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Karin Victoria Silvstedt (born 19 September 1974) is a Swedish celebrity model, actress, singer, and television personality.

Born in Skelleftehamn in a small village in Northern Sweden and wanted to become a veterinarian.
Silvstedt participated in the Miss Sweden beauty pageant, and she was chosen to represent her country in the 1993 Miss World pageant in Sun City, South Africa, eventually making the Top 10.

Silvstedt was then signed up by a modelling agency in Paris, and she started working for various prestigious fashion houses, including Chanel, Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Loris Azzaro and Valentino, appearing in advertisements and fashion shows in the mid-1990s.

Silvstedt was soon noticed by Hugh Hefner, who invited her to do a photo shoot for Playboy magazine in Los Angeles. She became the December 1996 Playmate of the Month.

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.

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 Music Awards and World Music Awards. She has also served as a celebrity judge on Project Catwalk, the British reality television series focusing on fashion design.

Silvstedt released her dance music album Girl on the Run through the EMI label in 1999. Three singles, "Hello Hey", "Rocksteady Love" and "Party Line", were also released to support the album sales, and the album went gold in Sweden.

Silvstedt has been interested in fashion designing, and she launched her own lingerie collection Very Victoria Silvstedt at London Fashion Week in 2006.

Silvstedt met Chris Wragge in 1997, when he interviewed her for Entertainment Tonight. They were engaged on Christmas Eve 1998, and married in 2000. Silvstedt and Wragge lived in Santa Monica, and then in Houston, for several years, before moving to New York's SoHo district in 2004. They separated in 2007 but have not divorced.
Silvstedt speaks English and French, in addition to her native language Swedish.

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