I was born in Stockholm, Sweden and grew up in Hanover, Germany. In 1986 I became Miss Hanover and later placed second in the Miss Germany contest. I won a new car, and my picture was in all the German newspapers. A week later Playboy Germany called to see if I would like to be a Playmate. Because I had never been photographed nude before, I was a little bit afraid, so they sent me copies of the magazine so my parents, my boyfriend and I could see that the photos were artistic and beautiful. Finally I said yes -- my marriage with Playboy began with me being Playboy Germany's Miss October 1986.

I started modeling all over the world, in almost every country. In 1991 I went to a casting call for an Italian game show called Colpo Grosso. I got the job and moved to Milan to live and work for a year. It was a daily show, so I worked every day and became well-known in Italy. I was asked for autographs wherever I went.

Then the German TV channel RTL began showing a variation of Colpo Grosso in Germany (called Tutti Frutti), so I took a part on that show as a strawberry. Playboy Germany did another pictorial of me plus a cover. Around this time I also modeled for Gianni Versace in Milan and met Sylvester Stallone, who was in the area filming Cliffhanger. He invited me to the set and sent a helicopter to pick me up!

With Sylvester Stallone