Victoria Zdrok Bio
Victoria Zdrok is a Ukrainian-born model, actress, author, attorney, clinical psychologist, and sex therapist. She was born Victoria Nika Zelenetskaya on March 3, 1973, in Kyiv, then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Her zodiac sign is Pisces. She has also been credited as Victoria Nika Zdrok, Vic Zdrok, and Leticia Nitsha.
Victoria Zdrok was Playboy’s Playmate of the Month for October 1994. She was 21 years old when the issue was published. Her centerfold and accompanying pictorial, titled “From Russia, with Brains,” were photographed by Richard Fegley.
Her Playmate Data Sheet listed her measurements as 36C-23-34, with a height of 5 feet 9 inches and a weight of 120 pounds. She has blue eyes and blond hair.
Zdrok was raised in Kyiv by a photojournalist father and a mother who worked as a university professor. Neither parent belonged to the Communist Party. She later described becoming dissatisfied with the Soviet educational system because it discouraged political questions and independent thought.
After meeting American professors visiting Kyiv, she began applying to study in the United States at the age of 13. Following several years of applications, interviews, and official examinations, she received permission to attend high school in Florida when she was 16. She subsequently entered West Chester University in Pennsylvania and completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at the age of 18.
At the time of her Playboy appearance, Zdrok was enrolled at two Philadelphia-area institutions in a combined course of study involving law and psychology. She said that she intended to become both an attorney and a clinical psychologist, with a particular interest in areas where the two disciplines intersected, including child-custody cases and support for abused women.
She later earned a Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law and a doctorate in clinical psychology from Drexel University. She has worked as an author and sex therapist in addition to her modeling and screen career.
Zdrok spoke Russian, Ukrainian, English, French, and German at the time of her Playboy profile. She also expressed a strong interest in nineteenth-century French poetry and described intellectual freedom, personal autonomy, and freedom of expression as central reasons for moving to the United States.
Before appearing in Playboy, she participated in swimsuit competitions in Florida and received invitations to pursue modeling. She regarded her pictorial as a form of personal and political self-expression and argued that modeling should not cause women to be dismissed intellectually or professionally.
In June 2002, Zdrok was named Penthouse Pet of the Month. She was subsequently selected as Penthouse Pet of the Year for 2004, making her one of the relatively few models to receive featured titles from both Playboy and Penthouse.
Her screen credits include mainstream and adult productions such as Temptation, Satin Smoke, Star of Jaipur, and Guide to Great Sex. IMDb lists her as an actress born in Kyiv.
She has also written and co-written books about sexuality and relationships, including The Anatomy of Pleasure, Dr. Z on Scoring, Him + Her: The Ultimate Guide to Your Lover, and The 30-Day Sex Solution.
