Ana Montana: The Cape Verdean-Portuguese Hottie Who Went From Music Videos to 3 Million Instagram Fans

With exotic beauty, a spectacular hourglass figure and nearly 3 million Instagram followers, Ana Montana has managed something few glamour models accomplish: staying relevant for well over a decade.

Long before Instagram was overflowing with Fashion Nova models and curvy influencers, Ana was already appearing in magazines and major hip-hop videos.

Her real name is Analicia Chaves, and behind the glamorous Ana Montana persona is a Massachusetts-born beauty with Cape Verdean and Portuguese roots who turned modeling into an international personal brand.

Who Is Ana Montana?

Ana Montana was born October 9, 1989, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, making her 36 years old as of September 2026. She turns 37 in October.

Her October 9 birthday makes her a Libra.

Ana is American, while her family heritage is Cape Verdean and Portuguese. New Bedford itself has one of America's strongest historic Portuguese and Cape Verdean communities, making Ana's background particularly connected to the city where she was born.

She graduated from high school in Massachusetts in 2008 before moving into professional modeling.

From Analicia Chaves to Ana Montana

Ana began modeling around 2010, when she was approximately 21, and eventually signed with Louis Model Management.

She didn't remain an unknown model for long.

Ana landed shoots for publications including Smooth and Vibe, putting her directly into the urban glamour-modeling world that was exploding during the late 2000s and early 2010s.

Then came hip-hop.

The Beauty From “Wild Ones”

One of Ana's biggest early breaks was appearing in Flo Rida's 2012 smash “Wild Ones,” featuring Sia.

Ana appears in the video's official cast under her real name, Analicia Chaves. The high-energy video moves between Miami and Dubai and became a massive international showcase.

She later appeared in T.I.'s “Dope,” featuring Marsha Ambrosius, and career profiles also connect her with music-video work involving Rick Ross and other hip-hop stars.

It was the perfect environment for Ana's look.

Beautiful face. Long dark hair. Incredible curves.

And plenty of confidence in front of a camera.

Instagram Changes Everything

Music videos introduced Ana Montana to millions.

Instagram allowed her to keep them.

Instead of relying on magazines, photographers and video directors to determine when audiences could see her, Ana could publish directly to fans.

Her following exploded.

At various points Ana accumulated more than 3.3 million Instagram followers, establishing her as one of the major glamour-model personalities of her generation.

As of September 28, 2026, Instagram analytics for @ana_montana show approximately 2.97 million followers.

That's still an enormous audience—and particularly impressive considering Ana's modeling career began around 2010.

Fashion Nova's Perfect Curvy Ambassador

It isn't difficult to understand why Fashion Nova came calling.

Ana's glamorous hourglass figure fits perfectly with the curve-conscious fashion that helped turn Fashion Nova into a social-media powerhouse.

Ana became a Fashion Nova brand ambassador, frequently using her enormous audience to showcase figure-hugging fashion and glamorous looks.

Her current Instagram content remains heavily associated with fashion, luxury fashion, lingerie, intimates and travel, according to September 2026 social-media analytics.

Fitness is part of the equation too.

Ana has posted workout content and has been photographed hitting the gym in athletic and yoga wear, showing that maintaining that famous figure involves more than posing for photographs.

Horses, Fitness, Fashion and Travel

Ana's interests extend beyond modeling.

She reportedly enjoys horses and horseback riding, while her public content has long reflected interests in fitness, travel, fashion and luxury lifestyle.

Travel has naturally been part of a career that has included modeling shoots, hosting appearances and entertainment work.

That mixture helped Ana transition from being known simply as a video model into a broader lifestyle influencer.

Ana Montana and LaMelo Ball

Ana's personal life has generated almost as many headlines as her modeling.

She has previously been linked with professional soccer players Karim Benzema and Axel Witsel, among other public figures.

More recently, Ana has been in a relationship with NBA star LaMelo Ball.

Their relationship became public after years of speculation, and Ana has also supported Ball's fashion business, LaFrance, including modeling pieces from its women's collection.

The relationship has introduced Ana to an entirely new generation of basketball fans—but describing her simply as LaMelo Ball's girlfriend misses most of the story.

Ana already had millions of followers and more than a decade of modeling experience.

Where Is Ana Montana Now?

Ana was born and raised in Massachusetts, but her modeling career has taken her elsewhere over the years.

Older career biographies specifically describe her as moving to Miami to pursue modeling, and her work has involved extensive travel. Because reliable current sources don't establish one permanent residence clearly enough, it's safer to describe Ana today as Massachusetts-born and U.S.-based rather than assign her a current city.

Ana Montana's Social Media

Her dominant platform remains Instagram.

Instagram: @ana_montana — approximately 2.97 million followers as of September 28, 2026.

Her professional profiles also point to a Hoo.be social hub, while she has maintained a presence on X/Twitter under @Ana_Montanaa.

Her enormous Instagram following remains the centerpiece of her brand.

More Than a Famous Girlfriend

It's easy for a new generation to discover Ana Montana through LaMelo Ball and assume that's where her celebrity began.

It didn't.

Ana was modeling professionally around 2010.

She was appearing alongside Flo Rida in “Wild Ones” in 2012.

She appeared in magazines including Vibe and Smooth, worked in hip-hop videos, became a Fashion Nova ambassador and built an Instagram audience numbering in the millions.

At 36, Ana Montana represents an earlier generation of social-media glamour models who successfully made the transition from magazines and music videos to Instagram influencing.

Her Cape Verdean-Portuguese beauty may have gotten people's attention.

Those unmistakable curves certainly didn't hurt.

But Ana's real achievement is longevity.

More than 15 years after beginning her modeling career, Ana Montana still has nearly three million people watching—and in the fast-moving world of social-media glamour, staying hot that long may be the biggest accomplishment of all.