90 Day Groom: Before 90 days star Vanja Grbic shared his heartbreaking past with fans during his season 7 debut episode. Vanja is a 41-year-old woman from Orlando, Florida. A belly dancer by profession, Vanja also has three other careers, which he talked about in his presentation. Vanja is a professional permanent make-up artist, vegan baker and medical sales representative. The work never stopped for Vanja, who had his own house and his own car during all the years of hard work. She is still recovering from heartbreak caused by the man she was engaged to 11 years ago.
Vanja’s partner lived a double life and caught him cheating. Vanja traveled to his native Bosnia in Eastern Europe to reconnect with his culture and people in order to get his career back on track. The solo trip was fruitful, because when he ended up in Split, he met professional basketball player Božo with a six-pack. They couldn’t meet while he was in Croatia, but Božo and Vanja became a couple after returning to the United States Božo also betrayed Vanja’s trust when he told that he was interested in dating someone else.
Vanja was 10 years old when the war started in Bosnia
Vanja’s magical world suddenly turned upside down
Vanja’s cousin Sanela visited him in the episode to help him choose outfits for the trip to Croatia. Sanela expressed her doubts about Vanja traveling to Croatia to meet Božo, who had divorced Vanja due to another relationship, but she still supported her sister. Vanja discussed how he connected with Božoa on so many different levels. He added that although the culture in Bosnia and Croatia was different, they had many similarities, and God”felt like home“him. Sanela asked Vanja if Božo knewthe whole war“, and Vanja answered: “Of course he does.”
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Vanja recalled how he had the most magical childhood in Bosnia. However, when Vanja was 10 years old, the whole country separated and the war started. Vanja and his family had gone to his grandparents. They were getting into their car to start driving back home when they saw the missiles explode. “The night sky was just lit up,” Vanja recalled and added that the ground shook and “that was it.Vanja and his family were never able to return home.
Vanja remembers eating “Black soup” for months
Vanja had a traumatic childhood
Vanja ended up staying at his grandmother’s house. They had no electricity or water for a year. They ended up cooking flour and onions for food. They called it “black soupAnd that’s what they ate for months. Vanja remembered how they were bombed.all the time.“Vanja was almost killed a couple of times. He would never forget sitting in the basement all day at a time as the airstrikes happened and bombs fell everywhere, while he felt the tremors grow.
“And then you’re just, you don’t know if the next one is going to fall on you.”
Vanja has learned to take life by the horns
Vanja lives in Florida
It was absolutely devastating for Vanja to experience such stress and trauma as a child. The war in Croatia was not as long or destructive as in Bosnia. However, Božo’s family had suffered just like everyone else in the former Yugoslavia. Therefore, Vanja believed that Božo understood what he had to overcome and the scars he must carry in his heart. “It’s always a part of us,” he added. Vanja admitted that the near-death feeling changed his thinking and attitude towards everything in life.
90 Day Groom: Before 90 days airs Sundays at 8pm EDT on TLC.
Source: Vanja Grbic/Instagram
A more in-depth look into the lives of couples established on 90 Day Fiancé, 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days is a reality TV/documentary series that follows potential spouses from abroad and their journey to America. The show documents the beginnings of a relationship on the other side of the ocean and the K-1 visa process that a spouse needs to live in a new country. Couples battle culture shock, language barriers, and the opinions of friends and family as they prepare to take the ultimate leap.
- Publication date
- August 6, 2017
- The seasons
- 6
- Network
- TLC