Leyla Milani
Leyla Milani | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Canadian American |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model, TV host, fashion designer |
Years active | 2002–present |
Spouse |
Manuchehr Khoshbin (m. 2011) |
Children | 2 |
Leyla Milani Khoshbin (born April 2, 1982) is a Canadian-American model, tv host and retired actress. Milani was born in Iran and moved to Toronto when she was 4 years old. She led a successful career before meeting her husband Manuchehr (Manny) Khoshbin, Iranian entrepreneur, real estate investor and author.
Leyla has appeared in the 2005
Professional wrestling career
Milani was a contestant in the 2005 WWE Diva Search, finishing second out of 8,000 contestants worldwide.[citation needed] Following that, she made an appearance at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla After School Special. After appearing in the WWE Diva Search, she began using the stage name Leyla Milani.
She later appeared on one of the USA Network's WWE Raw Fan Nation commercials, which are a series of commercials advertising WWE Raw, featuring people ranging from a stockbroker to Snoop Dogg.
Milani is the former co-host of Jimmy Hart's all-women wrestling show, Wrestlicious TakeDown which debuted March 1, 2010. She was replaced by Brooke Lynn on the March 31, 2010, episode, because of scheduling conflicts.
Deal or No Deal (2005–2009)
Milani was a model on
Milani and her fellow Deal or No Deal models won a Game Show Network Award for "Favorite TV Models." On June 6, 2009, Milani and 4 other models accepted this award on
She was one of a handful of models chosen to make a special appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah picked Leyla's case (number 8 for this show). Oprah later chanted Leyla's name as her dog's name is also Leyla.
Milani made an appearance on the Style Network's show,
Other appearances
Milani has made multiple appearances on the
Milani appeared in an online comedy web series for Experian Credit alongside comedian Pauly Shore; she played a bride-to-be with bad credit. Other stars who appeared on this web series included Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen and Danny Glover.
She is in the independent horror film Wrestlemaniac,[3] where she plays "Dallas", and the docu-comedy Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down where she plays "Brittany", the "Westside Persian".
She made an appearance on an episode of
She was also a referee in the 2006 Lingerie Bowl.
Milani is featured in the December 8, 2012, TLC special titled Secrets of a Trophy Wife.
Milani Hair
In 2009, Milani founded Leyla Milani Hair, a luxury haircare company specializing in "premium, 100% human hair clip-in or (clip-on)extensions," citing Milani's own hair woes as the company's inspiration.[4] Based in Irvine, California, the company is part of Kosh Milani Enterprises LLC. As of 2009, the company was known to have 5 employees.[5]
References
- ^ "Girls of Maxim". Maxim. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009.
- ^ (September 29, 2006) Episode 2.7. GameShowNews.com. Accessed May 15, 2007.
- ^ "Bio" (2007). LeylaMilani.com. Accessed June 25, 2007.
- ^ "Milani products".
- ^ "Entrepreneur Interview: Leyla Milani of Milani Hair". BusinessInfoGuide.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2011.