Kenza Zouiten (
Arab
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ic: كنزة زويتن) was born on 21 April 1991 in
Stockholm
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to a
Swedish
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** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
mother and
Moroccan father. She is a fashion model, blogger and actress.
Career
Kenza was born in Sweden. Kenza's father is from
Morocco
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and her mother is Swedish. Between the ages of two and six, Kenza lived in Morocco.
Later returning to Sweden, Kenza hosted her own web TV show ''Kenza & Tyra Show''. She runs the blog "Kenzas" which has become one of Sweden's most viewed blogs.
She has modeled in campaigns for Guldfynd, Ur & Penn and JC. She has also been on the cover of the magazines ''
VeckoRevyn'', ''
Frida
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Starring Salma Hayek in an Academy Award–nominated portrayal as Kahl ...
'', ''
Café
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'' magazine, ''Bubbleroom'' Magazine and ''
Solo
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''.
Zouiten has been a
model
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for
Elite Model Management
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.
It was estimated that Kenza earned 2.5 million (SEK) from her blog in 2011.
In November 2015, Kenza participated in the Christmas campaign "let it snow" for Nelly.com. In the campaign, she both modelled for the clothes and sang in a music video. She has her own fashion label called IvyRevel.
Awards
In 2008, she won the award at the Veckorevyns Blog Awards for "Best blog of the year". The same year, she won "Personal blog of the year" at the Finest Awards. In 2009 she won "Fashion blog of the year" by ''
Aftonbladet
''Aftonbladet'' (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries.
History and profile
The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan H ...
'' newspaper, and in February 2012 Zouiten won "Best international blog" award at the
Bloglovin Awards in
New York
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Film and television
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, United States.
''Let's Dance''
In January 2014, it was announced that Kenza Zouiten would participate in
Let's Dance 2014
Let's Dance 2014 was the ninth season of the Swedish celebrity dance show Let's Dance. The show was broadcast on TV4 and the hosts were David Hellenius and Jessica Almenäs.
Couples
Scoring Chart
Highest and lowest scoring performances ...
. Her dance partner was Swedish professional dancer
Calle Sterner
Let's Dance 2011 is the sixth season of the Swedish version of Strictly Come Dancing, and was broadcast on the Swedish television channel TV4 starting on 7 January 2011.
Couples
Scoring chart
: indicate the lowest score for each week.
: indi ...
.
Personal life
On 2 February, 2009, she met Alex Subosic. They began dating shortly after and were married on 29 July, 2017.
After being diagnosed with early menopause and undergoing 2 rounds of IVF which ended in failure, Subosic announced her pregnancy in January 2019, saying that she had conceived the child naturally. Their son Nikola was born on 14 June, 2019.
On 6 September 2020, they announced that they are expecting their second child. On 18 October 2020, she revealed that they are expecting another boy. Couple's second son, Danilo, was born on 5 March 2021, at exactly same hour as his older brother, 05:06am.
In 5 December 2022, she announced that they are expecting their third child, due in June 2023.
References
External links
Kenza's official blog
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1991 births
Swedish female models
Swedish bloggers
Actresses from Stockholm
Living people
Swedish people of Moroccan descent
Swedish women bloggers
Video bloggers