Career
Upon her return to Bermuda, there was a parade in her honour and Swainson was depicted on a series of Bermudian postage stamps in 1980.
Upon her return to Bermuda, there was a parade in her honour and Swainson was depicted on a series of Bermudian postage stamps in 1980.
Prior to competing in, she participated in and placed first runner-up to 1979, Maritza Sayalero of Venezuela. As the official representative of Bermuda to the 1979 pageant held in London, United Kingdom on November 15, she captured the crown of 1979, becoming the only woman to win a major international pageant for Bermuda as of 2015 and the most successful at both and