2013 applicants of Miss Iceland

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Rafn Rafnsson, the brand new leader govt of the Miss Iceland contest, "in hopes of diversifying the sector of contestants beyond the statuesque blonde with striking blue eyes that has turn out to be the Icelandic stereotype", said "There isn't any Miss Iceland stereotype..." One week later, in reaction to Rafnsson's declaration, 1,300 human beings carried out to come to be Miss Iceland, inclusive of several nontraditional candidates, inclusive of:

• Sigríður Guðmarsdóttir, 48, a girl governmental minister in Reykjavik

• Reynir Sigurðbjörnsson, 47, a male electrician

• Ása Richardsdóttir, a 49-yr-vintage girl manufacturer in the great arts industry

• Matthildur Helgadóttir-Jónudóttir, a girl event supervisor also in her 40s

• Brynhildur Heiðardóttir Ómarsdóttir, a female literary critic

• Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir, a female Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Alliance

• Guðrún Jónsdóttir, a spokesperson for Stígamót (organisation that fights sexual abuse towards women)

• Hildur Lillendahl, a feminist in Iceland

• Björk Vilhelmsdóttir, a city councilor of Reykjavík and feminist

• Þórdís Elva Þorvaldsdóttir, a creator and actress

In reaction to the growth of nontraditional candidates, Rafnsson said, "We should comply with the policies set via the international contest." This "manner rejecting any applicants younger than 18 or older than 24. In addition to the age limits, contestants must be unmarried, childless and, of path, woman." Íris Telma Jonsdóttir, Iceland's 2012 Miss World contestant, "has the unfortunate activity of sifting via packages for the approaching Miss Iceland contest and the publicity stirred by way of feminists has even sparked an abnormally high inflow of valid hopefuls. That means she has a lot greater analyzing to do earlier than selecting the field of 25 ladies who will genuinely compete for a threat to move on to Miss World."