Cyann was born of Cape Verdean descent on August 3, 1986 and raised in the city of Somerville in the metro Boston area. In elementary school, her favorite thing to do was sing. In her first talent show, in the 4th grade, she performed “Count on Me” by Whitney Houston and Cece Winans. She sang in every talent show until high school where she was chosen by the school to sing the national anthem for the varsity basketball games.
At 15, she decided to focus on developing other talents as well, and always inspired by Tyra Banks’ career, she attended John Casablanca’s Modeling and Career center. She learned make-up application, how to walk the runway and took acting classes.
Through her own self-promotion efforts she has worked on a number of exciting assignments from flying to Florida for a swimsuit calendar shoot to fashion shoots in Atlanta and has recently been meeting with modeling agencies in LA and NYC who are interested in signing her.
An agency owner recently told her she’s one of nicest people he’s met in the business.
