Jonelle Layfield
Encyclopedia
Jonelle Layfield is a model beauty queen who has competed in the Miss USA
pageant.
Layfield won the Miss Hawaii USA
2008 pageant on 16 December 2007, in her first attempt at the title. She went on to represent Hawaii
in the Miss USA 2008
pageant held in Las Vegas
, Nevada
on April 11, 2008, but did not place. Her sister Ashley Layfield, Miss Hawaii
2007, competed for the Miss America 2008
title in the same venue in January. The Layfields' wins are a very rare occurrence of sisters holding both major state titles simultaneously.
Layfield is a graduate of Kailua High School, and is studying to become a physical therapist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
. She likes dancing.
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
pageant.
Layfield won the Miss Hawaii USA
Miss Hawaii USA
The Miss Hawaii USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss USA pageant.Hawaii is the most recent state to start competing at Miss USA, as it first competed in 1962. Prior to this delegates were sent to Miss Universe...
2008 pageant on 16 December 2007, in her first attempt at the title. She went on to represent Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
in the Miss USA 2008
Miss USA 2008
Miss USA 2008, the 57th Miss USA beauty pageant, was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA, was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Rachel Smith of Tennessee...
pageant held in Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
on April 11, 2008, but did not place. Her sister Ashley Layfield, Miss Hawaii
Miss Hawaii
The Miss Hawaii competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss America pageant. Hawaii has twice won the Miss America title.- Winners :- External links :*...
2007, competed for the Miss America 2008
Miss America 2008
Miss America 2008, the 87th Miss America pageant, was held at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on January 26, 2008.The pageant was broadcast live on TLC from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, only the third time that the pageant has been...
title in the same venue in January. The Layfields' wins are a very rare occurrence of sisters holding both major state titles simultaneously.
Layfield is a graduate of Kailua High School, and is studying to become a physical therapist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system...
. She likes dancing.