At the age of 13, she began her modeling career after winning a local beauty contest in her hometown in 1999.

)[1] She was represented in countries such as China, Turkey, Mexico, and Japan, and appeared in prestigious ad campaigns such as Giorgio Armani.

While attending a casting call there, she was reportedly informed that she was 'too fat', a criticism, it has been said, that led to her decline into anorexia nervosa.

Reston's mother Miriam told the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper, "I noticed something was wrong when she returned from Japan.

Reston's mother, Miriam, told to a newspaper after the death of the daughter: "Take care for your children because their loss is irreparable; nothing can make the pain go away.