Jessica Magdalena Therese Almenäs (born 16 November 1975) is a Swedish TV host, reporter and beauty pageant titleholder. She presents the horse racing show Vinnare V75, and between 2008 and 2016, she presented the celebrity dancing show Let's Dance, both broadcast on TV4. Almenäs finished first runner-up in Miss Sweden 1998 and went on to represent her country in

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Mi ...

that year. She has presented for

Nyhetsmorgon ''Nyhetsmorgon'' is a Swedish morning news and talk show that is broadcast every morning on TV4. ''Nyhetsmorgon'' started airing on 14 September 1992. References External links * * TV4 (Sweden) original programming 1992 Swedish tel ...

. Along with

Adam Alsing Rolf Adam Engelbrekt Alsing (12 October 1968 – 15 April 2020) was a Swedish television and radio presenter, best known for presenting ''Big Brother (Swedish TV series), Big Brother Sweden'' on Kanal 5 (Swedish TV channel), Kanal 5. He mov ...

she presented the football awards show Fotbollsgalan in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. She presented

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in 2008 and was the reporter interviewing the celebrity guests at Kristallen 2014. In 2011 and 2012, Almenäs presented the show '' Biggest Loser'' on TV4. She is a former basketball player and has played at the elite level for Brahe Basket. In September 2016, Almenäs revealed that she would start to work for Kanal 5 and would end her contract with TV4. In 2024 she presented '' Love Is Blind: Sweden''.

Personal life

Almenäs was previously in a relationship with , with whom she has a son, born in 2005. She also has a son born in 2009 and a third son born in 2017 with Patrik Fahlgren. She is a cousin of

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player Oskar Sundqvist.

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Miss World 1998 delegates 1975 births Living people Swedish beauty pageant winners People from Jokkmokk Municipality Swedish television presenters Swedish women television presenters 20th-century Swedish women {{model-stub