Odette Vans
Odette Vans (b. Odette Tomicic,{{Cite web |title=Odette Vans |url=https://www.bekia.es/celebrities/odette-vans/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Bekia}} Croatia, July 27, 1995), is a transgender Spanish influencer and television personality who rose to fame in 2019 for competing in the reality show Supervivientes.
Early Years
Odette Vans was born in Croatia on July 27, 1995. She is the oldest of 5 siblings. At the age of 5, Vans moved with her family to Vitoria, after Croatian social services tried to take custody from her parents due to their alleged drug problems. {{Cite web |title=Así fueron los comienzos del 'influencer' Oto Vans: de YouTube a 'Supervivientes' |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5162332/0/asi-fueron-los-comienzos-influencer-oto-vans-youtube-supervivientes.amp.html |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=20minutos}}
Career
At the age of 16, Vans created her own YouTube channel which was dedicated to makeup tutorials.
In 2018, she appeared as a guest on the talk show Viajando con Chester, hosted by Risto Mejide.{{Cite web |title=¿Quién es Oto Vans? Descubre al 'influencer' más 'odiado' de 'Supervivientes 2019' |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/programas-tv/2019-05-02/quien-es-oto-vans-concursante-supervivientes-youtuber-influencer_1950358/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=El Confidencial}} A year later, in 2019, she rose to fame after competing in the Spanish reality show Supervivientes, in which she was the sixth contestant to be eliminated.{{Cite web |title=Así fueron los comienzos del 'influencer' Oto Vans: de YouTube a 'Supervivientes' |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5162332/0/asi-fueron-los-comienzos-influencer-oto-vans-youtube-supervivientes.amp.html |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=20minutos}}
In October 2023, Vans starred in the advertising campaign "Be Yourself" from the beauty product brand Essence, which was shown on the streets of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Malaga, and Bilbao between October and November of that same year.{{Cite web |title=La influencer Oto Vans protagoniza la primera campaña exterior de Essence en España |url=https://www.elpublicista.es/anunciantes/influencer-oto-vans-protagoniza-primera-campana-exterior-essence |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=El Publicista}}
On February 21, 2024, Vans came out through social networks as a trans woman, and announced the launch of her documentary video podcast Siempre fui Odette, in which she narrates her entire life from her early childhood, as well as her gender transition.{{Cite web |title=‘Siempre Fui Odette’, una historia de transición |url=https://www.publico.es/uwu/viral/siempre-fui-odette-una-historia-de-transicion/amp/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Público}}
Filmography
= Television =
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!Año !Título !Papel !Notas |
| 2017
|Snacks de tele |Herself |2 episodes |
| 2018
|Viajando con Chester |Herself |1 episode |
| 2019
|Contestant |6th Eliminated |
| 2024
|Siempre fui Odette |Herself |3 episodes |
= Podcasts =
| class="wikitable"
!Año !Título !Papel !Notas |
| 2018
|Las Uñas |Guest |1 episode |
| 2022
|Animales Humanos |Guest |1 episode |
| 2023
|Special People Club |Guest |1 episode |