Cameron was born in San Diego, California, as the daughter of Billie and Emilio Diaz. Diaz’s father is 2 generation Cuban-American immigrant, and her mother is of English, German and Indian roots. Cameron congratulated Polytecnic from Long Beach High School, at the same time with rapper Snoop Dogg.

[edit] Career
As 16-year-old Cameron started modeling career, and she signed a contract with Elite Model Management. In her gratulering, she took to Japan and met video director Carlo de la Torre. After she returned to America, she moved in with Carlo. Over the next 5 years, she traveled around as a model and signed many contracts with large firms. Cameron has been the model for the mixed second Calvin Klein and Levi’s. During this time Cameron actually made a soft pornographic film, She’s No Angel.

Longoria blev født i Corpus Christi, Texas og har mexicansk-latinsk-persiske forældre. Hendes far Mansour Karami døde da longoria var 19 år. Hendes mor Ella Longoria Mireles giftede sig senere med latinoen Enrique Parker. Hun er den yngste af en søsterflok på fire. Hun har tre storesøstre, Elizabeth, Emily og Esmeralda. Hun har en bachelorgrad i kinesiologi ved Texas A&M Universitet–Kingsville. I sin studietid vandt hun titlen som “Miss Corpus Christi, USA” i 1998. Efter at have fuldført sin universitetsuddannelse meldte hun sig til en talentkonkurrence, hvilket førte hende til Los Angeles. Kort efter blev hun opdaget og skrev kontrakt med en skuespilleragent.