Karin Victoria Silvstedt (born 19 September 1974)[1][2] is a Swedish actress, singer, model, TV host, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Sweden 1993.[3]
Silvstedt's father was the captain of a local ski team,[8] and she started alpine skiing at the age of five.[7] In 1989, Silvstedt placed fourth at the Swedish national alpine skiing youth championship, in the giant slalom event won by Pernilla Wiberg.[9][10] However, an accident in the middle of a skiing competition where she injured her shoulder ended Silvstedt's competitive skiing career at the age of 16.[3][8]
A few years later, Silvstedt was invited to participate in the Miss Sweden beauty pageant, after her mother and sister had sent some pictures of her to the pageant officials.[3][7]
She has been featured on over 500 magazine covers.[20]
Acting
Silvstedt has worked as an actress since the late 1990s, when she appeared in Hollywood television series such as Malibu, CA and Melrose Place. Since then, Silvstedt has also appeared in a number of Hollywood comedy films, including BASEketball, The Independent, Out Cold, and Boat Trip. Silvstedt has also appeared as a guest actress on Ocean Ave., a Miami-based soap opera, broadcast in Sweden and Florida.[3][16]
Silvstedt has also starred in films and television series in various European countries, especially in Italy. As a leading actress, she has appeared in Italian films such as La mia vita a stelle e strisce and Un maresciallo in gondola, in which she played Kim Novak. She has also had supporting roles in films like Un'estate al mare and Matrimonio alle Bahamas. In 2010, Silvstedt starred in Just for the Record, a British mockumentary, starring also Steven Berkoff among others (Tagline: "They made the worst film of all time... let the trial begin").[3][16] She also had a small role in the French film Heartbreaker, starring Romain Duris and Vanessa Paradis.[16]
As for theatre, Silvstedt has appeared in the Off Broadway production, Pieces (of Ass),[21] during its run in Los Angeles in 2004.[8]
Presenting
Silvstedt has been presenting numerous television shows and television specials all around the world since the 1990s. She has hosted entertainment shows such as Candid Camera on CBS, Eurotrash on Channel 4, and Wild On! on E!, and appeared as a presenter in various awards shows, including NRJ and World Music Awards. She has also served as a celebrity judge on Project Catwalk, the British reality television series focusing on fashion design.[3][16]
In 2006, Silvstedt started working as a hostess of La Roue de la Fortune in France and La Ruota Della Fortuna in Italy. Both of the shows are based on the popular American game show Wheel of Fortune, and Silvstedt divided her time between Paris and Rome, filming one of the shows for one month at a time, until 2009, when the Italian version was cancelled. As of 2012, Silvsted is no longer part of the French version either.[3][5][7][16][22]
In 2010, Silvstedt hosted her own television show Sport by Victoria on Eurosport during the 2010 Winter Olympics. The light-hearted programme introduced different winter sports, and it was done both in English and French.[23][24]
Since 2011, Silvstedt has also hosted numerous Le grand bêtisier television specials on TF1 in France,[25][26][27][28] including the Christmas special Le grand bêtisier de Noël, which attracted over three million viewers and an audience share of 32.7 percent on Christmas Eve 2011.[29]
Singing
Silvstedt released her dance music album Girl on the Run through the EMI label in 1999. Three singles, "Hello Hey", "Rocksteady Love" featuring Turbo B, and "Party Line", were also released to support the album sales, and the album went gold in Sweden.[30] In 2010, Silvstedt released her fourth single called "Saturday Night", a Whigfield cover.[31]
Silvstedt has said she loves singing, but it is just a hobby, and that she cannot see herself making a full-time career out of it.[8]
Reality TV
Silvstedt debuted with her own reality television series Victoria Silvstedt: My Perfect Life on E! in 2008.[16] The show has since been aired all around the world, including Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.[5][7]
The first season covers Silvstedt's personal and work life, following her to St. Tropez, Monaco, Cannes, Paris, Rome, London, Helsinki, Stockholm, Los Angeles, and New York City. Silvstedt also visits her family in Northern Sweden, where she grew up, spending time with her childhood friends, horseback riding et cetera.[6][7]
In 2016, Silvstedt participated in the Swedish reality series Stjärnorna på godset alongside some of Sweden's best known reality series stars such as Meral Tasbas, Qristina Ribohn and Robban Andersson.[32] The series was broadcast on TV3.[32]
Other ventures
Having an interest in fashion design, Silvstedt launched her own lingerie collection Very Victoria Silvstedt at London Fashion Week in 2006.[4][17][19] The Very Victoria Silvstedt brand was then officially launched for retail in collaboration with the Marie Meili brand in Paris in 2013.[33]
Silvstedt published her autobiography Les Secrets de Victoria. Dans la Tête de Victoria Silvstedt (Jean-Claude Gawsewitch Éditeur), co-written with journalist Christelle Crosnier, in France in 2010.[20][34][35]
According to the Finnish broadsheet newspaper Keskisuomalainen, Silvstedt earns millions of dollars every year for her work in modelling, television presenting, and promoting various brands and products.[18]
Silvstedt speaks English, French, and Italian, in addition to her native Swedish.[8]
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↑ Les Secrets de Victoria. Dans la Tête de Victoria Silvstedt, Silvstedt Victoria; Crosnier Christelle, ISBN9782350132334, Jean-Claude Gawsewitch Éditeur, 2010.
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