Some careers are built step by step. Others unfold like a constellation—each passion lighting up another. Maya Kokerov’s journey belongs firmly to the latter.
Model, writer, content creator, editor, and brand strategist, Maya doesn’t move through the creative industry in a straight line. She weaves through it—sometimes behind the camera, sometimes in front of it, always anchored by a deep love for art, culture, and expression.
Early Beginnings: Words Before the World Was Watching
Long before fashion weeks and brand campaigns, Maya’s first creative language was writing. Growing up between cultures—American and Bulgarian, later based in London—she developed an early fascination with storytelling, literature, and ideas.
At school, her essays and short stories earned awards on both sides of the Atlantic. That love for language followed her into higher education, where she completed two first-class degrees: a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Literature, followed by a Master of Science in Media and Communications. Editing a university newspaper only deepened her understanding of how stories shape culture.
Writing was never a phase. It was a foundation.
A Return to the Runway
Maya’s relationship with fashion began early—her first runway show at just twelve years old, followed by university fashion shows and industry exposure. But it wasn’t until 2024, at age 25, that she officially stepped into professional modeling.
Her London Fashion Week debut marked a turning point. Within a year of building her portfolio, she was scouted and signed by an international mother agency—Emporio Models—after being approached by multiple agencies in the same month.
What followed was momentum: consistent bookings, editorials, and collaborations with brands spanning luxury, beauty, and retail. Yet for Maya, modeling was never about fitting a mould.
Challenging the Frame of “High Fashion”
At 5’6”, Maya sits outside the traditional height expectations of runway modeling. Rather than viewing that as a limitation, she treats it as a statement.
She advocates for a broader, more timeless definition of beauty—one rooted in presence, confidence, and individuality rather than trends. To her, bodies are not seasonal. Style is not restrictive. And high fashion should reflect reality, not narrow ideals.
This philosophy naturally aligns with her commitment to sustainability and ethics—values she prioritises both in modeling and brand partnerships.
Bridging Worlds: Model, Writer, Creator
What makes Maya distinctly modern is how seamlessly her roles intersect. She attends fashion weeks not just as a model, but also as a writer and content creator—editing videos one day, walking a show the next.
Her writing now extends beyond personal expression. She has been published across respected platforms, contributes regularly to arts and culture discourse, and serves as Co-Editor in Chief of My Goddess Complex, a magazine she co-founded nearly a decade ago. The publication has become a space for thoughtful conversations around creativity, identity, and womanhood.
Parallel to this, Maya has built a digital presence of over 200,000 followers across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube—sharing fashion, fitness, travel, wellness, and reflections on confidence. Empowerment, for her, is holistic: mind, body, and creative spirit.
Discipline, Flow, and the Inner Life
Despite the glamour often associated with creative industries, Maya’s rhythm is grounded in discipline. She believes inspiration alone is never enough. Routine, movement, and mental clarity keep her steady.
Weightlifting, running, skiing, tennis, yoga, meditation, and reading are not hobbies she squeezes in—they are essential to her creative sustainability. Nature, art, and quiet reflection are often where her best ideas are born.
She is open about her struggles with perfectionism, and equally open about learning to soften it with gratitude and presence—especially after the loss of her father, a journalist and accomplished tennis player. His legacy fuels her ambition, not with pressure, but with purpose.
Redefining Success
To Maya, success is not a fixed destination. It is growth. It is authenticity. It is the courage to keep dreaming at any stage of life.
She resonates deeply with the idea that doing meaningful work—well, with integrity—builds self-respect, even when the path is uncertain. Success, in her world, means creating a life that feels aligned, dynamic, and worth waking up for.
Milestones and What Comes Next
The past year marked a personal and professional high: magazine features and a cover, international agency representation, multiple fashion shows, dream brand collaborations and campaigns, establishing herself as a journalist in major publications, and the launch of her YouTube channel.
Looking ahead, Maya will be expanding her writing reach, booking international fashion weeks, increasing her fitness and wellness focused content, and preparing a special print edition magazine of My Goddess Complex. A poetry collection and a novel are two projects which are on the horizon and in the very early stages of development alongside her professional work.
A 360 Creative, Unapologetically
Maya Kokerov doesn’t believe in choosing between intellect and aesthetics, discipline and softness, ambition and ethics. Her life’s work is about integration—turning curiosity into craft, and creativity into impact.
In a world that often asks women to narrow themselves, Maya does the opposite. She expands. And in doing so, she invites others to believe that it’s possible to build a life that is thoughtful, expressive, and entirely your own.
