{{Short description|Greek model and television presenter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Vicky Kaya | image = Vicky Kaya.jpg | caption = Kaya in 2018 | birth_name = Vasiliki Kaya | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|7|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = Athens, Greece | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Nikos Krithariotis|2010|2013|end=div.}} * {{marriage|Elias Krassas|2014}} }} | children = 2 | relatives = | height = {{height|m=1.77|precision=0}} | nationality = | website = {{url|fashionworkshop.gr}} }}
'''Vicky Kaya''' ({{langx|el|Βίκυ Καγιά}}; born '''Vasiliki Kaya''', {{langx|el|Βασιλική Καγιά|links=no}}; 4 July 1978) is a Greek fashion model and television presenter. She has appeared on the covers of numerous international fashion magazines such as ''Vogue'', ''Esquire'', ''Madame Figaro'', ''Marie Claire'', and ''Elle''.
== Career ==
=== Modelling career beginnings and international success === Kaya has been modelling since the age of 14. She was spotted in the street, and from there embarked on one of the most successful careers in the fashion world, appearing in many catalogue bookings, campaigns, magazines and television commercials worldwide. At age 18 she moved to Paris where her career took off. She also worked in Milan, Germany and London. Her appearances have been diverse, from the catwalk to television acting. For many years she had been based in New York City and was represented by Wilhelmina Models in New York. She walked the catwalk for such designers as Chanel, Valentino, Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood and Jean Paul Gaultier.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.iefimerida.gr/news/443192/poioi-einai-oi-gnostoi-agnostoi-krites-toy-next-top-model-oi-synergasies-me-vogue-armani|title=Ποιοι είναι οι γνωστοί-άγνωστοι κριτές του Next Top Model -Οι συνεργασίες με Vogue, Armani και D&G [εικόνες] {{!}} ΖΩΗ|last=IEFIMERIDA.GR|first=NEWSROOM|date=11 September 2018|website=iefimerida.gr|language=el|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://neoskosmos.com/en/27372/jean-paul-gaultier-and-his-greek-influences/|title=Jean Paul Gaultier and his Greek influences {{!}} Neos Kosmos|date=9 December 2014|website=English Edition|language=en|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://eu.greekreporter.com/2012/03/05/famous-greek-model-vicky-kaya-at-jean-paul-gaultiers-fashion-show-in-paris/|title=Famous Greek Model Vicky Kaya At Jean Paul Gaultier's Fashion Show in Paris {{!}} Greek Reporter Europe|last=Toli|first=Fani|date=6 March 2012 |language=en-US|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://into-the-fashion.com/35841/vickys-notes-in-paris-for-jean-paul-gaultier/|title=Vicky's Notes: In Paris for Jean Paul Gaultier - Into the fashion|website=into-the-fashion.com|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref>
Over the years she has worked and walked for many leading designers; has shot many of magazine covers, and has been interviewed by magazines such as (Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Wallpaper, InStyle, Dutch, Nylon, Tatler, Harpers and Queen, Red, Madame Figaro, L'Officiel, Esquire, etc.). She has represented a number of companies in TV campaigns in the USA, Europe and Greece. In the USA and Europe she has done campaigns for Johnson and Johnson (USA, National Campaign), L'Oreal Paris (France and Eastern Europe), Dove (Europe), Virginia Slims (USA, National Campaign), Garnier Paris, Nivea Body – Nivea Make-up – Nivea Hair (Europe), Schwarzkopf and C&A (Europe).<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
===Television=== Since 2006, Kaya has hosted a number of TV shows. From 2009 to 2011, and again from 2018 onwards, she has hosted ''Greece's Next Top Model'' and in 2018, the show came back with Kaya as a judge.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news247.gr/psixagogia/tileorasi/greece-s-next-top-model-kosmosyrroi-stin-kriti-epomenos-stathmos-i-thessaloniki.6633390.html|title=Greece's Next Top Model: Κοσμοσυρροή στην Κρήτη, επόμενος σταθμός η Θεσσαλονίκη|website=www.news247.gr|date=16 July 2018 |language=el|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref> She also hosts a Greek fashion reality show called "Shopping Star".<ref>{{Citation|title=Shopping Star|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8615590/|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref>
=== Other ventures === In 2011, she founded The Fashion Workshop, which is the official offshoot of the educational colossus Mod'Art International, where the most eminent and qualified professionals, from all the relevant fields, offer their experience and know-how in fashion to the younger generations, through a unique studies program. Fashion Workshop is based in the centre of Athens and is also certified by the minister of education of Greece.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fashionworkshop.gr/en/|title=Home|website=Fashion Workshop|language=en-US|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.it/talents/news/2012/05/vicky-kaya|title=Fashion Workshop Athens - Vogue.it|website=www.vogue.it|date=16 May 2012 |language=it|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tovima.gr/2014/11/07/vimagazino/i-simasia-tis-modas/|title=Η σημασία της μόδας|last=Νικόλαος|first=Μπάρδης|date=7 November 2014|website=Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online|language=el|access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref>
In 2020, she founded Great for Women,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatforwomen.com/|title=Great for Women|website=www.greatforwomen.com|language=el|accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref> a brand that focuses on women's well-being. Great for Women first product is a multivitamin for women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bovary.gr/beauty/update/h-biky-kagia-dimioyrgise-tin-great-women|title=H Bίκυ Καγιά δημιούργησε την πρώτη συνδρομητική γυναικεία πολυβιταμίνη στην Ελλάδα|last=BOVARY|website=BOVARY|date=19 January 2021 |language=el|accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.madamefigaro.gr/omorfia---ygeia/beauty-news/121337/great-for-women-i-proti-gunaikeia-sundromitiki-polubitamini-pou-dimiourgise-i-biku-kagia|title=Great For Women {{!}} Η πρώτη γυναικεία συνδρομητική πολυβιταμίνη που δημιούργησε η Βίκυ Καγιά|website=Madame Figaro|language=el|accessdate=20 February 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== From 2010 to 2013 Kaya was married to entrepreneur Nikos Krithariotis. In 2013, she began dating entrepreneur Elias Krassas with whom married on 18 July 2014 in Paris, France. Kaya and Krassas have two children: a daughter Bianca-Alexandra (born 25 May 2015) and a son Karolos-Elias (born 20 January 2018).
==Filmography==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2005 ! scope="row" | ''Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean'' | Marialena Georgiadou | Film debut | |- | 2006 ! scope="row" | ''Cars'' | Sally Carrera | Greek voice role | |- | 2011 ! scope="row" | ''Cars 2'' | Sally Carrera | Greek voice role | |- | 2011 ! scope="row" | ''Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens at Land'' | Marialena Georgiadou | | |- | 2017 ! scope="row" | ''Cars 3'' | Sally Carrera | Greek voice role | |- | 2023 ! scope="row" | ''Polydroso'' | Sophia | | |- | 2026 ! scope="row" | ''The suitcase'' | | post-production | |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role(s) ! Notes |- | rowspan="2" | 1998 | ''National Annual Beauty Pageant of Greece'' | Herself (co-host) | TV special |- | ''Playmate of the Year'' | Herself (judge) | TV special |- | 2006-2008 | ''So You Think You Can Dance'' | Herself (host) | Talent show; season 1-2 |- | 2007 | ''Mermaids'' | dream girl | 1 episode |- | 2008-2009 | ''Eisai Mesa?'' | Herself (host) | Sunday game show |- | 2009 | ''Morning Coffee with Vicky Kaya'' | Herself (host) | Daytime talk show on ANT1; season 20 |- | 2009-2010 | ''National Annual Beauty Pageant of Greece'' | Herself (host) | TV special |- | 2009-2011 | ''Greece's Next Top Model'' | Herself (host & judge) | Reality show based on ANTM; season 1-2 |- | rowspan="2" | 2011 | ''America's Next Top Model'' | Herself (guest) | Episode: "Nikos Papadopoulos" |- | ''2011 MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project'' | Herself (host) | TV special |- | 2012 | ''2012 MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project'' | Herself (host) | TV special |- | 2013 | ''2013 MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project'' | Herself (host) | TV special |- | 2014 | ''Modern Family'' | Vasso | 1 episode |- | 2015-2016 | ''Joy - Fashion Workshop'' | Herself (host) | Weekend talk show |- | 2016 | ''Flashback'' | Herself (host) | 3 episodes |- | 2016–2023 | ''Shopping Star'' | Herself (host) | Daytime fashion show on Star Channel; season 1-7 |- | 2018–2020; <br/>2022 | ''Greece's Next Top Model'' | Herself (host & judge) | Reality show based on ANTM; season 3-5 & 7 |- | 2021 | ''2021 MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project'' | Herself (host) | TV special |- | 2021–2022 | ''Dancing with the Stars'' | Herself (host) | Talent show; season 7 |- | 2023 | ''2023 MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project'' | Herself (host) | TV special |- | 2024 | ''2024 MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project'' | Herself (host) | TV special |- | rowspan="2" | 2025 | ''2025 MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project'' | Herself (host) | TV special |- | ''The Voice of Greece'' | Herself (guest) | Episode: "Celebrity Christmas Special" |- |}
===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Music video ! Artist |- | 1994 | "To Oraiotero Plasma tou Kosmou" | Lefteris Pantazis |- | 2000 | "Darling" | Bob Sinclar |- | 2005 | "Pano stin trela mou" | Vanessa Adamopoulou & Herself |- | 2012 | "Entasi" | Kostas Martakis |}
==Stage== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- !scope="col"| Production !scope="col"| Year !scope="col"|Theater !scope="col"| Role |- !scope=row|''The Producers'' |2007-2009 |Theater Aliki |Ulla Inga Hansen Benson Yansen Tallen Hallen Svaden Swanson |- !scope=row|''Annie'' |2014 |Ellinikos Kosmos Theater |Lily |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Fashionmodel}} * {{IMDb name|id=2152269|name=Vicky Kaya}}
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