[4][5] Sanders was born in 1991[6] in Frankenthal, Germany to a German mother and an African-American father; she was raised in Columbia, South Carolina.

She has also appeared in runway shows for designers including Moschino, Ralph Lauren, DKNY,[12] Jeremy Scott, Julien MacDonald, and Philip Plein.

[17] She has had advertising campaigns for Bvlgari, Roberto Cavalli, MCM, Ralph Lauren, Ugg, Gap, Victoria's Secret PINK, and American Eagle.

[5][18][19][20] Sanders has worked with photographers like Steven Klein, Inez & Vinoodh, Cass Bird, Patrick Demarchelier, Glen Luchford, Alasdair McLellan, Ezra Petronio, Sølve Sundsbø, Ellen von Unwerth, and Gilles Bensimon.

[26] Sanders has appeared on NBC's Extra as a special correspondent, as a guest judge on America's Next Top Model and American Beauty Star, and a contestant on VH1's Hip-Hop Squares.