Growing up, Kenza resided between the beach and her family farm in Tunisia, North Africa. She started appearing in local commercials at the age of 3 but it was being named a finalist in a global modeling competition at the age of 15 that launched her international modeling career. Kenza traversed the world, working for Vogue, Elle, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Harper’s Bazaar and walked the runway for the likes of Armani, Fendi, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dior and Chanel among many others.

During the 2011 revolution in Tunisia that sparked the Arab Spring, she became an outspoken figure against the fallen regime and joined Human Rights Watch as an ambassador. In addition to modeling full time, she studied French Literature at La Sorbonne in Paris, film making at Kingston University, and acting at the New York Film Academy.

Kenza penned interviews for Vogue Italia’s “Women of Integrity” portrait series that also resulted in a photo exhibit at NYFW in 2014. Her writings have also been published in Vogue Arabia and Impression Magazine. In August 2018, she co-founded O S A Y the Label, a brand specializing in “La Babouche” loafers and other essentials handmade by Tunisian artisans.

She currently resides in Brooklyn with her husband, MSNBC anchor Ayman Mohyeldin, their 2 young children and their rescue dog.