The group released one single, "Would You Like That", and recorded two others ("7 Years Bad Luck" and "Burn Rubber") before disbanding in 2010. In 2009, Perry joined No Means Yes, a girl group signed to Ne-Yo's record label comprising Perry (billed as "C.J."), Kat, Shea, and Tanu. Upon graduating from FSU, she relocated to Los Angeles with the aim of working in show business. Perry parlayed the exposure into a modelling career, appearing in photoshoots in publications such as the RIDGID Tool Calendar and working as a spokesmodel for the energy drinks Matrix and Red Bull. The students, known as the FSU Cowgirls, entered the public consciousness after being acknowledged by commentator Brent Musburger during a game between the Florida State Seminoles and the Miami Hurricanes that aired on ABC in September 2005.
While attending FSU, she began attending Florida State Seminoles football games with Jenn Sterger and several other students, cheering from the bleachers while dressed as cowgirls. She later enrolled at Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, Florida, majoring in dance and acting. She initially lived in New York City, where she danced at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Hispanico, Broadway Dance Center, and Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance. Īt the age of 17, Perry returned to the U.S. She attended the Riga Choreography School (the ballet school of the Latvian National Opera) and began dancing with the Latvian National Ballet at the age of 14. From an early age, Perry aspired to become a ballet dancer like her mother. Perry and her family remained in Latvia after it restored its independence in 1991.
She spent several years of her childhood in the Latvian SSR, where her father worked as a Christian missionary. She is of Portuguese and Venezuelan descent. Perry was born on March 24, 1985, in Gainesville, Florida, the eldest of four siblings.