She took up the sport at age three, as a young child she would go to a gymnasium where her parents worked as coaches.

Outside the gym she enjoys watching artistic gymnastics and Formula One with her father, kart racing, solving the Rubik's Cube, spending time by the sea, hiking in the mountains.

[3][4] At the Sofia Tournament the junior group won gold in the All-Around and with 5 ropes, bronze with 5 balls.

[5] In May she competed at the European Championships in Baku, where she won silver in the All-Around and gold with 5 balls and 5 ropes.

[6] In July Vanesa and Eva Emilova, Andrea Ivanova, Krasimira Ivanova, Gabriela Peeva, Tsveteyoana Peycheva became junior All-Around champion and won silver with 5 balls and 5 ropes at the 2nd edition of the tournament in Cluj-Napoca.