Linni Irene Meister (born 4 December 1985) is a Norwegian
glamour model
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,
pop singer
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and sex columnist for ''
FHM
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'' magazine who lives in
Oslo
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. Meister has a German-Norwegian father and a mother from
Sri Lanka.
Meister grew up in
Slependen
Slependen is a relatively large area in Bærum, Norway. On Slependen there is significant villa settlement, as well as considerable office and commercial activities.
Building development
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in
Bærum
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.
[ Meister first claimed fame in the now defunct Team Aylar, which was a group of glamour models including ]Elita Löfblad
Elita Löfblad (born Helita Mariam Löfblad Letelier; 16 August 1980 in Chile) is a Swedish people, Swedish Model (person), model and reality show contestant, being one of the housemates on ''Big Brother (Sweden and Norway), Big Brother'', which ...
and Aylar Lie
Aylar Dianati Lie ( fa, آیلار دیانتی لی; born 12 February 1984) is an Iranian-Norway, Norwegian actress, model, singer and former pornographic film actor, pornographic actress. She has worked as a music video actress and singer, appe ...
. Meister became a household name when she was a Joker contestant on the Norwegian reality television
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program '' Robinsonekspedisjonen 2007'', where she placed fourth and was much mentioned in the media. Meister is most known abroad for her music single "My Ass", which was released as promotion for the horror-comedy film ''Dead Snow
''Dead Snow'' ( no, Død snø) is a 2009 Norwegian comedy horror film directed by Tommy Wirkola, starring Charlotte Frogner, Stig Frode Henriksen, Vegar Hoel, Jeppe Laursen, Evy Kasseth Røsten, Jenny Skavlan, and Lasse Valdal. The film cente ...
''. In the music video Meister appears nude in some parts, which created a stir in media.[
]
TV
Between 2008 and 2009 Meister had her own segment on the TV2 youth program ''Waschera'', in which she tried out a number of jobs with varying levels of success. In one episode Meister is taught how to be a stripper, which was highly publicised in Norway.[ Since 2010 she has had her own television show on ]TV2 Bliss
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, called ''Linni'', which follows her life as a glamour model
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.[
]
Music career
Meister began singing at an early age and began choir practice at age seven. Her professional music career began in summer 2007 after her participation in '' Robinsonekspedisjonen 2007'', when she recorded a cover version
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of the Destiny's Child song " Survivor", which was released by C+C Records. It was panned by critics, amongst them the main Norwegian newspaper '' VG''.[ The next year she recorded "Where My Limo At", an ironic song about the life in the spotlight, and in May 2009 she released the music single "My Ass", which entered the ]iTunes Store
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s list of the 100 best selling singles in Norway.[ "My Ass" was released in connection with the Norwegian horror-comedy film '']Dead Snow
''Dead Snow'' ( no, Død snø) is a 2009 Norwegian comedy horror film directed by Tommy Wirkola, starring Charlotte Frogner, Stig Frode Henriksen, Vegar Hoel, Jeppe Laursen, Evy Kasseth Røsten, Jenny Skavlan, and Lasse Valdal. The film cente ...
'' and the music video, where Linni appears nude, received extra attention both for Meister and the film itself.[
]
Other ventures
In 2006 Meister was robbed of her private films containing pornographic material with her then-boyfriend, '' Big Brother'' contestant Kristian Hilberg. The film contains images from their trip abroad in 2006. The video was uploaded to various pornographic websites within hours of being stolen. Meister tried to make a deal with pornography producer Thomas Rocco Hansen so she could earn money for the film, but the deal never materialized and the situation led to Meister being sacked from Team Aylar. During Christmas 2008 Meister attracted attention when she appeared in ''FHM
''FHM'' (For Him Magazine) is a British multinational men's lifestyle magazine that was published in several countries. Its master edition contained features such as the ''FHM'' 100 Sexiest Women in the World, which has featured models, actres ...
'' magazine, as readers could scrape the bikini off an image of her in the manner of a scratchcard
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. Meister has also regularly worked since 2007 in ''FHM'', as a sex-columnist in her "Ask Linni" section.
Personal life
Meister and Bernhard Berntzen married in a wedding chapel in Las Vegas
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, Nevada
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, on 21 July 2010. She gave birth to a son, Dennis Michael Bernhard, on 9 September 2009.Dagbladet.no - Her er Linnis hjerteknuser
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Discography
*”Survivor” (single, C+C Records 2007)
*”Where my limo at” (single, C+C Records 2008)
*”My Ass” (single, Second Hand Records 2009)
*”Cheezy” (single, 2010)
*”Trophy” (Theme for the show ''Linni'', 2011)
*”#nofilter” (single, 2015)
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meister, Linni
1985 births
Glamour models
Living people
Norwegian Christians
Norwegian female models
Norwegian people of German descent
Norwegian people of Sri Lankan descent
Norwegian pop singers
21st-century Norwegian singers
Norwegian columnists
Norwegian women columnists
Models from Oslo