34 Facts About Layla El

Layla El was born on 25 June 1977 and is an English retired professional wrestler, dancer and model.

Layla El is best known for her tenure in WWE, under the mononymous ring name Layla.

Layla El danced for Carnival Cruise Lines, the Miami Heat franchise of the National Basketball Association, and Kanye West during his performance at the MTV Video Music Awards before becoming a contestant on the 2006 edition of WWE's Diva Search, which she won to earn a contract with the company.

Layla El is the first British woman and the first Diva Search winner to hold the championship, and was the final champion when the title was retired in 2010.

Layla El then wrestled for the next three years until her retirement in 2015.

Layla El was born and raised in London, England on 25 June 1977.

Layla El danced for P Diddy and Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Layla El made her first official WWE appearance at the 2006 SummerSlam pay-per-view in a backstage segment with several other Divas.

Layla El joined Brooke and Kelly Kelly to form Extreme Expose.

In December, Layla El formed an alliance with Victoria, which expanded to include Lena Yada in January 2008, and the trio continued to feud with Kelly.

Layla El soon entered a storyline with Jamie Noble in which Noble attempted to impress her with his matches, only to be easily defeated by his opponents.

On 15 April 2009, Layla El was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the Supplemental Draft.

Layla El then formed an alliance with Michelle McCool, later called LayCool.

At TLC, Layla El interfered in the WWE Women's Championship match between McCool and James and helped McCool retain the title.

In January 2010, at Royal Rumble, Layla El came out in a fatsuit, mocking James prior to the title match between McCool and James; however, the mockery backfired, as James attacked Layla El and used that as a distraction to quickly defeat McCool to win the championship.

Layla El pinned Phoenix to win the Women's Championship for the first time, becoming the first British woman to hold the title.

Layla El is the first Diva Search winner to have won the championship.

McCool participated in the match and won, with Layla El's help, to unify both titles into the WWE Unified Divas Championship.

Layla El unofficially became the co-champion, and defended the title against Melina the following night on Raw.

Later that month, it was confirmed that Layla El had legitimately torn both her Anterior cruciate and Medial collateral ligaments, and required surgery.

Layla El made her in-ring return at a Florida Championship Wrestling event on 22 March 2012.

Layla El's victory made her the first Diva Search winner to have won both the Divas and the Women's championship.

Layla El defeated Torres in a non-title match on Superstars to earn a title match.

In early 2013, Layla El briefly developed a feud with Tamina Snuka, losing to her in singles matches before defeating her in a tag team match.

Layla El went on to defeat Kaitlyn in singles competition and in a tag team match with AJ as her partner.

Layla El returned at a non-televised event on 14 March 2014, and made her television return the following week on an episode of Main Event, where she and Alicia Fox lost to The Funkadactyls.

Layla El has been featured in the magazines King, Smooth, and was the cover-girl for the first issue of Liquid.

Layla El posed for FHM with the other members of Extreme Expose.

Layla El appeared as a guest judge on an episode of Cupcake Wars alongside Alicia Fox.

Layla El has appeared in six WWE video games, making her in-game debut in SmackDown vs Raw 2009.

Layla El appears in, SmackDown vs Raw 2011 as DLC, WWE '12, WWE '13 as DLC, WWE 2K14 and WWE 2K16.

Layla El announced her engagement to professional wrestler Richard Young on 28 July 2015, and the two were married on 27 November 2015.

Layla El had battled cancer three times in two decades.

Layla El incorporated infinity symbols on her wrestling attire as a tribute to her mother.