Sonya Jess, known online as @_sonyajess or Sonya Prots, is a Ukrainian-born content creator, influencer, and bikini model, OF model now living in Los Angeles. She is popular for sharing fitness routines, healthy cooking ideas, fashion looks, and everyday moments from her LA life.
Childhood and Family
Sonya Jess was born on May 4, 1998, in Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, and is 27 years old as of 2025. She is of Ukrainian nationality and Caucasian ethnicity.
She keeps her personal life private, occasionally reflecting her Ukrainian background in her posts. She focuses primarily on her career and lifestyle rather than sharing details about her family.
Lifestyle & Career
After moving to Los Angeles, Sonya built her life around fitness, healthy eating, and creative content.
She often shares workout clips, yoga videos, and gym routines, inspiring followers to stay active. Alongside her fitness journey, she enjoys cooking and shares easy, healthy recipes on her YouTube channel (@sonya_jess),
which has over 15.7K subscribers and 246 videos. Her food videos, like “5 Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Busy Days,” are simple and practical, made for people who want to eat well and stay fit.
Her Instagram is full of everyday moments — beach days, gym photos, fashion hauls, and travel scenes. She often posts reels like “LA vs. Ukraine summer vibes,” which reached over 500K views, and her recent gym transformation posts continue to get strong engagement.
On X (Twitter), where she joined in 2023, she shares short thoughts, food photos, and fitness updates. One of her posts, “Coffee in hand, dreams in mind,” went viral in early 2025 with 27K views.
Sonya started her professional journey in 2023 and has since turned her hobbies into a growing career.
Her income mainly comes from brand sponsorships, fitness and lifestyle collaborations, and subscription-based platforms where she connects directly with fans.