section_path: Early life
section_name: Early life
paragraph_text: Early life
  
  Vanessa Kay Pergolizzi grew up in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and attended The Dwight School, a private school. Her stepfather, Charles Haydon, was a lawyer. Her mother, Bonnie Kay Haydon, ran Kay Models, a modeling agency, and is of Danish and Swedish origin. Her maternal grandfather was Danish jazz musician Kai Ewans.
  
  Vanessa Kay Pergolizzi grew up in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and attended The Dwight School, a private school. Her stepfather, Charles Haydon, was a lawyer. Her mother, Bonnie Kay Haydon, ran Kay Models, a modeling agency, and is of Danish and Swedish origin. Her maternal grandfather was Danish jazz musician Kai Ewans.