Ming Zhao was born in Hunan China When she was 11 her family emigrated to the US and settled in New York City She attended the High School of Fashion Industries and then the Fashion Institute of Technology receiving a BA in Fashion Design She began modeling after graduation although she had entered some modeling and design contests while in high school and had also been in beauty pageantsshe won Miss Congeniality in the Miss Chinese USA pageant and won the Best Coordination Award in the China Cup international fashion design competition In 2008 she got a small role in 30 Rock Cooter 2008 and afterwards had recurring roles in the soap operas Days of Our Lives 1965 and The Bold and the Beautiful 1987 She had a role in the feature comedy Hector and the Search for Happiness 2014