Layla El (born 25 June 1978) is a British dancer, model and professional wrestler of Moroccan descent, currently residing in the United States. She is employed by World Wrestling Entertainment as a WWE Diva and appears on the SmackDown brand as Layla.
Before joining WWE in 2006, El was a dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines, the Miami Heat franchise of the NBA, and also danced for Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards.
El first entered the world o...
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Layla El (born 25 June 1978) is a British dancer, model and professional wrestler of Moroccan descent, currently residing in the United States. She is employed by World Wrestling Entertainment as a WWE Diva and appears on the SmackDown brand as Layla.
Before joining WWE in 2006, El was a dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines, the Miami Heat franchise of the NBA, and also danced for Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards.
El first entered the world of professional wrestling after her trainer suggested she try out for the $250,000 WWE Diva Search contest in 2006. During the contest, she won a week's worth of "immunity" on the 14 July (taped 10 July) edition of SmackDown! after winning Sgt. Slaughter's "Diva Boot Camp" obstacle course—despite having jumped over several tires in the tire hop section of the course and not having both of her feet cross the finish line due to her doing a split. She won another competition, the "Diva Search Talent Show" on the 11 August SmackDown!, when she...
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