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The day I met Miss Universe

Published on Friday, November 25th, 2005

No, this is not a mushy story about how I met my girlfriend; this is about when I actually did meet Miss Universe. This story takes place when I was about fourteen years old.

Me and my little brother were playing land hockey outside our house, you know with sticks and a tennis ball, when a car drove into our parking lot. We didn’t pay much attention to it, when you’re a kid you don’t care that much about grown-ups coming and going. Especially since my parents have had a dog kennel with an extremely good reputation for way longer than I’ve lived, breeding German Shepherds, we got pretty used to meeting a lot of different people.

So, we just kept on playing, and as I remember it, they were nice and said hi to us, and we probably reacted like most kids do: with silence. I was standing there in jogging pants, a dirty t-shirt, sweaty and with snot running from my nose, being all worked up. As they passed me towards the door to the house, I realized how extremely good looking she was, and how hot her ass was. I mean, come on, I had just become a teen with all the accompanying hormones to go with it.

Their visit piqued my curiosity, and soon after that we stopped playing and went into the house. Mom and Dad sat talking to her and her husband, and seemed to have a really good time, while I and Martin were just gladly watching. They were, naturally, there to get a dog but the conversation seemed to cover a lot of other topics as well (bear in mind, my memory might be a little vague on the details here… :-)).

When they had left, I found out that she was Yvonne Ryding, the Miss universe of 1984 and her then husband was famous Swedish actor Kjell Bergqvist. Interesting experience, to say the least. I just love to take walks down memory lane now and then… :-)

18 comments

  • Jeroen Mulder
    November 25th, 2005 at 10:14

    Did I tell you that I strongly feel your articles are getting weirder by the day — and honestly, I am frightened ;-)

  • Tommy Olsson
    November 25th, 2005 at 11:03

    She really is extremely beautiful. I applied for a job, a long time ago, in Eskilstuna where she’s from. As I was driven from one part of the company site to another, my driver was very proud to point out the soccer field where Yvonne used to play. In fact, he talked more about her than about the job offer. :)

    I’ve seen ex-Miss Sweden Johanna Lind a couple of times. When she won the pageant, I didn’t get it: I didn’t think she was all that pretty. But when I saw her in real life, I understood why. She’s really gorgeous, but somehow the photos didn’t convey that.

  • Robert wellock
    November 25th, 2005 at 11:09

    Yes, I remember you telling me about her Tommy and how you were friends.

  • Gtypeozyq
    November 25th, 2005 at 15:34

    What most humanoid forms don’t know, is that the actual Miss Universe in 1984 was from my planet of Xdvghlip. Yvonne was runner-up to Hyqert (that beauteous being with 7 gorgeous legs and that stunning 5th eye!). There was 683 contestants that year.

    Yvonne was the best candidate earth’s given to the pageant in a long time, so this is still an excellent memory you have.

  • Tommy Olsson
    November 25th, 2005 at 18:32

    No, Robert, I said I’d like to befriend her. And I only used that polite term to avoid upsetting your British sensibilities. We all know how uptight you are in Yor’shire… :)

    (BTW, Robert, why does it say ‘Image’ underneath this text area? Did you forget an alt attribute by any chance?)

  • Jules
    November 25th, 2005 at 18:57

    Here in Canada (and probably other lesser places too :-)), we call it street hockey. Do you yell out “CAR” when a car comes down the road and you have to move the net out of the way (with an icy look at the driver for interupting the game)? Did you use a “real” net or just a couple of snow piles or bricks?

    Can’t say that I have met anyone famous (well, just Joe Clark but, well, he probably wouldn’t participate in a beauty pageant).

  • Robert Nyman - author
    November 25th, 2005 at 19:02

    Jeroen,

    But still entertaining, right? :-)

    Gtypeozyq,

    Ha ha! :-D
    You’re a freaky guy, Devon.

    Robert W and Tommy,

    I’ll leave you guys to your own conversation. :-)

    Tommy,

    I have no idea where you would find the text “Image”. This sounds like one of your weird Opera mysteries… :-)

    Jules,

    Yes, street hockey would be a more suiting name. Land hockey is directly translated from the Swedish name for it.

    Yelling car, icy looks; the works, basically. :-)
    But we did have a real hockey goal that our dad had managed to get for us.

    Regarding famous people, I have my arsenal to bring up for posts like this… :-)

  • Jens Meiert
    November 25th, 2005 at 21:55

    WTH, you didn’t get her e-mail? ;)

  • Robert Nyman - author
    November 26th, 2005 at 10:17

    Jens,

    Well, this was in the mid-eightes, I don’t think she had one then. :-)

  • Tommy Olsson
    November 27th, 2005 at 10:34

    I looked at the source. Your submit button has type="image" but not alt attribute, so Opera shows it’s default alternate text, which is ‘Image’. Try adding alt="Send" to the <input> element.

  • Robert Nyman - author
    November 27th, 2005 at 13:09

    Tommy,

    I know, but it has a value attribute. Shouldn’t the value value be displayed if it can’t show the image or if you have images turned off?

  • Robert wellock
    November 28th, 2005 at 18:02

    Neya, Tommy it is called tight-fisted ratha than upteight I’ yorkshire; men wi’ shoarts arms ‘n long pockets ‘n naw you’ve spoilt uz delusion.

    Though I bet it was good while it lasted.

  • Tommy Olsson
    November 28th, 2005 at 18:42

    Robert, I don’t think the value is used at all with type="image" (other than as the parameter value in the HTTP POST request).

    That’s why the alt attribute is valid for INPUT elements.

    Mr Wellock: you’re one sick puppy! :)

  • Robert Nyman - author
    November 28th, 2005 at 22:26

    Tommy,

    I’ve always thought the value attribute was used to display a regular submit button with that text if it couldn’t find the image.

    Anyway, I’ve added the alt attribute as well to make you happy. :-)

  • Maarten Leewis
    November 29th, 2005 at 9:05

    I had a similar experience once. I think i was about 14 as well, when i got to meet Miss Universe 1989 (Angela Visser, Holland). I was at boyscouts at the time and there was a local radiostation in the same building. She came over for an interview there…

    The only things i really remember is that i couldn’t believe she was a miss universe. Because she was really squint-eyed. But i guess the judges weren’t looking at her eyes…

  • Robert Nyman - author
    November 29th, 2005 at 9:16

    Maarten,

    Thanks for sharing!
    Maybe we can have some “14-year-old-boys-meeting-miss-universe”-club. :-)

  • Robert wellock
    November 29th, 2005 at 12:26

    Mr T. I was referring to my delusion and your meeting as two different entities.

    I seriously don’t know what you were thinking I meant by: “Though I bet it was good while it lasted.”

    It was the lasting experience of meeting someone world famous outside of the internet. :)

  • Tommy Olsson
    November 29th, 2005 at 13:01

    Anyway, I’ve added the alt attribute as well to make you happy.

    Now, that’s more like it! :)

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