Crossing the Blues

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Eli Landa




Eli Landa, born 21 March 1984 in Sandnes, Norway, but now living in Stavanger, is a Norwegian model, bank employee and teacher student at the University of Stavanger who was crowned Frøken Norge Universe 2009 (Miss Norway Universe 2009) on 28 March 2009. The winner of the Frøken Norge World title was Sara Skjoldnes from Skien.

Eli travelled to the Bahamas to represent Norway in Miss Universe 2009, where Miss Universe 2008, Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela, crowned her successor, Stefanía Fernández, also from Venezuela, on 23 August 2009. Eli was not among the Top 15 semi-finalists.

Previously, she has competed in a Norwegian model contest called Årets Ansikt (Face of the Year) in 2003 where she was a finalist, and New Silk Road Model Look 2003 in Hangzhou, China.