"The modeling was fine. The music was fun," says Magdalena, 26, and the two could have lived out the rest of their lives in the pages of the tabloids. But having visited Africa and Asia with their Evangelical parents — founders of the Arken Church — "we wanted to use our bit of fame and money for something better." The 50 youngsters who live at the Graaf Sisters Children's Centre in Nagpur, India, are thankful they did, as are the 200 from nearby slums who attend school there.
Magdalena's husband, Magnus Hedman, goalkeeper for Scottish football club Celtic, is used to her showing up at parties with flyers that ask: DO YOU WANT TO HELP US? It's an impulse inherited from her mother, Linda Bergling, who has started dozens of projects for the poor and hopes the sisters will run them someday. "We have to think about it," says Hanna, 23. "You have a lot of lives in your hands."
For now, the focus is fund raising for Nagpur and two new homes. Magdalena feels she has no choice. "Sometimes I wish I hadn't seen all this," she says. "When you have, you can't just close your eyes."