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Model wins lingerie comp because of ‘brains’

She has an incredible figure, but this model won her latest job after proving she was as "intellectually stimulating" as she was attractive.
Camilla Hansson

She has an incredible figure, but this model won her latest job after proving she was as “intellectually stimulating” as she was attractive.

Camilla Hansson had to prove she had brains as well as beauty to win an international modelling competition to become the new face of lingerie line Belle Et Bonbon.

The 25-year-old former Miss Sweden – who has no academic qualifications – beat two doctors and a physicist but didn’t have to undergo an IQ test to prove her intelligence – instead contestants were asked about their “achievements, ambitions, wit and creativity” and their definition of “what is means to be intellectually stimulating”. See Camilla and other beauties with brains here.

Camilla Hansson is the new face of Belle Et Bonbon after proving she was brainy as well as beautiful.

Camilla said it was “a lovely surprise” to win the competition.

Cindy Crawford was class valedictorian at her high school and enrolled for a degree in chemical engineering at Chicago’s Northwestern University.

Supermodel Christy Turlington has a master’s degree in public health at Columbia University.

Lily Cole gained a double first class degree from Cambridge University.

Brooke Shields put her modelling career on hold to study French Literature at Princeton University.

Jennifer Connolly studied English at Yale University before transferring to Stanford to complete her degree.

Natalie Portman has a psychology degree from Harvard University.

Jodie Foster has an IQ of 132 and graduated magna cum laude from her literature degree at Yale University.

Sharon Stone reportedly has an IQ of 152, which is equal to Stephen Hawkings.

Kate Beckinsale is an award winning short story writer who studied French and Russian literature at Oxford University.

Geena Davis is a member of MENSA.

Emma Watson has studied at Brown and Oxford universities.

Tyra Banks graduated from Harvard Business School in 2012.

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