[2][3] Wineman is from Cut Bank, Montana, and states that as a child, she always felt different[4] and was bullied.

[5][6] She said that she began to understand why after she was diagnosed with "PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder- Not Otherwise Specified), an autism spectrum disorder" at the age of 11.

[7] She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama,[8] and graduated in 2017 with a degree in art.

Wineman did not grow up with an interest in beauty pageants, stating that she was instead the "girl with the hoodies on.

[2] Her older sister, Danielle Wineman, was named Miss Montana in June 2015.