Born in the Belgian city of Brussels, Maggioni lived most of her life in Gorgonzola, Lombardy and after graduating she started studying philosophy at university in Milan.
After joining the Milanese modelling industry she stated she will also continue her studies and hopes to become an independent woman and maybe a mother one day.
This improvement together with her inborn skill in producing good photos earned her the title of Italia's Next Top Model.
There Maggioni also became the face for the print campaign of the F/W 2009 collection of Reckless Ericka and walked in Singapore Fashion Festival for Alldressedup in a runway show featured on Cycle 4 of Germany's Next Topmodel where she also appeared to give advice to the three finalists.
Michela Maggioni also modeled for Uniqlo and appeared on the July 2010 issue of Ginza Magazine.