| Olinda Castielle | |
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Olinda Castielle during a photo shoot in Marbella, Costa Del Sol 2011 |
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| Born | Olinda Joy Borggren September 30, 1976 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Other names | Olinda |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, Television presenter ,(Paradise Hotel Extra) actress, model, singer, author, Reality TV Participant (Paradise Hotel 2005, Little Italy 2006, Joe Millionaire, The OP Tour) |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Partner | Patrick Michael Castielle (2005–present) |
| Website | |
| http://olindacastielle.com/ | |
Olinda Joy Elisabeth Castielle (born Olinda Borggren on September 30, 1976) is a Swedish television personality who was a contestant on the American reality show Joe Millionaire[1] and the first season of the Swedish version of Paradise Hotel. She is also a singer and a model.
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In 2005 Olinda was a contestant on the Swedish version of Paradise Hotel which was broadcast on TV4, where she fast became the most notable contestant of the season.[2] Being eliminated twice but still re-instated by the producers of the show in different ways.[3][4] In the end Borggren managed to make it to the final week. She became the most hated contestant of the season from fellow contestants but also managed to get a huge fanbase from the Swedish viewers.
She became romantically involved with another contestant on Paradise Hotel, Patrick Michael Castielle, and they have two new specials on TV4's sister channel TV400 after their Paradise Hotel visit.
One special was The OP Tour; in it, the duo showed how their music show was produced, travelled all over Sweden, and Borggren sang her single "Playboy Bunny", the most purchased mobile phone ringtone of 2005.
Their next show was Little Italy, in which the duo went to Italy and met different Italian celebrities, such as the football player Maldini.[5] The show aired on TV400.
Castielle and Larsson have also been hosts for the talk show Paradise Hotel Extra, for the cast members of season two.
Castielle appeared in the second season of the American reality show Joe Millionaire titled The Next Joe Millionaire in 2003, where she was cast as one of the women who competed for Joe named David Smith.[6] Olinda was eliminated in the fifth episode, but still remained one of the most talked about contestants being labelled the villain[7] of the season, Castielle moved back home to Sweden after the show ended, and was quickly cast for Paradise Hotel.
Castielle is the creative director and co-founder of the new social networking site flaveit [8] She is working together with Patrick Michael Castielle to launch a new generation of social media solutions that involves mobile applications and software. The flaveit[9] site will be launched spring 2012.
Patrick Michael Castielle and Olinda Castielle lives between Marbella, Spain, New York, USA, and Stockholm, Sweden, with their two dogs, Johnny and Elvis. Castielle does not belong to any religion but she is inspired by Eckhart Tolle and Jiddu Krishnamurti. She is planning to get married in the beginning of 2012.[10]