Dominika Peczynski is a Swedish

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....

 singer, model and television host.

Early life

Dominika Maria Peczynski was born September 20, 1970 in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

, Poland

Poland

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, to Russia

Russia

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n Jewish mother Tina and Polish

Poles

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 father. She lived in Poland until she was seven years old and moved to Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

. Dominika has a hippie-style way of life. She had traveled to several countries long before her famous Dominika's Planet. After coming to Stockholm she joined one of the model agencies. For a long time she lived in Prague

Prague

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Music

She joined the Swedish pop music group Army of Lovers

Army Of Lovers

Army of Lovers are a Swedish dance music group formed in 1987.The name of the band alludes to a documentary Armee der Liebenden oder Revolte der Perversen about the German gay rights activist Rosa von Praunheim, the title of which in turn alludes to the Theban Band.-History:The founding members,...

 in 1992, making her debut with the group with Hasta Mañana, a cover of the ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

 song.
Peczynski already knew the other members of Army of Lovers; Michaela Dornonville de la Cour

Michaela Dornonville de la Cour

Maria Susanna Michaela Dornonville de la Cour, also known simply as De la Cour, is best known as a singer in the Swedish pop music group Army of Lovers.-Biography:Michaela was born on 16 August 1961 in Helsingborg, Sweden...

 and Camilla Henemark

Camilla Henemark

Camilla Henemark, also known as La Camilla, is a Swedish singer, actress, political spokesperson and former fashion model.-Biography:...

 worked for the same modelling agency

Modeling agency

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, she had been at school with Jean-Pierre Barda

Jean-Pierre Barda

Jean-Pierre Barda is a Swedish singer, actor, make up artist and hair dresser of Algerian descent. He is most notable for being one of the founding members of the pop group Army of Lovers.- Early life :...

 and had previously had a relationship with Alexander Bard

Alexander Bard

Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard is a Swedish artist, music producer and writer.-Background and education:Bard was born Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard in Medevi, Motala Municipality, Sweden. After he had completed his upper secondary education, Bard studied in the United States and in Amsterdam, Netherlands...

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Since the Army of Lovers split, she has worked as a TV presenter for a number of different Swedish and overseas shows, including the Swedish version of Temptation Island and her own programme, Dominika's Planet, which aired in the UK

United Kingdom

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. In 1998 she posed for the adult magazine Playboy

Playboy

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In 2000 she gave birth to a daughter, Hannah.

New career

In 2005 a new music project called Nouveau Riche was launched, featuring Peczynski and Ulrich Bermsjö. Their debut single "Oh Lord" was released in November 2005. Following the release of their second single "Hardcore Life", Peczynski left the band. After several weeks, however, she was replaced by another female singer and her contributions to the band have been removed from all subsequent releases and official marketing tools.