She spent her childhood years in Poland and Bulgaria and began an early career in performing arts with modeling and dance. As a model, she appeared in catalogues, newspaper advertisements, commercials and fashion shows, working with Bulgaria’s top photographers and designers. Still in her teens, Samira performed as a dancer, touring Europe with pop singers and artists. A highlight of Samira’s dance career was performing at the opening of ‘Miss Bulgaria 2001’. At the age of sixteen she hosted her own television Talk Show, Cherno Kadife (‘Black Velvet’), where she interviewed Bulgarian musicians and actors.