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| name = Layla Kayleigh |
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| birth_name = Zara Layla Kayleigh |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|01|26}} |
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| birth_place = ] {{flagicon|England}} |
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| nationality = ]-] |
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'''Layla Kayleigh''' (born 26 January 1984) is a British-American TV personality, Entrepreneur and Activist who used to host ''The Feed'' segment of ]'s '']'' and co-hosts ]'s '']'' where she is the backstage correspondent and also hosts MTV reunion shows such as '']'' and '']''. |
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She has been featured in several magazines including '']'' Magazine to promote her projects and the shows she was hosting. |
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In 2012 Kayleigh ventured into a new arena, having a background in music, she signed on and developed a recording group which she founded, to her company by the name of "To Be One" |
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four of the members were former contestants on MTV's America's Best Dance Crew, where she had met them a year earlier in 2011 when she was the co-host of the show. |
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<ref>http://www.pushpage.me/laylakayleigh</ref> |
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In June 2013 Kayleigh took her group "To Be One" to meet her long time friend Music Manager Troy Carter. Since then, they have partnered up to Co-Manage the group together. Their debut single "Wherever You Wanna Go" is set to debut August, 2013 with an album due later this year. |
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Kayleigh has also been recognized for her philanthropic work, donating her time and efforts working closely with such non profit organizations such as to Amazon Watch, The Farley Project and |
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More than Me. |
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==Early life== |
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Kayleigh lived in west ]. Her birth name is Zara, but she urged her parents to call her by her middle name Layla after the ] song.<ref>Interview from ''Byte Me: 20 Hottest Women of the Web'', E! Entertainment channel, aired March 10, 2008. ''Attack of the Show'', G4 channel, aired August 1, 2008.</ref> When Kayleigh was 12, her single mother traveled to America in a bid to get U.S. citizenship for them, but Layla Kayleigh opted to stay behind. She "never told a soul" about being alone for fear that social services would come for her.<ref name="king">{{cite web | url=http://www.king-mag.com/05sept/bangin/index.html | title=Fine Import | author=Anna David | accessdate=2007-09-27}}</ref> |
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On September 11, 2008, Kayleigh became a naturalized United States citizen.<ref>{{cite episode | title = | episodelink = | series = Attack of the Show! | serieslink = Attack of the Show! | airdate = 2008-09-12 | season = | number = }}</ref> |
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==Television career== |
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In addition to once hosting ] in Britain and ABC's football halftime show, Kayleigh was once a correspondent for ]'s '']'' but was fired after doing an interview and photoshoot with '']''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/pictures_and_bio/1161/LaylaKayleigh.girl | title=Layla Kayleigh | work=] | accessdate=2007-09-27 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070824173135/http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/pictures_and_bio/1161/LaylaKayleigh.girl |archivedate = 2007-08-24}}</ref> She has appeared on the MTV show '']''. She was the main host of "]" segment of '']'' on G4, as well as shortened versions of "The Feed" during the network's commercial breaks. Kayleigh has been on '']'' on ], and also reporting on all the entertainment/sports news on the ''The Insider''. Kayleigh was also a guest on the ] show '']''. |
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On May 23, 2007, the ] announced that she would be their hostess for Season Six.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/5/new-wpt-hostess-layla-kayleigh.htm | title=And the New World Poker Tour Hostess is ... Layla Kayleigh | author=BJ Nemeth | date=May 23, 2007 | accessdate=2007-09-27}}</ref> Kayleigh is featured on the cover of the July–August 2007 issue of Gambling.com, and the August issue of '']''. |
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Kayleigh is a co-host on '']'' on MTV as their on the road correspondent looking for talent in the different cities.<ref> ''MTV.com''. Accessed 2008-02-08.</ref> The show, which features ] as host premiered on January 26, 2008 with a live casting special and began its first season on February 7, 2008 with Kayleigh as backstage correspondent interviewing the bottom two crews. ] of ''America's Best Dance Crew'' started on June 19 on ]. Season 3 of ''America's Best Dance Crew'' premiered on January 15, 2009 on MTV. |
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On the March 16, 2009, episode of ''Attack of the Show!'', Kayleigh announced that she would be leaving G4 due to her pregnancy and taking some time off to be a stay at home mother.<ref></ref> On May 7 and May 27, 2010, Kayleigh appeared as a member of the Great American Panel on '']''. She is now a correspondent for the ]. In April 2012 Layla began hosting MTV special reunion shows, '']'' and '']'' interviewing the cast, and speaking about the episodes that had been aired. |
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She was listed number 33<ref></ref> and number 88<ref> |
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</ref> on AskMen.com's top 99 women in 2008 and 2011 edition, respectively. She recently appeared in lingerie for a ] ad campaign protesting the use of animals in product-testing experiments photographed by celebrity photographer ].<ref>Jean Goon, "" MSN.com, January 17, 2012. </ref> |
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==Film career== |
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Kayleigh played Madison Lane in the 2008 romance/drama movie titled ''A Simple Promise''. |
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==Personal life== |
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Kayleigh and her husband, ], had a daughter, Melody Rain Covino, on November 2, 2009.<ref>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20318371,00.html</ref> They celebrated their daughter's christening in Union, New Jersey, Covino's hometown.<ref>http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/05/20/layla-kayleighs-blog-melody-celebrates-her-christening/</ref> |
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On October 9, 2011, Kayleigh and Covino married in Las Vegas, Nevada. Melody served as flower girl. |
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<ref>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20536945,00.html</ref> |
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Kayleigh writes a celebrity baby blog for '']'' about her experiences being a mom. <ref>http://celebritybabies.people.com/category/layla-kayleigh-blog/</ref> |
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==References== |
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