While modelling in Japan in the early 1990s she made the decision to shave her head bald and have a Chinese dragon tattooed on her scalp.
[4] Her distinctive look was spotted by Jean Paul Gaultier and soon she became a top model in the European fashion capitals.
Salvail also appeared in a Lenny Kravitz music video "Is There Any Love in Your Heart".
[5] Salvail publicly came out as a lesbian on the January 9, 2007 episode of the Tyra Banks Show titled "Coming Out Stories".
[6] She also made an appearance on Tyra's show America's Next Top Model where she talked to the girls of Cycle 6 about how her career got started.