she and Jan got married at the Trollenäs Castle in Eslöv Municipality, Skåne County. Their wedding was attended by 130 guests.

2010s

• On March 22, 2010, she gave birth to Angelina Brink.
• On December 5, 2015, she served as a judge at Miss Earth 2015 at the Marx Halle in Vienna, Austria.
• In January 2016, she became a co-director of Miss Earth Denmark, which is owned by the Face of Denmark Organization.
• On May 14, 2016, she served as a judge at Face of Denmark 2016 in Copenhagen.