Sonya Kraus

Sonya Kraus (born 22 June 1973) is a German television presenter and former model. Aged 4, Kraus started ballet school which eventually led her to music school in Frankfurt. She ended her ballet career in 1987 when she grew too tall, reaching 1.77m at the time. In 1992, she finished her Abitur (university-entrance diploma) and started working as a professional model until 1994.

Kraus's brother died when she was six years old. Her father, a book-publisher, hanged himself when she was 11. Her mother lost five children during pregnancies and Sonya became her mother's only surviving child.