Carolina Gynning
| Carolina Gynning Nilsson | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 6, 1978 Malmö, Skåne, Sweden |
| Occupation | Glamour model, painter, television presenter, singer, author |
| Website | |
| http://gynning.net | |
Carolina Gynning Nilsson (born 6 October 1978 in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden) is a Swedish model, actress and television host. Gynning became especially well-known to the public after winning Big Brother 2004, and has since become a television host for shows such as Dagens Man, Idol 2007 and Förkväll.
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[edit] Early life
Gynning was born in Malmö but grew up Falsterbo. She attended Spyken School where she studied art and began modeling. Her love of art comes from her mother Agneta Gynning, who is a painter.
[edit] Career
[edit] Modeling
Gynning began modeling at the age of 13. In later years she underwent breast augmentation which propelled her career into glamour modeling. Gynning was a Playmate for German Playboy, and has also appeared in the men's magazines Moore Magazine, Slitz, and Café.[1]
[edit] Television
Gynning was a relatively unknown model until her appearance in the Swedish version of Big Brother in 2004. She had sex in front of live tv cameras during the show. She was also intensely fingered by Olivier de Paris live on the show. She became a household name in Sweden in 2004 when she won the television game show Big Brother.
On 4 April it was revealed that Gynning along with Carina Berg would host the fourth season of Idol 2007 in Sweden. Gynning and Berg have worked together on Förkväll. Idol 2007 was broadcast on TV4. Peter Jihde was then host the top 10 final shows.
In 2008 Gynning and Carina Berg hosted the first season of the Swedish version of Stars on Ice.
[edit] Film
Prior to Big Brother Gynning appeared in the French film Happily Ever After which starred Johnny Depp. She played the character Zoe.
[edit] Author
In 2005 Gynning wrote the book Ego Girl in which she described how she tried to be a model at 17. In 2008 it was reported that Gynning would write a continuation to Ego Girl called Ego Woman[2]
[edit] Image
In January 2007 Gynning announced she was tired of her breast implants and was selling them on eBay for charity.[3]
On 16 February 2007 Gynning returned to her job as a host on the TV talk show Förkväll and showed her removed breast implants. As a symbol of her past, she will symbolically bury the implants in a plexiglass box before auctioning them off.[4]
[edit] Work
[edit] Bibliography
| Year | Program | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Ego girl | |
| 2007 | Privat : mejlkorrespondens | Tillsammans med Alex Schulman |
| 2009 | Ego Women | Fortsättning av Ego Girl |
[edit] Television Filmography
| Year | Program | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Studio F1 | Reporter |
| 2006 | Förkväll | |
| 2007 | Idol 2007 | Presenter with Carina Berg |
| 2008 | I huvudet på Gynning | |
| 2008 | Hitmakers | |
| 2008 | Stars on Ice | |
| 2009 | I Survived a Japanese Game Show |
[edit] TV Presenter Filmography
| Years | Program | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Big Brother | Participants |
| 2005 | Fångarna på fortet | Participants |
| 2006 | Let's Dance (TV-program) | Participants |
| 2006 | 45 Minuter | Guest |
| 2006 | Studio Virtanen | Guest |
| 2007 | Klick | Gäst |
| 2007 | Roomservice (TV-program) | Guest |
| 2007 | Fråga Olle | Guest |
| 2008 | Vakna med The Voice | Recurring Guest |
| 2008 | Lilla Al-Fadji & Co | Guest |
| 2008 | Robins | Gäst |
| 2008 | Videokväll hos Luuk | Guest |
| 2008 | Efter tio | Guest |
| 2008 | Kobra (TV-program) | Guest |
| 2008 | Idol 2008 | |
| 2009 | Nyhetsmorgon | |
| 2009 | Årets tv-tittare | |
| 2009 | Grammisgalan | |
| 2009 | Hjälp! (TV-serie) |
[edit] Discography
| Years | Title |
|---|---|
| - | "I Will Never Give It Up" |
| 2008 | "Allt jag tar på blir till guld" |
[edit] Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Happily Ever After | Zoe |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.tidningsarkivet.se/cafe/
- ^ http://www.stureplan.se/frame.php?main=http://blogg.stureplan.se/gynning
- ^ Big Brother star's implants to go under the hammer
- ^ "The breasts are out - now they're being sold" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2007-02-10. http://deliverye.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,997128,00.html.
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