Was born In Junction City Kansas. At a very early age, she showed an interest in every aspect of entertaining. Growing up in Kansas  nourished many of her talents for acting and modeling.  During her schooling years she was very active in the performing arts,  performing in school , her local community and church productions.

After graduating high school, she continued her education at  Kansas State University in Psychology. Kansas became too small for her big dreams, Miss Monie left school to pursue a career in fashion and modeling. she continued applying to different model agencies every 6 months, and was signed non-exclusively to local modeling networking groups. Miss Monie continued to  observe everything she saw on Fashion TV's international runways & elite fashion magazines. She soon started going to castings, getting callbacks from auditions, responses to shoot with photographers, and getting in the "loop" of the industry.