Her father was a businessman in California and she had two brothers and a sister. During her teenage life she was an avid fan of Rock and R&B music. She took guitar and dance schools as well as enrolled in a theater school. When Leah graduated in high school she started her career as a magazine model by posing on import car magazines and she began to gain recognition from her fans which had rapidly grown especially in East Asia. In just one year her photos posted on the internet recorded more than 2 million hits. She applied to a talent agency in Japan by sending her demo tape. She was fortunately accepted. In 2006 she finally moved to Japan to pursue her modeling career. In Japan she recorded songs interpreted in Japanese language. In October, 2006 she released her first photobook which was given the title Petite Amie (girlfriend in French)