Venus is genetically modified to look like a supermodel, as is the rest of the Yggdrasil Project. Her species was created entirely to cater to the whims of a futuristic human society.
Any and all whims. Which, in part, also include the much darker, criminal kinds.
She has been a victim of multiple assaults, which slowly led her more and more to realizing that she didn't want to serve as some desperate fool's punching bag, but rather, wanted to support a cause.
And so along came the rebel movement.
Venus is by no means popular in the resistance, but one could certainly call her the 'ghost writer' of the resistance's reputation and legacy.