This Swedish beauty can do just about anything you would expect a
woman to be able to do. Nearly six feet tall, with platinum blonde
hair and icy blue eyes, Victoria's supermodel status and physical
beauty is celebrated all over the world. She was the 2002 Maxim Woman
of the Year, MISS SWEDEN, Playmate of the Year, former Guess? Model,
and has appeared on the cover of hundreds of magazines around the
world. Silvstedt recently starred in Artisan Entertainment's
star-studded comedy, BOAT TRIP, opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr., Roger
Moore and Vivica Fox. BOAT TRIP chronicles the tales of two bachelors
who sign up for an ocean cruise in the hope of meeting lots of
beautiful women, only to realize it's exclusively full of gay men.
Silvstedt also starred in the hilarious teenage comedy OUT COLD, and
has expanded her talents to television, where she has hosted numerous
TV specials around the world.
Victoria grew up in a close-knit family of five in a small village in
Northern Sweden complete with the "midnight sun" (it was essentially
dark 24 hours a day for three months each year). She was raised with,
and maintains, her families' sensibilities to appreciate discipline,
hard work and community. A gifted athlete, Victoria became a
world-class member of the Swedish National Ski Team, ranking as high
as fourth among her future Olympian teammates in the Super-Giant
Slalom.
A devastating shoulder injury prematurely ended Victoria's Olympic
dreams at the age of 16. But that was just the beginning of her
career. Although at the time she was a complete teenage tomboy who had
never even worn a pair of high heel shoes, Victoria's mother and
sister secretly entered her into the 1993 Miss Sweden Beauty Pageant.
Never backing down from a challenge, Victoria strapped on heels for
the first time in her life and walked tentatively across the pageant
stage. Victoria's hard work and discipline helped prepare her for most
things in life, but needless to say, she was surprised and overjoyed
when she was declared the winner. The downhill skiing MISS SWEDEN 1993
was on her way to the Miss World Pageant in South Africa!
After the stunning beauty became a Finalist at the 1993 Miss World
Pageant, Victoria was discovered by a Parisian modeling agent and
began a career in high fashion working for highly selective fashion
giants such as Chanel, Christian Dior, Loris Azzaro, Givenchy,
Valentino and Giorgio Armani.
It was in the fall of 1996 when Victoria's career path took another
unexpected turn. Hugh Hefner offered Victoria an opportunity to do a
"quick photo shoot" for Playboy. Since Playboy Magazine is not
distributed in Sweden and the European equivalents have far less
visibility than in the US, Victoria had no idea what she was about to
do. The "quick photo shoot" and "right back to Paris" of late October
turned into a December 1996 Playmate of the Month and 1997 Playmate of
the Year distinction in 4 short months.
A free-spirited European, Victoria herself is often amazed at the more
conservative-minded people's reactions to a simple set of photos taken
six years ago. Never to back down from a challenge, Victoria has
worked extremely hard over the last years to "re-invent" herself and
burnish the typical playmate image. As with everything that she does,
Victoria persevered. Within a year, Victoria not only dropped the
playmate stigma, but elevated herself as a world-class, high-fashion
model by landing one of the most sought-after modeling contracts in
the world - the GUESS? Print Ad and Spokesmodel campaign for 1998.
Victoria still remains a highly visible part of the modeling scene.
She is featured on covers and countless celebrity feature
interviews/layouts for mainstream magazines such as GQ, MAXIM, FHM,
and GEAR both in the United States and in numerous European countries.
Victoria's professionalism, beauty and class have also enabled her to
successfully represent a number of major brands as a product
spokesperson including Nike, Renault, Coors, Radisson, Killian's, and
Blockbuster.