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Malia Jones (born March 27, 1977) is a model and surfer.
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Life and career
Jones was born in Loma Linda, California, although she returned to Kailua, Hawaii, at the age of two. Jones is of Hawaiian, Spanish-Filipino, German and English descent [1]. She began to surf competitively in her early teens, and at age 15 won the girls division of the United States Amateur Surfing Championship. While competing, Surfing Magazine spotted her and asked her to model for their swimsuit issue, and thus a second career was born.
Since then, she has appeared on the cover of over a dozen magazines, and has been named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" by People magazine, and one of America's "10 Sexiest Athletes" by Esquire. She has also been a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Jones has done TV commercials for American Express, Capri Sun, Coca-Cola, Corona Beer, and VO5 shampoo. Jones was also a consultant for the Disney movie Lilo & Stitch. She also designs a line of swimwear for Mambo Graphics sportswear.
Personal life
In 2007, she married Australian professional surfer Luke Stedman.[1] In 2009, she gave birth to the couples first child, Spike.[2] The couple is currently separated.
Jones divided her time between Hawaii, France and Sydney, Australia, before recently moving back to her hometown of North Shore.[3]
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Categories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- American surfers
- American female models
- American models of German descent
- American sportspeople of Filipino descent
- American people of German descent
- People from Hawaii
- Native Hawaiian people
- Asian-American women in sports
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