Sirry Steffen(1938-2020)

After winning Miss Iceland, she was in the very first Miss International contest that was launched in 1960. Sirry competed against 51 other national winners in Long Beach, CA. She won 2nd runner up and the title of Miss Photogenic. Miss Colombia was the winner, with Miss India as 1st runner up. Shortly after her reign was over, Sirry moved to California in 1960 to pursue an acting career.

[From a 1982 interview, on meeting Marilyn Monroe] She was light complexion, blonde, and in a skinny dress! It was about a year before she died. We landed together at the airport, where she had not been allowed to board the plane she was going to take because she had her dog with her. The friendliest woman - but was rather offended that she was not allowed to have the dog with her, because she thought she was famous enough for it.