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Sonya Kraus Profile |
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Birth Date: June 22, 1973
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Birth Place: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Birth Name: Sonya Kraus
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Height: 5'10"
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Biography |
Sonya Kraus is a
German television presenter.
At 4, she started to attend a ballet school which eventually
led her to the Music School in Frankfurt. She ended her
ballet career in 1987, since she grew too tall, being 1,77 m
(5'10") at the time. In 1992 she finished her Abitur /
university-entrance diploma and started working as a
professional model until 1994.
Her brother died when she was 6 years old. Her father, a
book publisher, hanged himself when she was 11. Her mother
lost 5 children during pregnancies and in the end she was
her mother's only surviving child; this is why she became
independent at an early age.
In 1998 she became publicly known as part of the staff in
the television show "Glücksrad" (the German equivalent of
Wheel of Fortune) on Kabel 1, hosted by Frederic Meisner.
Since 2000 she hosts "talk talk talk" on ProSieben, a
summary of the highlights from talk shows all over the
world. During 2000 she co-hosted "Fort Boyard - Stars auf
Schatzsuche" with Steven Gätjen and Alexander Mazza.
Other shows she hosted with Mazza were "Desert Forges -
Stars an ihren Grenzen" and "Clip Mix". She is very active
in the Pro-Sieben campaign Red Nose Day.
Since 2003 she hosts the show Do it Yourself - S.O.S.,
remodeling rooms, houses and gardens all over Germany. In
July 2004 she co-hosted with Elton "Die Alm" on ProSieben.
In January - February 2005 her and Elton hosted "Die Burg".
In her shows Kraus likes to play self-ironically with her
image as a blonde silly but being straight-A in her Abitur
and eloquent appearance in talk shows and interviews proves
this image wrong.
In some of her shows, Sonya sometimes likes to present
barefoot, while at other times she wears shoes. On some
occasions, some of the crewmen have attempted in various
ways to take off her shoes, but Sonya refuses. |
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Other
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Was a talented ballet dancer until she became too tall for a
professional career.
Says that the dresses she wears on her shows are part of her
television image as a sexy and naive girl. In reality, she
is well educated and smart. |
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since January 21, 2008