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00:00Short biography Laila Malani was born on February 4, 1982 in Karaj, Alborz, Iran.
00:07She is an Iranian-Canadian model, television actress, television presenter, author, fashion
00:13designer, and film actress, investor, entrepreneur and founder of Laila Malani Hair.
00:19Laila Malani was born in Toronto, Canada to Iranian parents.
00:23She spent most of her childhood days in her hometown Toronto along with her family.
00:28She holds Canadian nationality and regarding her ethnicity she has a mixed ethnical background.
00:34At the starting of her career, Laila worked as a host in an after-school television show
00:39at the age of 12.
00:41After a few years of work at the local level, Malani started getting several offers from
00:45the national and international level.
00:48Following her high school, Malani moved to Los Angeles along with her family.
00:53There she attended LA's Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
00:57Laila Malani initially grabbed fame as a contestant in the 2005 WWE Diva Surge, which
01:03she ended as the first runner-up among 8,000 contestants.
01:08Her career reached a new height after she landed the job as a model on NBC's primetime
01:12game show Deal or No Deal in 2005.
01:16She was featured in the show until 2009 and was popular for her lioness-like mane and
01:21held case number 13 in the show.
01:23She also worked for a number of well-known shows like Style Network's show, Split Ends,
01:29Fox News' conservative satire show The Half Hour News Hour.
01:33She also appeared in an online comedy web series for Experian credit along with some
01:38recognized faces like Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, and Danny Glover.
01:43Later in 2009, she formed her own hair extension line, Malani Hair and in early 2010, she announced
01:50the launch of the hair extension line.
01:53As of now, the company provides several different haircare products which include hairsprays
01:58and hairbrushes and hair electronics as well.She is married to Iranian entrepreneur, real estate
02:04investor and author, Manny Kashbin since 2011 and together the couple has daughter named
02:09Priscilla Kashbin and a son named Enzo Pasha.Malani was a contestant in the 2005 WWE Diva Surge,
02:17finishing second out of 8,000 contestants worldwide.
02:21Malani has made multiple appearances on the Fox News conservative satire show The Half
02:25Hour News Hour and Red Eye as a celebrity looking for a charity to support.