Elin Nordegren
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| Elin Nordegren | |
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 Visiting a U.S. warship in 2003 |
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| Born | Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren January 1, 1980 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Residence | Windermere, Florida |
| Occupation | Au pair; clerk |
| Spouse(s) | Tiger Woods (m. 2004–present) |
| Children | Sam Alexis (b. 2007), Charlie Axel (b. 2009) |
| Parents | Thomas Nordegren, Barbro Holmberg |
| Relatives | Axel and Josefin (twin sister) Nordegren |
Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren (born January 1, 1980) is a former au pair and the wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods.
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Early life
Nordegren was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her mother, Barbro Holmberg, is a politician and former Swedish migration and asylum policy minister. Her father, Thomas Nordegren, is a radio journalist who served as a bureau chief in Washington, D.C..[1] She has one older brother, Axel, and a twin sister, Josefin.[2] Nordegren and her sister worked odd summer jobs and as cashiers in supermarkets to finance their studies.[3] She started modeling in 2000, and appeared on the cover of Cafe Sport magazine in the summer of 2000.
Personal life
Nordegren took a job in a Stockholm clothing store called Champagne, where she met Mia Parnevik, wife of Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik, who hired Nordegren as the nanny to their children, a job that required her to move to the U.S.[4] He introduced her to Woods during the 2001 British Open. Previously, Woods had asked for a year to be introduced to Nordegren, who was seeing someone else at the time. "There was a big line of single golfers wanting to meet her. They were gaga over her."[5] She had hopes of becoming a child psychiatrist at the time and was concerned about appearing to be a "gold-digger".[6] In November 2003, Woods and Nordegren attended the Presidents Cup tournament in South Africa and became officially engaged when Woods proposed at the luxury Shamwari Game Reserve.
They were married October 2004, by the 19th hole of the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados. The 150 guests included Oprah, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and Bill Gates. Woods rented the entire complex for a week, including three golf courses and 110 rooms, costing almost $2 million.[7]
On June 18, 2007, Woods announced the birth of their daughter, Sam Alexis Woods, a day after coming second in the U.S.Open.[8]
On September 2, 2008, Woods announced they were expecting another child in late winter.[9] Five months later it was announced that Elin had given birth to a boy, Charlie Axel on February 8, 2009.[10]
In December 2009, her marriage to Woods was the subject of extensive media coverage after Woods admitted to infidelity, which had been revealed following his one-car accident near the family's home.[11] Woods subsequently announced he would take an "indefinite break" from golf to work on his marriage.[11]
Nude photographs hoax
Shortly after Nordegren's relationship with Woods became public, nude photographs of a woman resembling Nordegren began circulating on the internet, with text claiming the pictures were of Nordegren. Nordegren, whose modeling work included bikini photo shoots, strongly denied that she has ever posed nude. The nude photographs were actually of Playboy magazine model Kim Hiott, and most were derived from the 2000 edition of Playboy's "Nudes" special edition.[12][13] Despite this identification and repeated denials from Nordegren and Woods, in September 2006 (immediately prior to the 2006 Ryder Cup) Irish magazine The Dubliner published an article "Ryder Cup Filth for Ireland," which included the nude photographs of Hiott and stated they were of Nordegren.[14] Woods described the story as "unacceptable," and his agent Mark Steinberg said, "Everyone knew it wasn’t her. It's plain as day."[15] Steinberg also said the couple was considering legal recourse against the magazine. The Dubliner issued an apology for the story, saying that they had printed the photos as a "satire of tabloid publishing."
On November 16, 2006, Nordegren filed a libel suit against The Dubliner.[16] Nordegren won the lawsuit and as part of the settlement accepted by a Dublin court, The Dubliner was required to publish its lengthy apology in a variety of venues. If the magazine failed to meet the conditions, the award would be increased to $366,500 and the publishers would have to pay Nordegren's legal costs.[17]
References
- ^ "Five things you didn't know about Elin Nordegren". CNN. December 4, 2009. http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/12/03/elin.five.things.to.know/index.html?iref=mpstoryview. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
- ^ Article about Nordegren from the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet
- ^ http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2009/12/17_facts_about_elin_nordegren.php
- ^ http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-30/the-mysterious-mrs-woods/2/
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/12/02/2009-12-02_jesper_parnevik_says_sorry_to_elin_nordegren_should_never_have_introduced_you_to.html
- ^ http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-30/the-mysterious-mrs-woods/2/
- ^ Tiger Elin wedding
- ^ "Tiger Woods and Wife Elin Nordegren Have a Baby Girl - Birth, Tiger Woods : People.com". People Magazine. 2007-06-18. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20042990,00.html.
- ^ "Woods announces his wife, Elin, pregnant with second child". Associated Press. ESPN. 2008-09-02. http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3565135. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
- ^ "Tiger becomes dad for second time". Associated Press (ESPN). 2009-02-09. http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3893647. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
- ^ a b Dorman, Larry (December 11, 2009). "Woods Says He’ll Take ‘Indefinite Break’ From Golf". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/sports/golf/12woods.html. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ "That's not her naked!", playboy.com, URL retrieved September 22 2006
- ^ "Claim: Photographs show golfer Tiger Woods' wife posing nude", snopes.com, URL retrieved September 22 2006
- ^ "Wet Spots", Fleshbot, September 21, 2006
- ^ "Tiger Woods Blasts Mag Over Porn Jab at Wife". Fox News. September 21 2006. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,214944,00.html.
- ^ "Woods's Wife Files Libel Suit". New York Times. November 25, 2006. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E0D7133EF936A15752C1A9609C8B63.
- ^ "Tiger Woods' Wife Wins Libel Lawsuit". Huffington Post. December 7, 2007. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20071207/glf-woods-wife-lawsuit/.
External links
- Photographs of Nordegren in The Huffington Post
- "Marriage profile". About.com. http://marriage.about.com/cs/celebritymarriages/p/tigerwoods.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
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