At age 14, Ana and her friends skipped class to go visit an elementary school teacher, and she was aproached by scouters from a Portuguese agency, she won some modeling contests in her country and proceded to win an International modeling contest Look Models Search in Turkey in 2002, she was 15 years old. From then on she traveled to Paris (where she did a United Colors of Benetton campaign), Milan,London and New York City where she is now signed with Ford Models.