48 years old (Born on September 25, 1976)
Miss Teen USA 1993; She is famous from Training Day.
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. Miss Vermont Teen USA. 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. Spent sixteen years of her childhood in foster homes. Charlotte was an out-of-work actress when Ricky Martin picked her head shot from the hundreds submitted last year for his romantic video.Charlotte Ayanna's Best Moments
Fun Facts About Charlotte Ayanna
Has a brother named Duane and a sister named Diana. Diana is one year younger than she is.
Won Miss Teen USA in 1993 wearing a $37 evening gown.
Impoverished as a child.
Spokeswoman for foster children.
Her mother was mentally disturbed and lost custody of Charlotte, her brother, and her sister Diana.