
Ward was born in Perth, Western Australia, as the second child of Gary and Claire Ward. Her older sister, Sophie, is also a model and she has younger twin brothers, Oscar and Henry. Ward was discovered in 2002 when she was in the Australian television show Search for a Supermodel. Although she did not make it past the early rounds, she was later signed by Vivien’s Model Management based in Australia, and IMG in New York. She is a former student of Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Perth, and Shenton College.