Samantha Gayle Stewart was born in Myrtle Beach SC but moved to the Nashville TN area as a baby where she was raised While her family was decidedly more athletic Samantha always gravitated towards the Arts fighting for solos in her church choir and dragging her Mom to community theatre auditions where it became clear she was made for the spotlight In Nashville she appeared in numerous regional and school plays and musicals local TV gigs and due to her tall and lanky frame a lucrative modeling career especially on the runway