Hillevi Rombin
Miss Universe 1955
competition(s)
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1955
(Winner)
Hillevi Rombin Schine (September 14, 1933 – June 19, 1996) was a Swedish actress and beauty queen who was crowned as Miss Sweden and became the fourth winner of Miss Universe in 1955. She was crowned Miss Sweden Universe 1955 by Miss Sweden Universe 1954, Ragnhild Olausson. In 1996, she became the first Miss Universe title holder to die.[1]
Biography
She grew up in Uppsala, Uppland, and was the Swedish national decathlon champion before she competed in the pageant. A remarkable athlete, Rombin excelled in gymnastics, track & field, and downhill skiing. After winning the pageant, she left Sweden for Hollywood to fulfill her acting contract with Universal Pictures, part of the prize package as Miss Universe. She studied acting along with John Gavin, Clint Eastwood, and Barbara Eden, among the other contract actors. Universal put her in a couple of films, with just one or two lines, to give her some exposure and experience. She was credited for small speaking roles in two films. In The Benny Goodman Story (1955) she asks for an autograph[2] and in Istanbul (1957) she appears as a flight attendant near the film's end.[3]
During her year reign as Miss Universe, while traveling around the U.S., she met her future husband G. David Schine, whose family was in the hotel business and would later himself be in the film and music businesses. She discontinued her acting career to focus on married life, soon starting a large family with Schine. They had six children, and their marriage lasted almost 40 years until their deaths together in 1996.[4]
She, her husband, and one of their sons died in a private airplane accident in 1996, the result of an engine failure shortly after take-off. She was 62 years old and the first Miss Universe to die. Rombin, Schine and their son are buried together at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.[5]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1957 | The Adventures of Hiram Holliday | Episode: "Sturmzig Cuneiform" | |
1957 | Istanbul | Air Hostess | (final film role) |
See also
References
- ^ "Gerard David Schine Bio".
- ^ Internet Movie Database: The Benny Goodman Story (1956), accessed March 8, 2011
- ^ Internet Movie Database: Istanbul (1957), accessed March 8, 2011
- ^ "G. David Schine Is Married". New York Times. October 23, 1957. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
- ^ Lawrence Van Gelder (June 21, 1996). "Crash Kills G. David Schine, 69, McCarthy-Era Figure". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
External links
- Hillevi Rombin at Findagrave
- Picture as Miss Universe
- Hillevi Rombin at IMDb
- "The Official Hillevi Rombin Website"
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Preceded by | Miss Universe 1955 | Succeeded by |
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- Armi Kuusela (1952)
- Christiane Martel (1953)
- Miriam Stevenson (1954)
- Hillevi Rombin (1955)
- Carol Morris (1956)
- Gladys Zender (1957)
- Luz Marina Zuluaga (1958)
- Akiko Kojima (1959)
- Linda Bement (1960)
- Marlene Schmidt (1961)
- Norma Nolan (1962)
- Iêda Maria Vargas (1963)
- Corinna Tsopei (1964)
- Apasra Hongsakula (1965)
- Margareta Arvidsson (1966)
- Sylvia Hitchcock (1967)
- Martha Vasconcellos (1968)
- Gloria Diaz (1969)
- Marisol Malaret (1970)
- Georgina Rizk (1971)
- Kerry Anne Wells (1972)
- Margie Moran (1973)
- Amparo Muñoz (1974)
- Anne Marie Pohtamo (1975)
- Rina Messinger (1976)
- Janelle Commissiong (1977)
- Margaret Gardiner (1978)
- Maritza Sayalero (1979)
- Shawn Weatherly (1980)
- Irene Sáez (1981)
- Karen Baldwin (1982)
- Lorraine Downes (1983)
- Yvonne Ryding (1984)
- Deborah Carthy-Deu (1985)
- Bárbara Palacios (1986)
- Cecilia Bolocco (1987)
- Porntip Nakhirunkanok (1988)
- Angela Visser (1989)
- Mona Grudt (1990)
- Lupita Jones (1991)
- Michelle McLean (1992)
- Dayanara Torres (1993)
- Sushmita Sen (1994)
- Chelsi Smith (1995)
- Alicia Machado (1996)
- Brook Lee (1997)
- Wendy Fitzwilliam (1998)
- Mpule Kwelagobe (1999)
- Lara Dutta (2000)
- Denise Quiñones (2001)
- Oxana Fedorova/Justine Pasek (2002)
- Amelia Vega (2003)
- Jennifer Hawkins (2004)
- Natalie Glebova (2005)
- Zuleyka Rivera (2006)
- Riyo Mori (2007)
- Dayana Mendoza (2008)
- Stefanía Fernández (2009)
- Ximena Navarrete (2010)
- Leila Lopes (2011)
- Olivia Culpo (2012)
- Gabriela Isler (2013)
- Paulina Vega (2014)
- Pia Wurtzbach (2015)
- Iris Mittenaere (2016)
- Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (2017)
- Catriona Gray (2018)
- Zozibini Tunzi (2019)
- Andrea Meza (2020)
- Harnaaz Sandhu (2021)
- R'Bonney Gabriel (2022)
- Sheynnis Palacios (2023)