Born On: 19 September 1974 Place of Birth: Skelleftehamn, Västerbottens län, Sweden Birth Name: Karen Victoria Silverstedt Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)   Victoria is a Swedish fashion model and actress.

Silvstedt was a member of the Swedish National Ski Team, ranking as high as fourth among her Olympic teammates in the Super-Giant Slalom, but a shoulder injury ended her skiing career at 16. As a sports person, she was a bit of a tom-boy, who supposedly had never worn high heels, but her mother and sister secretly entered her into the 1993 Miss Sweden Beauty Pageant.

Silvstedt was the first runner-up in Miss Sweden, and went on to represent Sweden in the Miss World contest in South Africa, reaching the final eight contestants. Resultantly, Silvstedt was signed by a Parisian modeling agent and began a career in high fashion, working for various companies including Chanel, Christian Dior, Loris Azzaro, Givenchy, Valentino, and Giorgio Armani.

After being approached directly by Hugh Hefner, she appeared as a centerfold in the December 1996 issue of Playboy and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year in 1997. As a European, not being aware of the wider distribution and publicity effect of Playboy, she suddenly broke into the North American market. She has been featured in almost countless magazines, including GQ, MAXIM, FHM, and GEAR. Victoria recorded a CD, which went gold in Europe, with the hit single, Hello, Hey.

She became a spokesmodel for Guess? Jeans, following in the footsteps of former Guess models, Eva Herzigova, Anna Nicole Smith, and Shana Zadrick. Victoria made appearances in the motion pictures: Boat Trip, The Independent, BASEketball, and Out Cold. She was already well recognised in the UK when she took on a new career hosting, The Late Show on Virgin Radio, and as a guest host on the TV show Eurotrash. She has been in the American TV shows Melrose Place, and MTV’s The Real World.

Like many Glamour models and Playmates before her, she is trying to branch out into acting and business. Having taken some guest appearances in previous Hollywood films playing up to her Swedish-Blonde "Inga" character, she is now acting in lead roles in European films mainly based in Italy, and taking to the stage in North America. In February 2006, like many other models and celebrities had before, she launched her own lingerie range during London Fashion Week

In August, 2006, she is set to be the hostess in the French version of the Wheel of Fortune on TF1, alongside Christophe Dechavanne.

Silvstedt married WCBS-TV Sports telecaster, Chris Wragge, in June 2000 at Tuxedo Park Country Club in Tuxedo, New York. The couple currently live on Manhattan in New York City.

In June 2006, Victoria and Chris threatened legal action against Sky News for slander.after pictures of her in Sardinia went onto the Internet. Sky News had to remove the page.