Monica Hansen is a Norwegian

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and the 1997

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Early life

Hansen was raised in the town of Tønsberg, Norway.

Modeling career

Hansen began her modeling career with the Elite modeling agency. She was entered into the 1997 Miss Universe Norway pageant by her friend as a joke, but went on to win the contest becoming the 1997 Miss Norway. After winning, she was unable to compete at the Miss Universe pageant due to an illness. On the way to the airport en route to the competition she experienced acute pain and required surgery to remove her gallbladder. Hansen appeared in a 1997 issue of '' Perfect 10'' magazine, when she came in second behind Ashley Degenford in ''Perfect 10'' magazine's first annual model search. In 1999 she was a runway model for the

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television series ''Destination Stardom'' filmed in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hansen has posed for magazines including '' Esquire'', ''

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'', and '' Stuff''. In 2006 she was named Maxim's woman of the year. That year she was also named the "babe of the month" in February by ''

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'' magazine and she has appeared on magazine covers including ''

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''. In 2009 Monica Hansen won a lawsuit regarding a libel action, in which photographs of her were used without her permission as an advertisement on a plastic surgery website. Monica Hansen was also the main character on the Norwegian TV show ''Ja, Vi Elsker Hollywood''. Additionally, she appeared as the character "Monica Fox" on the television series '' Battledome''. Monica Hansen 29

In December 2013 Monica Hansen formed a California LLC under the name of Monica Hansen Beachwear LLC which is a boutique swimwear and beachwear design business geared towards the high end, trendy, fashionable female demographic in their 20s and the 30s. She was granted registration of the trademarks for Monica Hansen Beachwear and also Monica Hansen Swimwear USPTO registration number 4589962 registered on 8/19/2014 by the USPTO in the first part of 2014.

References

External links

Official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Monica Living people People from Tønsberg Norwegian female models Norwegian beauty pageant winners Norwegian people of Brazilian descent Year of birth missing (living people)