Gia Ramey-Gay was born and raised in Charlottesville, Virginia. Ramey-Gay attended the Governors School of the Arts in Norfolk, Virginia; took a summer program at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and a summer semester for acting for film at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York City; and graduated in 2013 from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in acting. Moreover, Gia is not only a model (she first started modeling at age sixteen), actress, and Latin dancer in Los Angeles, California, but also an animal rights activist, a certified yoga instructor, a professional salsa dancer, a volunteer worker, and even a guitar player. Ramey-Gay did her first nude shoot for Playboy Plus in September, 2015. Gia was voted Playboy's Cybergirl of the Month for November, 2015 and the Cybergirl of the Year for 2016.