Born on January 8, 1980, in Havana, Cuba, Vida along with her family soon moved to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, at the age of 6. Realizing her potentiality, she joined a fashion show in her hometown when she was 18 years old, then appeared in Big Pun's video entitled "New York to New Orleans."She continued developing her career as a loan officer, but could not elude herself from modeling since she always looked for any opportunities to be involved in the field.she was browsing the website of FHM Magazine, Vida's close friend supported her to send some photographs of herself there. She afterwards posted them to a section of the magazine called "Honey Next Door."