Claudia Barrionuevo was born in Salta, Argentina. She lives with her mother in the small town of El Carril. Claudia has two siblings – a sister and a brother and two nephews. Sadly, her father passed away during a motorcycle accident when she was an infant.
At the age of 16, Claudia began to work for IncantoModelos, which was the start of her modeling career. She is currently studying Educational Psychology.