Profile of Victoria Zdrok on Famous Like Me

Victoria Zdrok
Birthdate:	March 3, 1973
Birth location:	Kiev, Ukraine
Birth name:	Victoria Nika Zdrok
Date of death:
Measurements:	36C-24-34
Height:	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:	120 lb (54 kg)
Eye color:	Blue
Hair color:	Blonde
Natural bust:	Yes
Orientation:	Heterosexual
Ethnicity:	Russian
Alias(es):
Website:	PlanetVictoria.com

Dr. Victoria Nika Zdrok (born March 3, 1973 in Kiev, Ukraine) holds the unique distinction of being a Playboy Playmate, Penthouse Pet, a star of elaborate adult videos, an attorney, a clinical psychologist, sex therapist and former goodwill ambassador.

As a child in the former Soviet Union, Victoria listened to Voice of America on her father's clandestine radio and diligently studied English with the hope of one day coming to America. In 1989, at the age of 16, she was honored as the first Soviet teenager allowed to come to the U.S. as a foreign exchange student. She arrived on an academic scholarship, as she describes it, as "a sort of ambassador of goodwill and perestroika and glasnost."

Adult life

Dr. Zdrok graduated from from Pensacola Junior College in Florida at age 17 and West Chester University in Pennsylvania at age 18 with a B.A., Summa Cum Laude. She entered graduate school where she studied for a joint law and psychology program at Villanova University and Hahnamann Medical School (which later became part of Drexel University) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her J.D. degree at the Law School and a subsequent M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Her dissertation on "The Effect of Judicial Instructions on Jury Perception of Defendants' Refusal to Testify" was recommended for the Law Psychology Awards. She aimed to specialize in the "area where law and psychology intersect" and originally intended to become a jury consultant. She passed the bar exam on her first try and possibly practices law in the state of New York. She has recently completed a post-doctoral qualification in sex therapy at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

She was crowned Philadelphia's "Best Beauty" in August 1994. She has appeared in videos, movies, talk shows and magazines. She became October 1994's Playboy Playmate of the Month. She would have reportedly been selected by Hugh Hefner as Playmate of the Year (PMOY) instead of Julie Cialini, but someone circulated false rumours about an alleged affair with Hef to his then wife, Kimberley Conrad. Victoria claims it was entirely untrue. Implying that someone undermined her chances, she notes that Julie was a friend of Kimberley and spent much time at the Playboy Mansion while Victoria was in school full time in Philadelphia.

In June 2002 Victoria became Penthouse Pet of the Month. In 2004, at the age of 30, she was named Penthouse Pet of the Year. She is the second woman - after Lynn Thomas - being a Playboy Playmate and later a Penthouse Pet too.

At one point, she dated Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Victoria is currently involved in writing several books: "The Naked Truth: Confessions of Centerfolds and Those Who Love Them," a tell-all book on the centerfold industry and a book the psychology of sexual fantasy.

Marriage to Alexander

As a seventeen-year-old foreign exchange student, Victoria sought legal advice as to how to extend her student visa, and finding a well-known Philadelphia lawyer, Alexander Zdrok, because he spoke fluent Russian. Alexander was more than twice her age at thirty-seven, twice married and twice divorced. Also, unknown to her at the time, he was representing mob boss John Stanfa (who eventually was sentenced to prison in 1995). Alexander subsequently proposed that Victoria marry him to get a green card and permanently stay in America. The fact that she was young and beautiful likely also entered into his proposal. Victoria and Alexander married in Las Vegas on October 26, 1990.

Divorce

Apparently, the marriage quickly went sour. Alexander Zdrok was disbarred by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1991 for forgery and deception. He was abusive to Victoria, once being arrested and jailed. There were purported threats from her husband’s mafia connections. In 1996, now 23 years old, Victoria sought a divorce. By this time, Victoria was a sought-after model. To get the divorce and end the abuse, Victoria was forced to sign under threat of injury and death, without having her own attorney, a Marital Settlement Agreement in which she agreed to pay her ex-husband 15% of all her future earnings from "pictorials, television, national and international films" and related ventures for ten years after their divorce.

Unfortunately for Victoria, she never successfully rid herself of Alexander. In January 2001, Alexander sued her to obtain a large sum of money that he claimed under his agreement while Victoria claimed that the agreement was invalid. She also sought to seal the trial to protect her privacy, but the Court found that the sole issue before the Court was a breach of contract issue, and that it could keep out any sordid or private details on an individual basis. Victoria appealed and lost this issue. To end the matter, on December 9, 2003, she settled with her ex-husband for US$50,000. Afterwards, her ex-husband’s lawyer, Elliot Goldberg, expressed disappointment over not being able to reveal intimate details about Victoria.

But her ex-husband was not done with her. In March 2004, after Victoria was named Penthouse Pet of the Year, Alexander once again sued her, this time attempting to overturn the most recent settlement. The judgment appears to be final as that month the judge admonished Alexander for again suing Victoria.

Family

Some happiness did apparently occur for Victoria at this time. During the trial in 2002, Victoria delivered her first child, a daughter. As of 2003, she apparently has a fiancé.

Victoria is proud of assisting her entire family to emigrate to the United States. Arriving in America 2 years after Victoria, her sister is a Ph.D. archeologist. Her sister also models under the names Tatiana Zdrok and Lara Buenfil and has posed topless along with their mother on the Howard Stern show.

Victoria speaks six languages: English, Ukrainian, Russian, French, Spanish and German.

Victoria has stated that she plans to "phase out" her adult entertainment career. She claims to have earned a post graduate degree in sex therapy with the goal of becoming “the Doctor Ruth of the new generation.”

Trivia

• Miss Zdrok has stated that she loves wearing pantyhose and loves to be feminine for her male fans. Also she considers wearing panties with pantyhose to be redundant.

• Has said that she will take her next husband's name in marriage and will happily take the traditional marriage vow "To love, honor and obey" him.

• The majority of Zdrok's video and magazine appearances have solo layouts or the occasional girl-girl sequence. One notable exception is the film The Seven Spiritual Laws of Sex in which she is shown explicitly giving a "handjob" to a male actor.

Her appearances in Playboy Special Editions

• Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 11 May 1995 - pages 84-91.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 58 November 1997 - Gen Nishino, pages 15-15.
• Playboy's Nude Playmates April 1998 - cover, pages 1, 3-5.
• Playboy's Girls of Summer May 1998.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 62 July 1998 - pages 64-65.
• Playboy's Girlfriends July 1998 - pages 22-33.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 63 September 1998 - pages 6-7.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 64 November 1998 - pages 40-43.
• Playboy's Nudes December 1998 - pages 24-25, 48-51.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 65 January 1999 - front & back cover, pages 1, 14-17, 90-91.
• Playboy's Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 2 April 1999 - pages 10-11.
• Playboy's Girlfriends September 1999 - pages 60-65.
• Playboy's Barefoot Beauties Vol. 1 December 1999.
• Playboy's Wet & Wild December 1999.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 71 January 2000 - pages 22-25.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 73 May 2000.
• Playboy's Sexy 100 February 2003.

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