Iceland is one of the most successful countries at the Miss World pageant with three victories, a record for a nation with a population of less than half million people.
Íris Telma Jonsdóttir, Iceland's 2012 Miss World contestant, "has the unfortunate job of sifting through applications for the coming Miss Iceland contest and the publicity stirred by feminists has even sparked an abnormally high influx of legitimate hopefuls.
That means she has a lot more reading to do before selecting the field of 25 women who will actually compete for a chance to move on to Miss World.
The 2020 Miss Universe Iceland competition was held on Friday, October 23, 2020, at Gamla Bio in downtown Reykjavík.
[1] Began 2023 the Miss Universe Iceland became the main title of Ungfrú Ísland titleholder after the organizers took over the defunct brand.