Her father's ancestry is half Italian and half Portuguese. Her mother has Cherokee Native American and English roots.
She is a member of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.
Her husband, Christian McCaw, is a former USA Men's volleyball national
player and played at 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Actively involved in the St. Jude Research Hospital and the Nina Hyde Foundation, which supports women with breast cancer. She has also produced a fashion show in her home town of Tulsa, which raised money for the community food bank.
Has a son, Auden McCaw, born on October 18, 2000 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His father is Valletta's 2nd ex-husband, Christian McCaw.
Has three half-sisters and two half-brothers.
Attended Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
She is the face of NARS Cosmetics Spring 2010 Collection. (January 2010)
Got her start when her mother enrolled her in modeling school at the
age of 15.