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Charlotte
Ayanna
Date of
Birth: September 25, 1976
Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Parents: ?
Spouse/Significant Other: ?
Ethnicity: ?
Official
Website: ?
Changed her last name to Ayanna
when she learned that Lopez was the last name of her maternal grandfather, who
she discovered abandoned her mother. Ayanna means "blessed" and Charlotte feels
she has been blessed. Attended the University of California at Irvine. Moved to
Vermont with her mother and siblings in 1977.
Charlotte was an out-of-work actress when Ricky Martin picked her head shot from
the hundreds submitted last year for his romantic video. She spent sixteen years
of her childhood in foster homes. Won Miss Teen USA in 1993 wearing a $37
evening gown. Due to her time spent in foster care, Charlotte is a
spokeswoman for foster children. Her mother was mentally disturbed and
lost custody of Charlotte, her brother, and her sister Diana.
Charlotte lived in a group home as a teenager and was adopted at 17 by a Vermont
couple. That year, she was reunited with her brother from whom she and her
sister Diana were separated in different foster homes as small children.
