90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days‘ Vanja Grbic found herself connecting with a new man on her trip to Croatia and while her storyline has significantly veered off course, I think the 90 Day Fiancé franchise needs more stars like her. In a franchise full of toxic stars, Vanja’s completely flipped the script and decided that a man not giving her the attention she desired wasn’t worth her time. She threw out the almost five-year relationship with Bozo Vrdoljak and took her sister’s advice about dating other men while she was abroad.
Now her storyline is filled with dates with other Croatian men as she navigates through her love life from a different perspective. Luckily for her, her dating life has taken a drastic turn, and she’s making the love connections she lacked with Bozo. While I understand that 90 Day Fiancé isn’t a free-for-all dating show, I think Vanja has some amazing qualities the franchise could embrace more often.
‘Before the 90 Day’s Vanja Is Ambitious and Independent
One quality I really adore about Vanja is her ambitious and independent attitude. Vanja has a handful of careers that she rotates through on a regular basis. She bakes and makes fancy cakes for clients. The Before the 90 Days star is also a belly dancer, a medical sales rep, and a belly dancer. Vanja does a little of everything and has provided a lifestyle for herself that she really enjoys. I enjoy this part of her because her careers highlights her differences from the rest of the cast.
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They have the potential to blossom into something amazing.
However, I also like these qualities because Vanja’s proved to herself and others that she doesn’t need someone else to provide. Any connections she makes in the dating realm are solely because of her interest, not because of ulterior motives. These qualities also made it easier for Vanja to embrace some non-traditional decisions. While other stars would usually try to force their hand and stick to a relationship that doesn’t serve them, Vanja was willing to view the situation from a different perspective.
’90 Day Fiancé’s Vanja Is Strong-Willed and Makes the Best of a Situation
Another quality I think makes Vanja stick out is her ambitious and strong-willed personality. The Before the 90 Days star was involved in one of the worst situations seen in the franchise. After talking for about five years and finally having the time, plus the confidence, to meet her love interest, Vanja flew to Croatia to meet Bozo. Only after she arrived, the vibe changed and Bozo didn’t seem to have the same interest in her. After trying to make it work for a week or so, she finally gave up and decided to move on. Vanja was upset, which is understandable.
A lot of time, effort, and money were essentially wasted on this trip. However, instead of going home or fighting Bozo for more of his attention, Vanja switched her focus and started dating other men in the area. In the past, I’ve watched several stars in similar positions. Couples don’t always get along and there’s not always a mutual attraction right away. However, instead of pushing the situation, as infamous stars such as Angela Deem or Jasmine Pineda would do, Vanja took a different route. She decided to focus on herself and her happiness instead of forcing or begging someone to give her the attention she deserved.
Overall, I think Vanja embodies many qualities not seen in the franchise very often. Even the other women who are successful and can still provide for themselves, such as Tigerlily Taylor, often find themselves ignoring red flags and compromising to a toxic point. Meanwhile, Vanja, who was hurt and upset, still took matters into her own hands and made the best of her situation in Croatia. There’s no denying that Vanja has had a tough love life and, while she might be lonely, I’ve enjoyed watching the Before the 90 Days‘ star blossom and stick to her boundaries, instead of giving in for the sake of infatuation. 90 Day Fiancé and its spin-offs series air on TLC, and are available to stream on Max in the U.S.
90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days
Couples who have met online but never in person take a leap of faith, traveling across the globe to see if their digital romance can survive real-world challenges. As they navigate cultural differences, family pressures, and communication hurdles, the stakes rise, with marriage potentially just around the corner.
- Release Date
- August 6, 2017
- Cast
- Angela Deem , Gino Palazzolo , Karine Martins , Stephanie Matto , Lisa Hamme , Paul Staehle , Jesse Meester , Hamza Moknii , Mike Berk , Tom Brooks , Darcey Silver , Usuman Umar , Avery Warner , Michael Ilesanmi , Ed Brown , Jasmine Pineda , Ximena Morales , Memphis Smith
- Main Genre
- Reality
- Seasons
- 6
- Network
- TLC
- Directors
- Brian Spoor
- Showrunner
- Matt Sharp
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