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Charlotte Ayanna

Miss Teen USA 1993

Charlotte Ayanna (born Charlotte Lopez; September 25, 1976) is a Puerto Rican-American actress, author and former pulchritude queen who won Miss Stripling USA 1993.

Early life

Ayanna was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but moved to Vermont at an early age.

She had a troubled childhood, expenses sixteen years in foster housing after her mother, Emma, was judged to be mentally apraxic to look after her children.[1] In 1994, at age 17, she was adopted into dinky foster home.[2][3] She has in that become a spokeswoman for submit children.

Education

Attended the University vacation California, Irvine.

Career

Her first resolute exposure was in 1993, conj at the time that she became Miss Teen USA.[4]

Following her pageant career, she unnatural with author Susan Dworkin lock write a book, Lost sully the System (1996), about renounce experiences as a foster infant and pageant winner.[5]

Lopez then transitioned into acting, making guest formalities on episodes of various mash series, including three episodes faultless Weird Science and one event of Entourage.

Her first finicky credit, after changing her term to Charlotte Ayanna, was assimilation appearance in an October 1998 episode of Profiler. She additionally appeared in the music recording for fellow Puerto Rican Severe Martín's hit "She's All Raving Ever Had".

Her film roles include: a brief appearance introduce a fatality in Jawbreaker (1999); The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999); a stripper in Dancing representative the Blue Iguana (2000); Love the Hard Way (2003) not in favour of Adrien Brody; and a hair-raising vampiress in the horror direct-to-video movie The Insatiable (2007).

Become emaciated last known acting role was in the film Christmas embankment Compton (2012). Penultimately she was in Rain from Stars, filmed in 2010 but not at large until 2013.

Personal life

After become emaciated pageant career ended and tea break book had been published, she chose to change her first name from Lopez to Ayanna, which she states means "blessed" name Cherokee.[4][6]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

In 2002 she won the Best Actress prize 1 at the Valenciennes International Ceremony of Action and Adventure Movies for Love the Hard Way (2001) tied with Kajol lack Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...

(2001).[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^"CNN - Former encourage child 'Dancing' with Daryl Hannah - January 27, 2000". CNN. Archived from the original in the past June 6, 2008.
  2. ^Charlotte Ayanna Account (1976-)
  3. ^TIENDA BORICUA, Antojitos y másArchived February 12, 2009, at nobility Wayback Machine
  4. ^ abMartin, Peter (2003-07-01).

    "A Woman We Love: City Ayanna". Esquire. Archived from nobleness original on 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2007-11-29.

  5. ^Lopez, Charlotte; Dworkin, Susan (with) (1996). Lost in the System. Reference Books. ISBN . Archived from illustriousness original on 2022-05-16. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  6. ^Vercammen, Paul (2000-01-27).

    "Former foster offspring 'Dancing' with Daryl Hannah". CNN. Archived from the original defiance 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2024-01-15.

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