Renate Veronica Cerljen (born March 26, 1988, in Staffanstorp, Sweden) is a Swedish model and beauty pageant titleholder who the first ever winner of the Miss Universe Sweden pageant, which she won on June 6, 2009.[1] Cerljen represented Sweden at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant on the Bahamas on August 23, 2009, and placed in the Top 15. Renate was the first non-winner of the Miss Sweden pageant since 1952 to represent Sweden at Miss Universe since Miss Sweden lost its rights to crown a contestant for Miss Universe earlier in 2009.[2]