Bridget Maasland

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Bridget Maasland (born 9 November 1974 in The Hague) is a Dutch TV presenter, VJ and producer. She started as a model, walked in children’s fashion shows, and first appeared on TV in a fruit commercial. She later worked as a model in Barcelona, then returned to the Netherlands in 1993 as a showdancer and assistant on the Veronica program Man O Woman. She became popular as a VJ on TMF and later moved to BNN, hosting several shows for a young audience, including Lijst 0, Een Beetje Bridget and Neuken doe je zo!, plus the Dutch version of Robot Wars.

In 2005 she switched to Talpa and hosted Big Brother 5 (with Ruud de Wild) and Big Brother 6 on her own. She did a Playboy Netherlands shoot in May 2006 to raise money for a dog charity. She produced and presented shows such as Je leven in de steigers and Hoe word ik een Gooische Vrouw? In 2007 she moved to RTL Nederland after Talpa ceased to exist, launching Hoe Word Ik Een New Yorkse Vrouw? and later joining Beauty & de Nerd. Bridget and her partner Pepijn Padberg were expecting their first child in 2008, and she did Hoe word ik mama in Amsterdam-Zuid? Since 2007 she regularly presents RTL Boulevard and also hosts Lekker Slim!. She split from Padberg in 2009. She had relationships with Johnny de Mol (2010–2011) and Pieter van Schaik (2011–2012). In 2011 she acted in Walhalla and began hosting Wie is de Reisleider? on RTL 5. She won the Amsterdam Fashion Award in 2011. In 2022 she appeared on The Masked Singer, and in 2025 she appeared in Wie is de Mol? season 25.