My name is Bella Valentine. I was born in Florence, Italy and raised between Italy and Poland. I grew up bilingual speaking both Italian and Polish at home, and learned English and Spanish after coming to the United States. I started modeling in 1999, walking the runway in Italy, and I've been in the industry to some degree ever since. I first came to the United States in 2001 as an exchange student on a scholarship to learn English. I lived my first year in Northern California, and while there, I applied to art school. After high school, I moved to Kansas City to attend the Kansas City Art Institute on an art scholarship. After two years at KCAI, I realized that I did not want to be a starving artist, decided to pursue a career in business and transferred to Park University. I graduated from Park University with a BS in Business Management and Marketing. After graduation, I moved to Chicago for a couple of months and then to Colorado, where I've been living since November 2007.