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Silvstedt was a member of the
Swedish National Ski Team, ranking as high as fourth among her Olympic
teammates in the Super-Giant Slalom. Silvstedt claims that when she was
16, she competed in a Best Fake Orgasm contest at a local 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.
Silvstedt claims as a sports person she was a bit of a tom-boy who
supposedly had never worn high heels, but after a shoulder injury ended
her skiing career at 16, 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. She was then 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 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 countless magazines, including GQ, Maxim,
FHM, Gear and Nuts, where in 2005 she came second to actress Jennifer
Ellison in a competition to find the Sexiest Blonde in the World.
Like many glamour models and Playmates before her, she is trying to branch
out into acting and business. Silvstedt claims her favorite hobby is
singing, and in 2001 she recorded an album called "Girl On the Run",
published by EMI, which went gold in Sweden with the hit singles, "Hello,
Hey" and "Rocksteady Love".
Silvstedt 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 appeared on the American TV shows Melrose Place
and MTV’s The Real World, and has worked on Italian TV hosting several
shows. She currently co-hosts La Roue de la Fortune, the French version of
Wheel of Fortune on TF1, alongside Christophe Dechavanne.
Victoria made guest appearances in the Hollywood motion pictures: Boat
Trip, The Independent, BASEketball, and Out Cold where she played up to
her Swedish-Blonde "Inga" character. Silvstedt is now acting in lead roles
in European films mainly based in Italy, and taking to the stage in North
America.
Silvstedt became a spokesmodel for Guess? Jeans, following in the
footsteps of former Guess models, Eva Herzigova, Anna Nicole Smith, and
Shana Zadrick. In February 2006 she launched her own lingerie range during
London Fashion Week.
As for November 2007 she's in Italy promoting her new movie Matrimonio
alle Bahamas, an Italian comedy starring the blockbuster star Massimo
Boldi.
Silvstedt claims to speak fluent English, basic French, and a little
Italian, plus some Norwegian and Eskimo-Inuit.
Silvstedt married WCBS-TV sports telecaster Chris Wragge in June 2000 at
Tuxedo Park Country Club in New York. In June 2006, Victoria and Chris
threatened legal action against Sky News for slander, after pictures of
her in Sardinia with a man other than her husband went onto the Internet.
Sky News had to remove the page. Silvstedt and Wragge later separated. |
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Carry on London (2008)
Matrimonio alle Bahamas (2007)
Mia vita a stelle e strisce, La (2003) .... Wendy
"Ocean Ave." .... Detective Johanna Marsden (2003) (6 episodes,
2003)
... aka Ocean Ave (Sweden)
- Episode #1.141 (2003) TV episode .... Detective Johanna Marsden
(2003)
- Episode #1.142 (2003) TV episode .... Detective Johanna Marsden
(2003)
- Episode #1.143 (2003) TV episode .... Detective Johanna Marsden
(2003)
- Episode #1.144 (2003) TV episode .... Detective Johanna Marsden
(2003)
- Episode #1.145 (2003) TV episode .... Detective Johanna Marsden
(2003)
(1 more)
Sting of the Black Scorpion (2002) (V) (as Victoria Silvsted) ....
Hourglass
Boat Trip (2002) .... Inga
... aka Boat Trip (Germany)
Maresciallo in gondola, Un (2002) (TV) (as Victoria Silverstedt)
.... Kim Dovak
Out Cold (2001) .... Inga
"Son of the Beach" .... Eva Rommel (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
- Booger Nights (2001) TV episode .... Eva Rommel
- Mario Putzo's 'The Last Dong' (2000) TV episode .... Eva Rommel
"Black Scorpion" .... Hourglass (1 episode, 2001)
... aka Roger Corman Presents Black Scorpion (Canada: English title)
- Crime Time (2001) TV episode .... Hourglass
Cruel Game (2001) .... Ingrid
... aka Deception (USA: DVD title)
Naken (2000) .... Rosita
... aka Naked (literal English title)
Ivansxtc (2000) .... Melanie
... aka Ivans xtc. (To Live and Die in Hollywood) (USA: complete
title)
The Independent (2000) .... Blossom
"Melrose Place" .... Blonde / ... (2 episodes, 1999)
- Asses to Ashes (1999) TV episode .... Ingrid
- I Married a Jock Murderer (1999) TV episode .... Blonde
"Malibu, CA" .... Inga (1 episode, 1999)
... aka Malibu (Australia)
- The New Cook (1999) TV episode .... Inga
"Unhappily Ever After" .... Brandi (1 episode, 1999)
... aka Unhappily...
- Tiffany Burger (1999) TV episode .... Brandi
Beach Movie (1998) .... Julie
... aka Board Heads (Australia)
... aka Boardheads (USA)
"Sin City Spectacular" (1 episode)
... aka Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular (USA)
- Episode #1.24 (????) TV episode
"Oddville, MTV" (1 episode, 1997)
- Episode dated 18 July 1997 (1997) TV episode |
