Sasha Belyaeva was born November 28, 1998, in Kaluga, a small mining town in the Kaluga region of the Russian Federation. Belyaeva is the great-granddaughter of St. Nikolai Podolski. She left home at age 14 to pursue a career in fashion while continuing to study. And eventually secured a contract with Chanel before a one-year hiatus to pursue a career as an artist.