{"id":89917,"date":"2025-08-23T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/89917\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:57:13","slug":"whatever-happened-to-vanessa-valladares-inside-the-low-key-life-of-zac-efrons-australian-model-ex-girlfriend-after-her-brief-time-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/89917\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatever happened to Vanessa Valladares? Inside the low-key life of Zac Efron’s Australian model ex-girlfriend after her brief time in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

She was once one of the world’s most talked-about women – the unknown Australian waitress-slash-model who managed to capture the heart of Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron<\/a> back in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Vanessa Valladares’ peasant-to-princess fantasy was snuffed out after just 10 months, and the budding socialite returned to obscurity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So what has Vanessa been doing?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

What every Byron Bay<\/a> cool girl is doing – travelling around Europe for the summer with her artist boyfriend, Todd Clare.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The brunette, who posts once or twice a month to her carefully-curated Instagram feed, has been country-hopping since May this year, first paying a visit to Madrid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sharing a gallery of photos from her travels, she wrote: ‘have found a quiet joy in the sound of old church bells ringing through the timeworn streets. Their music, weathered and wise, somehow gathers me into the moment.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Vanessa <\/p>\n

Vanessa Valladares was once one of the world’s most talked-about women – the unknown Australian waitress-slash-model who managed to capture the heart of Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron back in 2020<\/p>\n

\"Valladares <\/p>\n

\u00a0Valladares (pictured) has been living a quiet life since their whirlwind romance four years ago<\/p>\n

‘In a world cluttered with noise, these tones feel strangely comforting and enduring, equally alongside the many beautiful details one loves in an old city,’ she added, finishing her prose with: ‘Moments in Madrid’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In June, the couple flew to Portugal, where they spent time at the beach, exploring the cobbled streets and visiting art galleries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A month later, they hopped on a plane to Milan, with Vanessa sharing photos of the couple exploring more art galleries including a minimalist exhibition called\u00a0NADA by Belgian artist Thierry De Cordier.<\/p>\n

Prior to her trip, Vanessa dabbled in some modelling jobs, posing in a campaign for photography equipment brand Urth back in October 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She also appeared nude in an art publication called P Magazine in the same month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In December 2024 she appeared in editorial photo shoots for fashion brand The Silk, skincare brand The Rest and a manifestation school called Uma.<\/p>\n

Vanessa now appears to be back home in Byron Bay, as just this week she posted about visiting a local breathwork studio for a much-needed unwind.<\/p>\n

Vanessa split from Zac in September 2021, and has since deleted all photos of the couple on Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The model has been travelling around Europe for the summer with her artist boyfriend, Todd Clare (left)<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The brunette, who posts once or twice a month to her carefully-curated Instagram feed, has been country-hopping since May this year, first paying a visit to Madrid<\/p>\n

\"In <\/p>\n

In June, the couple flew to Portugal, where they spent time at the beach, exploring the cobbled streets and visiting art galleries<\/p>\n

\"Ever <\/p>\n

Ever the model, Vanessa effortlessly posed in her swimwear during an impromptu photo shoot in Madrid\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"It's <\/p>\n

It’s unclear how long Vanessa has been dating her artist boyfriend\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to various reports, Zac was introduced to Vanessa by her boss at Byron Bay’s General Store caf\u00e9 in June 2020, and the pair immediately hit it off.<\/p>\n

Two months later, in August, Daily Mail revealed Zac had cancelled his scheduled return flight to Los Angeles because he ‘didn’t really want to go back’.<\/p>\n

Within weeks, the genetically-blessed couple had moved in together in Byron Bay.<\/p>\n

Zac confirmed their relationship in September when they were spotted holding hands in public.<\/p>\n

Vanessa accompanied her famous boyfriend as he travelled around Australia for various work projects from late 2020 to early 2021.<\/p>\n

But it was confirmed in April 2021 they had called it quits, with Zac’s friend Kyle Sandilands announcing on his KIIS FM radio show: ‘I can confirm [the break-up], after speaking with him yesterday.’<\/p>\n

\"Vanessa <\/p>\n

Vanessa split from Zac in September 2021, and has since deleted all photos of the couple on Instagram<\/p>\n

\"Vanessa <\/p>\n

Vanessa is pictured posing with one of Todd’s artworks\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Prior <\/p>\n

Prior to her trip, Vanessa dabbled in some modelling jobs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She was once one of the world’s most talked-about women – the unknown Australian waitress-slash-model who managed to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,2019,100,134,1202,2017,66891],"class_list":["post-89917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-byron-bay","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-instagram","tag-tvshowbiz","tag-zac-efron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}