Charlotte Ayanna
Former Miss Teen USA/Actress/ Author

Charlotte Ayanna was born Charlotte Lopez in Puerto Rico on September 25, 1976.  A year later her biological mother, brother and a younger sister moved to Vermont, but due to her mother’s mental instability, Charlotte and her siblings were placed in the foster care system. She went through five different foster homes until, at the age of fourteen, she entered a group home for children in crisis.  She entered the Miss Vermont Teen USA pageant, which she won in August 1992.  At the age of 17, she was adopted and then went on to attend college at University of California, Irvine.  Currently, Charlotte is an aspiring actress and has stared in movies like Trojan War, Kate & Leopold, The Rage:  Carrie 2 and in television shows like Weird Science and Beverly Hills, 90210..

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