Berenhauser was born in Rio de Janeiro. There shebegan numerous training and courses of dances such as ballet, Jazzdance and Samba. Additionally she took and sang eleven long year in the choir "Meninas Cantoras de Petrópolis". At the age of 15 years she could joined the elite model agency in Rio de Janeiro. In1994 she began studying journalism at the national university of Rio de Janeiro. In the year 1998 she had a break-through as a model and won Miss Brasil and Miss Intercontinental. Before she won those beauty competitions she already won Miss Petrópolis and Miss Rio de Janeiro. 1999 brough her to Germany, to the homeland of her great-grandparents.