Grudt became the clear favorite of the judges, winning the interview and swimsuit preliminaries and all three segments of the semi-finals. During the 1990 Miss Universe competition, she listed herself as "The beauty queen from Hell" as a publicity stunt (because she was born in the village of
Hell, located in
Stjørdal Municipality, Norway; however 'hell' also means 'luck' in Norwegian). Her runners-up were
Carole Gist and
Lizeth Mahecha, representing United States and Colombia, respectively. During her reign, she appeared in
Star Trek: The Next Generation as Ensign Graham in the episode "
Identity Crisis". Grudt was also the last Miss Universe to accompany
Bob Hope on his
USO tour. ==Life after Miss Universe==