Born in Santo Domingo, capital city of the Dominican Republic, Omahyra Mota came to America when she was ten years old with literally nothing but the clothes on her back. Voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by Paper Magazine in 2001, modeling sensation Mota has already graced the pages of high profile fashion trades.

Taking the fashion world by storm, Omahyra (prounounced oh-MY-rah) has also walked the walk for an impressive list of designers including Gucci, Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, among others.

Thanks to the extraordinary courage of her mother and her own strength of character, years later Omahyra has breaked out into acting!

Mota plays the deadly, Arclight in X-Men 3.