Vicca was born on August 13, 1974 in Moscow, Russia. She excelled at fencing, physics and mathematics in grade school. She was noticed by a modeling scout at age 14 and spent her weekends at photo shoots. Later she won the Miss Teen Moscow beauty pageant. Following graduation from high school at age 16, she majored in Optical Electric Systems at a Siberian college. Dissatisfied with her academic studies, she decided to pursue a modeling career instead and headed off to Budapest. She subsequently spent four years modeling and traveling all over the world. In 1996 she came to Los Angeles, California, to pursue a career as a ***ographic actress.