Carolina Gynning
Encyclopedia
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
.
. 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.
for German Playboy
, and has also appeared in the men's magazines Moore Magazine
, Slitz
, and Café
.
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
.
. She played the character Zoe.
for charity.
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.
Malmö
Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
, Skåne, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
) 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
Idol 2007
The fourth season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 3, 2007 and continued until its grand finale on 7 December, when 28-year-old Marie Picasso was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature an all-female finale, and is to date the only season to crown a winner who had previously fallen...
and Förkväll
Förkväll
Förkväll is a Swedish daily talk show that started airing in 2006 on TV4 in Sweden.Förkväll focuses on life style and popular culture and is an attempt to compete with the SVT show Gokväll, but for a younger demographic....
.
Early life
Gynning was born in Malmö but grew up FalsterboFalsterbo
Falsterbo is a town located at the south-western tip of Sweden in Vellinge Municipality in Skåne County. Falsterbo is situated in the southern part of the Falsterbo peninsula. It is part of Skanör med Falsterbo, one of Sweden's historical cities.-History:...
. She attended Spyken
Spyken
Spyken is an upper secondary school in Lund, Sweden. The students are sometimes referred to as spykister or, by some, spykopater .-History:...
School where she studied art and began modeling. Her love of art comes from her mother Agneta Gynning, who is a painter.
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 PlaymatePlaymate
A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month . The PMOM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, as well as a short biography and the "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and...
for German Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
, and has also appeared in the men's magazines Moore Magazine
Moore Magazine
Moore Magazine is Sweden's largest lifestyle portal for men on the Internet, where many thousands of visitors daily partake of the articles and advice covering everything from fashion , fitness, dating, gadgets and more...
, Slitz
Slitz
Slitz is a Swedish men's magazine similar to Maxim or FHM.- History :Slitz was initially created in 1980 when two music magazines Schlager and Ritz merged. The magazine continued to be a music publication until 1996 when it became a men's lifestyle magazine similarly to Café...
, and Café
Café Magazine
Café Magazine is a monthly Swedish men's magazine focused on fashion, style, and culture, including articles on food, movies, fitness, sex, music, travel, sports, technology, and books. The magazine is comparable to U.S. publications such as Esquire and GQ.- History :Café debuted in May 1990,...
.
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 SwedenSweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
in 2004 when she won the television game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
Big Brother.
On 4 April it was revealed that Gynning along with Carina Berg
Carina Berg
Carina Lilly Berg is a Swedish comedian and radio/TV personality. Berg is married to television host Kristian Luuk, who hosted Melodifestivalen 2007 and Melodifestivalen 2008. As of 2006 Berg is one of the hosts for the show Förkväll along with Carolina Gynning and Alexandra Pascalidou on TV4 in...
would host the fourth season of Idol 2007
Idol 2007
The fourth season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 3, 2007 and continued until its grand finale on 7 December, when 28-year-old Marie Picasso was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature an all-female finale, and is to date the only season to crown a winner who had previously fallen...
in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Gynning and Berg have worked together on Förkväll
Förkväll
Förkväll is a Swedish daily talk show that started airing in 2006 on TV4 in Sweden.Förkväll focuses on life style and popular culture and is an attempt to compete with the SVT show Gokväll, but for a younger demographic....
. Idol 2007
Idol 2007
The fourth season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 3, 2007 and continued until its grand finale on 7 December, when 28-year-old Marie Picasso was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature an all-female finale, and is to date the only season to crown a winner who had previously fallen...
was broadcast on TV4. Peter Jihde
Peter Jihde
Peter Jihde is a Swedish television host and sports reporter on TV4.Jihde was born in Malmö, Sweden. He has hosted "Sporten", "Fotbollskväll", and has presented Olympic games and football world championships. Jihde has also hosted his own talk show "Hos Jihde" on SVT and is a former floorball...
was then host the top 10 final shows.
In 2008 Gynning and Carina Berg
Carina Berg
Carina Lilly Berg is a Swedish comedian and radio/TV personality. Berg is married to television host Kristian Luuk, who hosted Melodifestivalen 2007 and Melodifestivalen 2008. As of 2006 Berg is one of the hosts for the show Förkväll along with Carolina Gynning and Alexandra Pascalidou on TV4 in...
hosted the first season of the Swedish version of Stars on Ice
Stars on Ice
Stars on Ice is a touring figure skating show produced by IMG. It was originally conceived in 1986 as a vehicle for IMG client Scott Hamilton, who had been released from his contract with Ice Capades, after being told that male skaters do not sell tickets...
.
Film
Prior to Big Brother Gynning appeared in the French film Happily Ever After which starred Johnny DeppJohnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...
. She played the character Zoe.
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 WomanImage
In January 2007 Gynning announced she was tired of her breast implants and was selling them on eBayEBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
for charity.
On 16 February 2007 Gynning returned to her job as a host on the TV talk show Förkväll
Förkväll
Förkväll is a Swedish daily talk show that started airing in 2006 on TV4 in Sweden.Förkväll focuses on life style and popular culture and is an attempt to compete with the SVT show Gokväll, but for a younger demographic....
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.
Television Filmography
| Year | Program | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Studio F1 | Reporter |
| 2006 | Förkväll Förkväll Förkväll is a Swedish daily talk show that started airing in 2006 on TV4 in Sweden.Förkväll focuses on life style and popular culture and is an attempt to compete with the SVT show Gokväll, but for a younger demographic.... |
|
| 2007 | Idol 2007 Idol 2007 The fourth season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 3, 2007 and continued until its grand finale on 7 December, when 28-year-old Marie Picasso was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature an all-female finale, and is to date the only season to crown a winner who had previously fallen... |
Presenter with Carina Berg |
| 2008 | I huvudet på Gynning | |
| 2008 | Hitmakers | |
| 2008 | Stars on Ice Stars on Ice Stars on Ice is a touring figure skating show produced by IMG. It was originally conceived in 1986 as a vehicle for IMG client Scott Hamilton, who had been released from his contract with Ice Capades, after being told that male skaters do not sell tickets... |
|
| 2009 | I Survived a Japanese Game Show I Survived a Japanese Game Show I Survived a Japanese Game Show is an American reality show that saw its first season premiere on ABC June 24, 2008. The show followed a group of Americans, who leave the United States for Japan where they competed in a Japanese style game show. The winner takes home US $250,000... |
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 Klick Klick is military slang for kilometer. The term was commonly used by US soldiers during the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s, although veterans recall its usage as early as the 1950s; this is attested by Robert Heinlein's use of the term in his 1959 novel Starship Troopers... |
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 Robins Robins is a Swedish late-night talk show which premiered on SVT2 on August 23, 2006. The host is the young stand-up comedian Robin Paulsson from Malmö... |
Gäst |
| 2008 | Videokväll hos Luuk | Guest |
| 2008 | Efter tio | Guest |
| 2008 | Kobra (TV-program) | Guest |
| 2008 | Idol 2008 Idol 2008 The fifth season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 3, 2008 and continued until its grand finale on 12 December, when 22-year-old Kevin Borg was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature new judges Laila Bagge, Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson, a move that made it the first Idol... |
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| 2009 | Nyhetsmorgon Nyhetsmorgon Nyhetsmorgon is a Swedish morning news and talk show that airs every morning on TV4. It is similar to The Today Show. Nyhetsmorgon started airing in 1992.... |
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| 2009 | Årets tv-tittare | |
| 2009 | Grammisgalan | |
| 2009 | Hjälp! (TV-serie) |
Discography
| Years | Title |
|---|---|
| - | "I Will Never Give It Up" |
| 2008 | "Allt jag tar på blir till guld" |
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Happily Ever After | Zoe |