Malia Jones

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Malia Jones

Malia Jones (born March 27, 1977) is a model and surfer from Hawaii. She is credited with furthering the interest of young girls in the sport of surfing. Malia is of Hawaiian, Spanish-Filipino and German descent.

[edit] Biography

Malia was born in Loma Linda, California while her father was in dental school. She returned to Kailua, Hawaii at age two. Malia has been on a surfboard since she was a baby and has no memory of learning to surf her first wave. She began to surf competitively in her early teens and by the age of 15 she won the girls division 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 been named as 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. Malia was also a consultant for the Disney movie Lilo & Stitch. Although she is regarded as a swimsuit model, Malia contends that she is a surfer first. Malia has done TV comercials for Capri Sun, VO5 shampoo, American Express,and Coca-Cola. Currently she resides in Hawaii, France, and Sydney, Australia and designs a line of swimwear for Mambo sportswear. ^[1]