[1] Luyet was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to a Swiss father and Indonesian mother.
[3] In 2004, she was spokesmodel of the lingerie company Miss Bikini, starring in an advertising campaign that raised some controversy because of being considered vulgar and offensive.
[5] In 2008, she starred in the music video for the song "Una cosa sola" of the rock group Magenta.
[7][8] Luyet is married to Italian former footballer Nicola Ventola;[9] together they have a son named Kelian, born on 22 September 2003.
[10] In 2015, Luyet and her husband moved to Dubai, after Ventola was offered a job with a television channel there.