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Top Model (Scandinavia Season 1)
''Top Model, season 1'' (or ''Top Model: New York'') was the first season of ''Top Model (Scandinavia), Top Model''. It was broadcast on TV3 (Viasat), TV3 in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Viasat (Nordic television service), Viasat from February to May 2005. The winner of the competition was 21-year-old Kine Bakke from Bergen. The runners-up were Elina Herbeck from Umeå and Nanna Schultz Christensen from Copenhagen. Denmark's pre-selection Denmark's competition was hosted by Anne Pedersen, who was also the head judge until the three countries merged and Georgianna Robertson took over. The first episode was aired in Denmark on 15 February 2005 with the final episode being aired on 3 May. The first episode saw nine contestants selected for the competition. The final three girls chosen to compete in the final competition with Norway and Sweden were Cecilie Madsen, Nanna Schultz Christensen and Stine Mangaard Hansen. The last contestant standing was Schultz Christensen, who was run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV3 (Viasat)
{{Unreferenced, date=March 2008 TV3 is the brand name used by Viasat's flagship channels in Scandinavia, the Baltic States, Hungary, and Finland. Viasat is part of the Swedish media company Modern Times Group. The first TV3 channel was launched on New Year's Eve 1987, breaking the monopoly on broadcasting in the Scandinavian languages. TV3 broadcasts at least six separate channels in Scandinavia and the Baltic States, each with a share of localized entertainment and documentaries produced in the respective domestic languages. All the channels are broadcast from West Drayton, Middlesex in the United Kingdom, which means that Viasat is able to circumvent the more stringent criteria for commercial messages that apply in the Scandinavian countries, specifically in relation to advertisements aimed directly at children, and the stricter rules on interrupting programs with commercials. Countries At launch, there was one TV3 channel for all the Scandinavian countries. Separate ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan area has 2,057,142 people. Copenhagen is on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in the 17th century, it consolidated its position as a regional centre of power with its institutions, defences, and armed forces. During the Renaissance the city served as the de facto capital of the Kalmar Union, being the seat of monarchy, governing the majority of the present day Nordic region in a personal union with Sweden and Norway ruled by the Danis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ørsta
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Ørsta (village), village of Ørsta. Other villages in the municipality include Hovdebygda, Flåskjer, Liadal, Urke, Møre og Romsdal, Urke, Barstadvik, Åmdalen, Follestaddalen, Nordre Vartdal, Vartdal, Sæbø, Møre og Romsdal, Sæbø, Sætre, Møre og Romsdal, Sætre, Store Standal, Store-Standal, and Ytre Standal. The municipality is the 171st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Ørsta is the 105th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 10,833. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 4.2% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of Ørsta was established on 1 August 1883 when it was separated from Volda Municipality. The initial popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellingsrud
Ellingsrud is a neighbourhood in the borough of Alna in the north-east part of Oslo, Norway. Ellingsrud consists of Ellingsrudåsen, Bakås, Fjeldstad, Karihaugen, Munkebekken, and the small area of Kaiekroken, located in the far east close to Furuset and Lindeberg. The population is approx. 7,000 people. Ellingsrud is located north of the recreational forest Østmarka Østmarka is a forested area to the east of Oslo and part of the congregation of woodland areas known as Oslomarka. The area is situated within the municipalities Oslo, Lørenskog, Rælingen, Ski and Enebakk. Østmarka is delimited to the west by .... Most of Ellingsrud was built in the 1970s, and has two primary schools (Bakås and Ellingsrudåsen), and one lower secondary school (Ellingsrud). Ellingsrud church was opened in June 1981. Ellingsrud IL is a local sports club. The neighborhood is served by the Ellingsrudåsen Station of the Oslo T-bane, that opened 8 November 1981. Neighbourhoods of Oslo [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rykkinn
Rykkinn is a commuter town in the north-west of Bærum, Akershus county, Norway with about 5000-8000 inhabitants. It is located between Kolsås and the area of Skui and Vøyenenga. Rykkinn consists mainly of apartment blocks and smaller houses. Most of Rykkinn's buildings and infrastructure were built in the early 1970s due to the growing demands for housing near Oslo. The mix of houses and apartments can therefore be seen as a part of the social democratic ideology that heavily influenced Norwegian society at that time: People of different classes were to live peacefully side by side in the new suburb. Perhaps for this reason Rykkinn has had a development more akin to Oslo's eastern boroughs which is quite different from much of the otherwise affluent municipality. Rykkinn also has a shopping mall, which used to contain Norway's highest educational facility for commercial trading - Kjøpmannsinstituttet. Rykkinn is home to the Norwegian national basketball venue, and they a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathrine Sørland
Kathrine Sørland (born 25 March 1980) is a Norwegian fashion model, TV presenter and beauty queen who has competed in the Miss World and Miss Universe beauty pageants. Beauty pageants Sørland won the Frøken Norge (Miss Norway) competition in 2001, and went on to represent Norway in the Miss World 2002 held at the Alexandra Palace in London, United Kingdom. She was the favourite to win the crown, but only reached the final five, and placed as the 3rd runner-up behind the eventual winner Miss Turkey, Azra Akın; Miss Colombia, Natalia Peralta and Miss Peru, Marina Mora. Before the pageant she was the most vocal contestant in leading calls to boycott over the Amina Lawal case. However, the pageant went ahead in Nigeria at Amina's insistence, with Sørland's participation. Then, two years later, she went on to represent her country in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant held in Quito, Ecuador, where she reached the top fifteen and finished in the 11th place. The pageant was won b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borås
Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the railway between Gothenburg and Kalmar, and is often considered the Swedish city gaining the most from the nationwide railway system laid between 1870 and 1910. History The city of Borås received its privileges in 1621 by King Gustav II Adolf. The reason was to give local pedlars a legal place for vending their merchandise (and for the government the ability to collect taxes on this trade). The city developed soon after it was founded. After a century it had increased to over 2,000 inhabitants. Borås has been ravaged by fires four times: in 1681, 1727, 1822 and 1827. The Caroli church is the oldest of Borås's buildings, and has withstood all fires. In its 2017 report, Police in Sweden placed the Norrby, Hässleholmen and Hulta dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammarö Municipality
Hammarö Municipality (''Hammarö kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skoghall. The municipality was created from Hammarö parish in 1863, and its territory has not been affected by the great municipal reforms of 1952 and 1971. With a land area of only it is Sweden's 12th smallest, as well as the smallest in Värmland County. Geography The municipality consists of the islands Hammarön and Vidön and the adjacent archipelago. The name ''Hammarö'', or ''Hammarön'', literally means "Hammer Island", and has given the municipality its name. The island itself is large, the third largest island of Lake Vänern, and located off the shore of Värmland, separated by the Klarälven river delta. From Skoghall it is to the city of Karlstad. Karlstad Municipality is the only municipality with bridge connections to Hammarö. Localities *Skoghall *Vidöåsen While the vast majority of Hammarö's inhabitants live in a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumba (Swedish Rapper)
Kumba M'bye, (born 5 February 1983) is a Swedish rap artist and former model. Early life Kumba grew up in Malmö and Landskrona. Career In the early 2000s she started rapping and writing lyrics in English. During the summer of 2013 the rapper Stor heard her rapping and invited her to do an audition at the record label Redline Records. Inspired by the rappers Linda Pira and Lilla Namo she started writing lyrics in Swedish. In 2014, she collaborated with Pira on her music single "Knäpper mina fingrar". This led to Kumba being able to participate in a hiphop concert at the Dramaten for female rappers only. She has also participated in the Sveriges Radio show "En kärleksattack på svensk hiphop". In 2014, her music single "I staden" was released for Redline Records. At the 2015 Kingsize gala she was nominated for Best Newcomer of 2015. In 2015, Kumba participated in the TV-show Lyckliga gatan broadcast on TV4 where she had to make a new version of the Kicki Danielsson song "Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
