Carolina Gynning Nilsson (born 6 October 1978) is a Swedish glamour model, author, podcaster, actress, jewelry designer and television presenter.

Gynning was born in Helsingborg, Sweden and lived in Höganäs for a short time, but spent most of her early years in Falsterbo.

[1] At sixteen she was discovered by a fashion photographer while waiting at a bus stop in Falsterbo, and during her high school years she did some modelling assignments on the side.

[6] After a few years working as a glamour model, Gynning was approached by producers of the Swedish version of the reality television show Big Brother and entered the house in January 2004, becoming the season's eventual winner.

[13] During late 2008 she and Carina Berg hosted the TV4 show Stjärnor på is the Swedish version of Stars on Ice.

[15][16] A few months before Gynning participated as a housemate in Big Brother, she appeared in the French film Happily Ever After starring Johnny Depp,[17] playing the character "Zoe".

In the Jesper Ganslandt-produced film Blondie (2012), Gynning played the leading role alongside Marie Göranzon, Helena af Sandeberg and Alexandra Dahlström.

[18] On 8 February 2008 Gynning released her first music single, "Allt jag tar på blir till guld" ("Everything I touch turns to gold").

[19] In her first television show I huvudet på Gynning, the viewing audience got to see her working on the music video for the song.

[22] In 2005, Gynning released her autobiography, Ego Girl, in which she describes how she was discovered as a model at age sixteen and lost herself in a world of sex and drugs before finding herself again.

[34] Gynning won Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet's TV-award in 2007 for Best Female Television Personality of the Year.

In early February 2007, she underwent surgery to remove the implants and Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin took photos of them.

[37] The implants were placed in a plexiglass box and sold on the auction site eBay; revenues from the sale were given to a charity that works with victims of the war in Rwanda.