Victoria grew up in Surrey, (Southern) England. When she was 18 she moved to live in her favorite country – Spain – to work as a nanny overseeing six children. She also worked as a print model in Marbella (Spain) and saved enough money to be able to move and establish herself in America at the age of 19.
She earned a scholarship to the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in Los Angeles and studied television, stage and film acting. Following that, she went on to study Broadcasting, Reporting and Journalism at Santa Monica College.
Victoria has modeled for painters such as Miguel Paredes, whose paintings are sold all over the world, and appeared in numerous magazines and catalogues, including covers…..Nationally and Internationally.
After a recurring role on a soap opera on NBC, she hosted many red carpet events for television, interviewing celebrities such as 50 Cent, Samuel Jackson, Mathew Perry, Janet Jackson, Larry King amongst others.
She has worked as a Principal in music videos and National and International commercials which include AAMCO, Xtra Pine, Anti Smoking, Oil of Olay, Instant Lift, Perfect Abs, Barry Manilow CBS special, Dot Com Guy, United Way, Osteoporosis PSA (with Joan Rivers), Fanta Orange, Allure (teeth whitening), Winston Cigarettes, Living Spaces, Pearl Hair removal, Wexford University, Moroccan Oil (face cream) and the National Lottery, Copperfit, G-Fitters plus many more.
She was the weather girl on the reality show “The Audition” for the KTLA Channel 5 Morning news and made it down to final 4 finalists along with a number of other reality shows including Masterchef where she made it to the final 100 out of 30,000 home chefs in America.
Following a childhood tragedy, when close family friends were murdered by a mass murderer in England, Victoria has maintained a keen interest in Law Enforcement along with studying the mindset of some of the worst serial and mass murderers. After years of going on patrol with the LA County Sheriff Department, on the ground and in the air, she learned about law enforcement and the criminal mind and has interviewed a number of killers to help homicide detectives with open cases. In 2011 she was commissioned to write her first book on those serial killers with whom she had interviewed. In the process it took to write her first book, the ‘Fake News’ (not known to be fake in 2007) did a number on her and sensationalized the fact that, because Victoria is a model and an an actress, there must be a romance they could make up. The media made up very untrue, distasteful stories about her and it spread like wildfire on radio, television and tabloid magazines all because there is no law yet for the lies said by the media. One quote she lives by is: “You are successful based on what you can ignore.”
Her first book “Serial Killers ~ Up Close and Very Personal” ~ was released in November 2011 and hit number 33 on Amazon! Her most recent book on the late Grim Sleeper – Lonnie Franklin came out in 2018. Her goal is to prevent mass murderers and serial killers from being formed in the first place.
She also works as a producer, correspondent and host on a number of true crime shows, behind and in front of the camera. Including being the producer on the Investigative Discovery Network for the show Killer Truckers, and guest interviewee on the A&E shows The Killer Speaks and Occult Crimes . On the CBS show The Insider, Victoria was a correspondent.
Victoria’s dedication to her work along with her intense, yet animated, personality is portrayed very clearly throughout her body of work.
Victoria also currently works as an Emcee/Presenter/Host on television and live events including Weddings, Corporate Events, and Bar Mitzvahs. She also travels the country and has been the brand ambassador for various companies such as: Ralph Lauren, Lamborghini, Mini Cooper, GMC, Acura, Audi, Harley Davidson, English Muffins, Phizer, Iplay, Sunsilk, Loreal, SKKY Vodka, Healthy Coat, Cisco, Ahnlab, EMC, Liebherr, Oracle, Cisco, the Mexican Embassy, Devotion Vodka, Kobelco Russalite and much more, at Conventions, Auto Shows and Live Events.
For the past 3 ½ years she has worked out at sea on cruise ships as the Port Shopping Ambassador.
Having never sold her soul to the “showbiz industry” she feels that her strongest attributes are her self-respect and integrity always being true to herself. Being a writer and an investigative journalist she has always got to the root of every story exposing the truth, no matter the consequences.
Juggling a number of exciting careers, and after training to be an LA County Sheriff, Victoria is now a new show searching for the ‘wrongly convicted’ people in America today with life and/or death sentences. This was inspired by an innocent man on Oklahoma’s Death Row who she helped receive 3 Stays of execution.
Most recently, she has been working on two high profile National political Campaigns – Mike Garcia and Eric Early who are both Republican candidates running for Congress in California in 2020.
Along with being a public figure and working a number of diverse careers, Victoria still manages to keep her ‘private life’ private!
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