Cameron is a graduate of Massaponax High School and Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2002, Cameron graduated from Barbizon Modeling and Acting School in Virginia.

She was placed second runner-up in the 2006 and 2007 Miss Virginia pageants. At the 2008 competition, she was named first runner-up. Due to this placement, she qualified to compete in the National Sweetheart 2008 pageant, where she later was named the fourth runner-up.

Cameron was crowned Miss Virginia on June 28, 2009, winning on her fourth attempt.

On January 27, 2010, she won a $2,000 scholarship in winning the preliminary talent competition in vocal pop.

On January 30, 2010, Cameron won the Miss America 2010 pageant held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Cameron wed her high school sweetheart, Nathaniel Jackson Jr., on December 2, 2012. Cameron wore a Sareh Nouri wedding gown.They welcomed their first child, Tres, on June 27, 2016. They welcomed their second child and first daughter, Cammie, on January 27, 2020. They reside in Locust Grove, Virginia where she is the owner and lead event designer at Caressed By Design – Weddings and Events. Cameron is also a singer, and was featured in Lifepoint Worship’s 2017 album “Mountain/Valley on the songs Mighty River and The Fire.