Bourbonnais had worked as a costumer and fashion designer before she began her professional modeling career when she posed for the 2008 calendar "Dream Team", sponsored by RadioX and Molson Export. In July 2008, she posed in an advertising campaign for New York Fries, a Canadian franchise fast-food restaurant. Bourbonnais continued to model, including for "American Curves", "Elle Canada", "FHM Philippines", "People", "PlayStation Official Magazine", "Summum" and "Toronto Sun", as well as for charity purposes. In 2010, she started her own company. Bourbonnais has also been cosplay modeling and creating costumes since 2009, including participating in a 2011 calendar "Cosplay for a Cause" raising funds for the Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief.