Kaya Wittenburg

Since modeling, Wittenburg has appeared in a number of TV shows, beginning with Fox’s reality series Temptation Island with his then girlfriend, Valerie Penso. After the show, he was interviewed by Jay Leno, and appeared in a number of TV shows including MTV's A Perfect Date and the USA Network's Cannonball Run 2001.

Wittenberg has also appeared in a number of TV shows as a fashion expert, including the BBC documentary The Hollywood Stories and ITV’s GMTV. Wittenburg has also appeared as himself and won a Celebrity Newsmakers episode of The Weakest Link, as well as on the premiere episode of the short-lived 2003 game show Dirty Rotten Cheater.

In 2013 Wittenberg created and produced a reality TV series, Ocean Models, directed by Josh Souza.

After his TV appearances, Wittenburg moved into business, first in real estate and later opening his own modeling agency. After working for Magestic Properties he went on to be the President of Titanium X Global Properties. In 2010 Wittenburg founded Ocean Models with co-founder Josh Souza, based in Miami. Models from the agency have been photographed in Vogue and Elle Magazine. He also founded Miami based real estate firm Sky Five Properties.

Wittenburg was on the board of Directors for the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce from 2007 to 2008. In 2007 Wittenberg was judge of Rothschild Business Planning Competition at the University of Miami.

Wittenberg is the co-author (with Valerie Penso) of an autobiographical book about their careers, called Finding Exhilaration, published by Trafford in 2002.

Kaya Wittenburg (born August 24, 1972 in Wisconsin) is a fashion model, businessman and actor from the United States. He is best known for his international modeling career, walking runways in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.