Olinda Joy Elisabeth Borggren (born September 30, 1976) is a Swedish

Sweden

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 television personality who was a contestant on the American reality show Joe Millionaire

Joe Millionaire

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and the first season of the Swedish version of Paradise Hotel

Paradise Hotel

The first season of Paradise Hotel aired on Fox from June 18, 2003 to October 1, 2003 with thirty episodes and was hosted by Amanda Byram. A similar show called Forever Eden was produced the following year...

. She is also a singer and a model

Model (person)

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.

Swedish television

In 2005 Olinda was a contestant on the Swedish version of Paradise Hotel which was broadcast on TV4, where she fast became the most notable contestant of the season. Being eliminated twice but still re-instated by the producers of the show in different ways. In the end Borggren managed to make it to the final week. She became the most hated contestant of the season from fellow contestants but also managed to get a huge fanbase from the Swedish viewers.

She became romantically involved with another contestant on Paradise Hotel, Patrick Michael Larsson

Patrick Michael Larsson

Patrick Michael Castielle is a entrepreneur, lead singer, songwriter and television star. He is the CEO and founder of Flaveit.com. He started his career in Sweden at a young age. His music career was launched with the release of his first single in 2003 under the Capitol Records label and in...

, and they have two new specials on TV4's sister channel TV400 after their Paradise Hotel visit.

One special was The OP Tour; in it, Borggren and Larsson showed how their music show was produced, travelled all over Sweden, and Borggren sang her single "Playboy Bunny", the most purchased mobile phone

Mobile phone

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 ringtone of 2005.

Their next show was Little Italy, in which Borggren and Larsson went to Italy

Italy

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 and met different Italian celebrities, such as the football

Football (soccer)

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 player Maldini. The show aired on TV400.

Borggren and Larsson have also been hosts for the talk show Paradise Hotel Extra, for the cast members of season two.

American television

Borggren appeared in the second season of the American reality show Joe Millionaire

Joe Millionaire

Joe Millionaire is an American reality television show that was broadcast on Fox beginning in January 2003. It was broadcast in the UK that same year...

 named "The Next Joe Millionaire" in 2003, where she was cast as one of the women who competed for Joe named David Smith. Olinda was eliminated in the fifth episode, but still being one of the most talked about contestants being labelled the villain

Villain

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of the season, Borggren moved back home to Sweden after the show ended, and was quickly cast for Paradise Hotel.

TV shows

• Paradise Hotel (Swedish Edition)
• Paradise Hotel Extra (season 1 as a guest)
• Paradise Hotel Extra (season 2 as a host)
• Joe Millionaire (USA edition)
• The OP Tour
• Little Italy

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