Victoria Silvstedt

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**Victoria Silvstedt**
Playboy centerfold appearance	December 1996
Birthplace	Skellefteå, Sweden
Birthdate	September 19, 1974 (age 32)
Measurements	35" 90cm - 25" 63cm - 37" 93cm
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Preceded by	Ulrika Ericsson
Succeeded by	Jami Ferrell
Playmate of the Year (PMOY) for	1997
PMOY preceded by	Stacy Sanches
PMOY succeeded by	Karen McDougal

Victoria Silvstedt [IPA: vɪk'tuːriːja 'sɪlvstɛt] (born September 19, 1974 in Skellefteå, Sweden) is a Swedish fashion model and actress.

1 Career
- 1.1 Personal life
2 Trivia
3 Appearances in "Playboy" special editions
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Career

Silvstedt was a member of the Swedish National Ski Team, ranking as high as fourth among her Olympic teammates in the Super-Giant Slalom, but a shoulder injury ended her skiing career at 16. As a sports person, she was a bit of a tom-boy, who supposedly had never worn high heels, but her mother and sister secretly entered her into the 1993 Miss Sweden Beauty Pageant.

Silvstedt was the first runner-up in Miss Sweden, and went on to represent Sweden in the Miss World contest in South Africa, reaching the final eight contestants. Resultantly, Silvstedt was signed by a Parisian modeling agent and began a career in high fashion, working for various companies including Chanel, Christian Dior, Loris Azzaro, Givenchy, Valentino, and Giorgio Armani.

After being approached directly by Hugh Hefner, she appeared as a centerfold in the December 1996 issue of Playboy and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year in 1997. As a European, not being aware of the wider distribution and publicity effect of Playboy, she suddenly broke into the North American market. She has been featured in almost countless magazines, including GQ, MAXIM, FHM, and GEAR.

In 2001 Victoria recorded an album called Runaway girl, published by EMI, which went gold in Europe, with the hit singles, Hello, Hey and Rocksteady love.

She became a spokesmodel for Guess? Jeans, following in the footsteps of former Guess models, Eva Herzigova, Anna Nicole Smith, and Shana Zadrick. Victoria made appearances in the motion pictures: Boat Trip, The Independent, BASEketball, and Out Cold. She was already well recognised in the UK when she took on a new career hosting, The Late Show on Virgin Radio, and as a guest host on the TV show Eurotrash. She has been in the American TV shows Melrose Place, and MTV’s The Real World.

She also has worked a lot for the Italian TV hosting and attending to several tv shows.

Like many Glamour models and Playmates before her, she is trying to branch out into acting and business. Having taken some guest appearances in previous Hollywood films playing up to her Swedish-Blonde "Inga" character, she is now acting in lead roles in European films mainly based in Italy, and taking to the stage in North America ^[1] In February 2006 she launched her own lingerie range during London Fashion Week ^[2]

In August, 2006, she is set to be the hostess in the French version of the Wheel of Fortune on TF1, alongside Christophe Dechavanne.

[edit] Personal life

Silvstedt married WCBS-TV Sports telecaster, Chris Wragge, in June 2000 at Tuxedo Park Country Club in Tuxedo, New York. The couple currently live on Manhattan in New York City.

In June 2006, Victoria and Chris threatened legal action against Sky News for slander, after pictures of her in Sardinia went onto the Internet. Sky News had to remove the page ^[3]

[edit] Trivia

Measurements: 36C-25-36, Height: 5' 10", Weight: 63Kg
She says that she speaks five languages, including: Swedish, English, some French, and Italian - plus some Norwegian and Eskimo-Inuit. (Note that Swedish and Norwegian are mutually intelligible languages.)
She says that when she was 16, she competed in a Best Fake Orgasm contest at a bar. The contestants were Silvstedt and 10 guys, and the winner got a brand-new TV. When she came home, she told her mother she won it at a game of Bingo ^[4]
She had a music contract with EMI, and recorded one album with that company that didn't sell very well. Says singing is her favorite hobby activity. ^[5]
In 2002, Playboy released a limited edition doll based on her likeness, and they emphasised that it is an anatomically correct model of her body.
In 2005, Victoria came second to actress Jennifer Ellison in a competition to find the Sexiest Blonde in the World by the readers of Nuts magazine.
She is vegetarian.

[edit] Appearances in "Playboy" special editions

Playboy's Nude Playmates June 1997 - cover.
Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 13 July 1997 - cover, pages 1, 84-93.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 58 November 1997 - Michael Bisco, pages 28-31.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 59 January 1998 - Mizuno, pages 61-65.
Playboy's Wet & Wild April 1998.
Playboy's Girls of Summer May 1998.
Playboy's Body Language October 1998.
Playboy's Playmate Tests November 1998 - cover.
Playboy's Playmates in Bed Vol. 3 February 1999 - pages 82-85.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 67 May 1999 - Mizuno, cover & pages 1, 32-33.
Playboy's Girls of Summer June 1999.
Playboy's Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 3 October 1999.
Playboy's Voluptuous Vixens Vol. 3 October 1999.
Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 75 September 2000.
Playboy's Nude Playmates April 2001 - pages 44-45.
Playboy's Girls of Summer May 2001.
Playboy's Sexy 100 February 2003.
Playboy's Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads June 2003.