Devon Aoki was born in New York and spent her childhood in Canada. Later, he came to London with his parents and finished high school there. Her father (Rocky Aoki) was a former Japanese wrestling and rowing athlete and is now the owner of the world-renowned Benihana chain of Japanese teppanyaki stores. Her mother (Pamela Hilburger), a jewelry designer of German and British descent, was Rocky Aoki's second wife. Her older brother (Steve Aoki) is a popular LOS Angeles-based DJ and the owner of the American independent record label Dim Mak.
Since entering the modeling industry at the age of 13, Devon has accumulated countless experience in graphic photography and show performance. But the reason why Dai Wen Aoki stepped into the fashion industry was completely unexpected by her, in fact, her height was not very outstanding (1.68 meters), when she was photographed by a well-known magazine staff who was reporting on the spot in a concert, and invited her to the camera; A few days later, Devon met them again at a party and agreed to do an interview for Interview magazine and take some photos. Soon after, her godmother introduced her to Johnny Depp's ex-girlfriend supermodel Kate Moss, who recommended her to STORM, a well-known British model agency, and fashion guru Karl Lanerfeld, so that the young girl who had a great general's style gradually emerged in the modeling world. In 1998, Devon replaced world supermodel "Black Pearl" Naomi Campbell as Versace 'muse'.
