ELIN NORDEGREN
Name: Elin Nordegren Woods
Born: 1 January 1980 Stockholm, Sweden
Elin Nordegren Woods (born January 1, 1980, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former
model, better known as the wife of the professional golfer Tiger Woods. Elin's
mother, Barbro Holmberg, is a politician and former migration and asylum policy
minister of Sweden, while her father, Thomas, is a radio journalist who has
served as bureau chief in Washington, D.C. for the Swedish Broadcasting media.
Elin and her twin sister Josefin had been working as nannies for Swedish golfer
Jesper Parnevik when he introduced her to Woods during the 2001 British Open. In
November 2003, Tiger and Elin attended the Presidents Cup tournament in South
Africa and became officially engaged when Tiger proposed at the luxury Shamwari
Game Reserve. On October 5, 2004, Tiger and Elin were married by the 19th hole
of an exclusive golf resort in Barbados. The ceremony reportedly cost over $1.5
million. Privacy was achieved by buying out the island's sole helicopter charter
company and by booking the entire hotel - 200 rooms ranging in price from $700
to $8,000 per night.
On June 18, 2007, the Woods announced the birth of their daughter, Sam Alexis
Woods, early that morning, just a day after Woods finished second in the 2007 U.S.
Open.
Shortly after Nordegren's relationship with Woods became public, nude
photographs of a woman resembling Nordegren began circulating on the internet,
with text claiming it was, in fact, her. Nordegren, whose modelling work did
include bikini photo shoots, vehemently denied that she has ever posed nude. The
nude photographs claimed to be of Nordegren actually depict Playboy magazine
model Kim Hiott, and most are derived from the 2000 edition of Playboy's "Nudes"
special edition. Despite this identification and repeated denials from
Nordegren and Woods, in September 2006 (immediately prior to the 2006 Ryder Cup)
Irish magazine The Dubliner published an article "Ryder Cup Filth for Ireland,"
which displayed the nude photographs of Hiott and again claimed they were of
Nordegren. Woods decried the story as "unacceptable," and his agent Mark
Steinberg said, "Everyone knew it wasn’t her. It's plain as day." Steinberg
also said the couple was considering legal recourse against the magazine. The
Dubliner issued an apology for the story, saying that they had printed the
photos as a "satire of tabloid publishing."
Elin won the lawsuit and as part of the settlement accepted by a Dublin court,
The Dubliner must publish its lengthy apology in a variety of venues, including
in its next issue. If the magazine fails to meet the conditions the award will
be increased to $366,500 and the publishers will have to pay Nordegren Woods
legal costs.
Name: Elin Nordegren Woods
Born: 1 January 1980 Stockholm, Sweden
Elin Nordegren Woods (born January 1, 1980, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former
model, better known as the wife of the professional golfer Tiger Woods. Elin's
mother, Barbro Holmberg, is a politician and former migration and asylum policy
minister of Sweden, while her father, Thomas, is a radio journalist who has
served as bureau chief in Washington, D.C. for the Swedish Broadcasting media.
Elin and her twin sister Josefin had been working as nannies for Swedish golfer
Jesper Parnevik when he introduced her to Woods during the 2001 British Open. In
November 2003, Tiger and Elin attended the Presidents Cup tournament in South
Africa and became officially engaged when Tiger proposed at the luxury Shamwari
Game Reserve. On October 5, 2004, Tiger and Elin were married by the 19th hole
of an exclusive golf resort in Barbados. The ceremony reportedly cost over $1.5
million. Privacy was achieved by buying out the island's sole helicopter charter
company and by booking the entire hotel - 200 rooms ranging in price from $700
to $8,000 per night.
On June 18, 2007, the Woods announced the birth of their daughter, Sam Alexis
Woods, early that morning, just a day after Woods finished second in the 2007 U.S.
Open.
Shortly after Nordegren's relationship with Woods became public, nude
photographs of a woman resembling Nordegren began circulating on the internet,
with text claiming it was, in fact, her. Nordegren, whose modelling work did
include bikini photo shoots, vehemently denied that she has ever posed nude. The
nude photographs claimed to be of Nordegren actually depict Playboy magazine
model Kim Hiott, and most are derived from the 2000 edition of Playboy's "Nudes"
special edition. Despite this identification and repeated denials from
Nordegren and Woods, in September 2006 (immediately prior to the 2006 Ryder Cup)
Irish magazine The Dubliner published an article "Ryder Cup Filth for Ireland,"
which displayed the nude photographs of Hiott and again claimed they were of
Nordegren. Woods decried the story as "unacceptable," and his agent Mark
Steinberg said, "Everyone knew it wasn’t her. It's plain as day." Steinberg
also said the couple was considering legal recourse against the magazine. The
Dubliner issued an apology for the story, saying that they had printed the
photos as a "satire of tabloid publishing."
Elin won the lawsuit and as part of the settlement accepted by a Dublin court,
The Dubliner must publish its lengthy apology in a variety of venues, including
in its next issue. If the magazine fails to meet the conditions the award will
be increased to $366,500 and the publishers will have to pay Nordegren Woods
legal costs.