Singleton was born on Christmas Day to an Irish/Scottish father and Thai/Chinese mother. She was raised in a suburb of Los Angeles called Westchester with her younger brother. At an early age she started modeling in fashion shows for Bullocks and May Company. She also participated in Thai pageants and did some overseas work for Thai Vogue and Thai television. She attended her first import car show during her second year of college and was discovered by Hot Import Nights and was later named Miss Hot Import Nights 2000.