Hannah Graaf
| Hannah Graaf Karyd | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Hanna Rakel Serafia Graf 31 August 1978 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Spouse(s) |
David Boudal (m. 2003–06) Peter Karyd (m. 2008) |
| Website | www.hannahgraaf.se |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Blue |
Hannah Rakel Serafia Graaf Karyd (born Graf 31 August 1978 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish glamour model and singer. Graaf along with her model sister, Magdalena, formed a musical duo called The Graaf Sisters.
Graaf was born in Gothenburg, but grew up in Kungsängen, . Graaf grew up singing in the Swedish Pentecostal Church. Due to her tall stature, Graaf began modeling in her teens.
Graaf would regularly appear in men's magazine with her older sister Magdalena Graaf. The two courted controversy which created a great deal of publicity for the sisters. In 1998, the sisters stopped modeling to focus on their music career. After one record, the sisters quit and Magdalena focused her attentions on her family. In 2000, Graaf tried to reinvent herself by dying her hair brown and donning brown contacts, the exact opposite of her former blonde bombshell appearance. She appeared on the cover of Cafe with her new look. She kept this look well into 2001 until the birth of her son.
In 2004, The Graaf sisters were looking for a come back. The sisters flew to Los Angeles and did a pictorial for FHM magazine.
In 1998, Graaf gave up glamour modeling to pursue a music career. That same year, she formed a musical duo The Graaf Sisters, with Magdalena. The two worked with producers Christer Sandelin, Tommy Ekman, and Rob 'n' Raz. The record yielded the Swedish #1 hit "You Got (What I Want)". The two toured extensively which Hannah describes as a fun and exciting time in her life. The duo has since been on hiatus with both women marrying and having children.
In 2002, the sisters were involved in a civil suit against Mikael Brinkenstierna. Stierna alleged that the sisters began working with him in 1996 and that they had a management contract in which he was entitled to 25% of all revenues from the sisters' future disc sales. After the success of their first album, Brinkenstierna received no money after he allegedly spent hours helping them be a success. The sisters claim that Stierna gave them nothing but money and accused him of being a crook after a similar dispute Brinkenstierna had with the pop group, Aqua. After her divorce, Graaf took a brief foray into the music business. In 2006 she performed the song "Naughty Boy" in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, Sweden's selection for Eurovision Song Contest.
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