Born : September 28, 1968, San Francisco, California, USA.
She attended Marin Academy in San Rafael, California and the John Woolman School in Nevada City, California.
She began modeling at age of 14.
She got her first major appearance on the cover of "French Elle".
She has also appeared on "Calvin Klein", "Guess" and "Sports Illustrated Swim Suit" millennium edition and others.
She appeared in ads for Guess jeans (1988), Calvin Klein jeans ("biker chick" look, 1991), appeared in the 1996 Pirelli calendar, and also posed for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition (2000).
Otis was also featured in 1990 and 2000 issues of Playboy magazine.
She also appeared periodically as a correspondent on Channel 4 News in San Francisco.
In 2005, she represented the Breil jewellery line.