Amber Valletta was born on February 9, 1974 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. She never dreamt of becoming a model. She wanted to be a sociologist and thus work for the society. Her fate however had something else in store for her.. something more glamorous and exciting. Her mother realized that her daughter's beauty stand out amongst the rest. She therefore enrolled her in a modeling school when she was 15 years old. 

She then set out for Milan to pose for Italian Vogue. The big break for her however came for her when she got the chance to shoot for French Elle magazine by Hans Feurer. Amber immediately became a modeling sensation. She became famous all over and the photographers were just queuing up to shoot her. Big names such as Steven Meisel, Richard Avedon, Bruce Weber, Patrick Demarchelier, Herb Ritts, Nick Knight, Paolo Roversi, Irvin Penn, Mario Sorrenti and Peter Lindbergh were all wanting to shoot Amber. 

Since then she has appeared in numerous prestigious advertising campaigns such as Versace, Calvin Klein's Escape, DKNY, Prada, Valentino, Jil Sander, Gucci and Chanel. She co-hosted MTV's House of Style with best friend and fellow model Shalom Harlow and she even became the face of Elizabeth Arden.

because of her modeling career Amber could not pursue her career as a model. But this did not stop her from getting involve in some sort of social work. She does support various charity events. Valletta recently returned to her hometown of Tulsa to produce a fashion show that raised money for the community food bank. She is also active in charity work on behalf of St. Jude Research Hospital and the Nina Hyde Foundation, which supports women with breast cancer.

On a personal note Amber dated Leonardo Di Caprio but this relation was not very lasting. Then she got involved with Hervé Le Bihan, whom she married but soon divorced too. Amber then met renowned Olympic volleyball player Christian McCaw. Though the couple married quite later they had a bouncing baby earlier.