Victoria Gracie

Victoria Gracie (born April 2003) is a Canadian scientific educator and fashion model, best known for her multiple TEDx Talks on body image and body dysmorphic disorder. Her interests focus on the ethology and neurobiology of body dysmorphic disorder.

Background

Early life Gracie was born in April 2003 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At the age of 14, she broke a Canadian record at the world's largest scholarship ballet competition, Youth America Grand Prix, becoming the first Canadian competitor to register as an independent soloist presenting a self-choreographed ballet routine. In 2024, she was scouted by and signed on to Orange Model Management (also known as Orange Models).

She is currently pursuing a double specialist degree at the University of Toronto.

TEDx Talks In January 2024, Gracie delivered her first TEDx Talk at the TEDxUofT annual conference at the Isabel Bader Theatre. The episode aired on The Agenda with Steve Paikin and TVO Today on October 28, 2024.

In 2025, Gracie is set to deliver her third and fourth TEDx talks at TEDxQueensU and TEDxUofTMississauga.