Katarina Agnes Wigander (born 1983 in
Lerum
Lerum is a locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,855 inhabitants in 2010.
Overview
Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg.
The river of Säve ...
,
Västergötland) is a Swedish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned
Miss Sweden 2004 and represented her country at
Miss Universe 2004.
Her victory in the
beauty pageant was controversial in her home country, as she was crowned by ''
Moore Magazine
Moore may refer to:
People
* Moore (surname)
** List of people with surname Moore
* Moore Crosthwaite (1907–1989), a British diplomat and ambassador
* Moore Disney (1765–1846), a senior officer in the British Army
* Moore Powell (died c. 1573 ...
'', a magazine for men which publishes pictures for other
Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
"men's" magazines, such as ''
Slitz''.
''Nu viker Fröken Sverige ut sig''
Expressen
''Expressen'' (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being '' Aftonbladet''. ''Expressen'' was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "''Expressen'' to your rescue".
...
2004-05-26 In 2004, ''Moore Magazine'' and Bingo Rimér managed to take over crowning after the old arrangers had stopped holding the pageant after 2003. Wigander was the only Miss Sweden to be crowned under this regime, as there was no 2005 Miss Sweden, and " New Miss Sweden" was staged from 2006. For this reason, her title is sometimes said to be "unofficial".
References
1983 births
Living people
Miss Universe 2004 contestants
People from Lerum Municipality
Swedish beauty pageant winners
Swedish female models
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