She is known for her work as spokesmodel for the Victoria's Secret sub-brand Pink. Behati was born in Cape Town, South Africa but moved to Namibia at the age of two. Her mother is South African, from Cape Town, while her father is Namibian. Behati herself has said that she was discovered at a supermarket in Cape Town,South Africa by a photographer who asked her if she was a model. Prinsloo visited the agency a few days later and after taking some polaroids she was taken to London by Sarah Doukas, the founder of the agency Storm Model Management, where she got signed and began her career as a model.