Leyla Milani
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| Born | April 2, 1982 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Other name(s) | Lucky Leyla, #13 |
| Occupation | Actress Model TV host Fashion designer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
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Leyla Milani (born Leyla Razzari; April 2, 1982) is a Canadian model, actress, TV host and fashion designer of pure Iranian decent.
Milani has appeared in the World Wrestling Entertainment Diva Search 2005, Deal or No Deal, Sleeper Cell, Las Vegas, Rules of Engagement,Attack of the Show!, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, Stacked, Desire, Wanted, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Extra and in the films Wrestlemaniac, The Boys and Girls Guide To Getting Down, Dr. Chopper. Maxim magazine features Milani and her fellow Deal or No Deal briefcase models in their online Girls of Maxim and appeared as of one of the celebrities on Macy's Passport Celebrity Catwalk Challenge. gallery.[1]
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[edit] Wrestling
Milani was a contestant in World Wrestling Entertainment's 2005 RAW Diva Search, finishing second out of 8000 contestants worldwide. Following that, she made an appearance at PWG After School Special. After appearing on the WWE 2005 Raw Diva search, she began using the stage name Leyla Milani.
She later appeared on one of the USA Network's Fan Nation commercials, which are a series commercials advertising WWE Raw, featuring people ranging from a stockbroker to Snoop Dogg.
Milani will be the host of Jimmy Hart's all women's wrestling show, Wrestlicious.
[edit] Other appearances
Milani can be seen as a model on NBC's hit game show Deal or No Deal. She is namely known for her "lioness-like" mane, which she has confirmed is all hers. She holds case #13 since the beginning of the show. Although 13 is usually considered the unluckiest of numbers, she is often referred to on the show as "Lucky Leyla" or "Lucky 13" as many times her case had contained 6 digit amounts and in eight instances contained the $1,000,000 top prize. Nonetheless, NBC once opened the show noting that by holding all the large amounts and not being picked at the beginning, case #13 was very unlucky during most of the first season. On at least one occasion during the second season, case #13 contained a seven-figure prize.[2] Leyla and her fellow DEAL OR NO DEAL models won a GSN (GAMESHOW NETWORKS) Award for "Favorite TV Models" and on June 6, 2009 Leyla and 3 other models: Claudia, Lisa, Megan and Patricia accepted this award on the GSN Networks. DEAL OR NO DEAL has also won The People's Choice Award two years in the row for Favorite Gameshow.
Milani has made multiple appearances on the Fox News' conservative satire show The Half Hour News Hour, and "Redeye" as a celebrity looking for a charity to support. She hosted FOX Sport Net's Celebrity Golf tournament as well as FUEL TV'S motorsport show: M80. Milani recently made a cameo appearance on LOGO channel series Noah's Arc as a woman applying for a job. She has also appeared on MTV's True Life: I'm A TV Star, and My Fair Brady.
She is in the independent horror film Wrestlemaniac,[3] where she plays "Dallas", and the docu-comedy The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down where she plays "Brittany" the "Westside Persian".
She also made an appearance on an episode of NBC's Last Comic Standing and Phenomenon. 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."
Leyla also recently made an appearance on the Style Network's show, Split Ends, and on a recent Celebrity Episode of GSN's game show Catch 21, alongside fellow DOND models Patricia Kara and Marisa Petroro. Leyla announced on this show the launch of her own hair extension line called: MILANI HAIR[1] due out early 2010.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Girls of Maxim. Maxim magazine online.
- ^ (September 29, 2006) Episode 2.7. GameShowNews.com. Accessed 2007-05-15.
- ^ "Bio" (2007). LeylaMilani.com. Accessed 2007-06-25.
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