2006–2012: Career beginnings
In 2006, her song "Fashion Victims", which samples Shake Your Groove Thing, was part of the soundtrack of Así del precipicio directed by Teresa Suárez. In that year she was the opening act for Peaches (musician), Technotronic, and Erasure.[8]
In 2008, Zemmoa hosted the Latin Grammy Awards party in New York. In 2009, she made the "Born To Tour" tour of Mexico as well as in Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Brussels, Vienna, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Bogotá. In 2010, she released her first video with Zemmporio Records titled "Zeuz". In 2012, she made a cameo appearance in Julieta Venegas' music video "Tuve Para Dar".[9]
She has been a model for fashion designers such as for Calvin Klein Mexico, Marvin Durán, Quetzalcóatl Rangel, ManCandy, Carlos Temores, Denis Marcheboud, and the Peruvian photographer Mario Testino.[10]
She was also the Bouncer (doorman) of the MN Roy club, which was the home of Manabendra Nath Roy, one of the founders of the Mexican Communist Party.[11][12][13][14]
In 2012, she launched the calendar Z01Z, a limited edition calendar (1,000 copies) whose photographs were taken by 15 renowned international artists of contemporary Mexican art, such as Gregory Allen, Yvonne Venegas, Napoleón Habéica, Emilio Valdés, Miguel Calderón, Mauricio Limón, among others, sponsored by Vice México and Cine Tonalá.[15]