Aija got her first approach to the fashion world in Riga, Latvia in 1992 when she attended Zandas Kransmanes Model School.
In 1999, the Italian photographer Beppe Lopetrone took her for the first time to Milan, Italy where her modeling career in high fashion as regular size began.
She currently resides in Milan, Italy where she still works as professional plus-size model, she is attending a Chef School degree program and she enjoys riding her motorbike.
Aija has enjoyed lucrative contracts with many high-profile Italian plus-size clothing manufacturers such as Miroglio, Benetton, Gianfranco Ferré, Mariella Burani, Yamamay, Liu Jo, Sonia Fortuna, Mariagrazia Severi and has also appeared on the runway for Elena Miro (Miroglio) in Milan, Italy from 2004 till nowadays.
Aija is also notable for appearing in “Curvy Can”, the Italian Eating disorder 2010 awareness campaign where 6 plus-size models were nude pictured under the “We are not Fashion Victim” slogan.