Leanza Cornett

Leanza Cornett: Biography in Details

Who is Leanza Cornett?

Leanza Cornett was Television Personality and Titleholder Beauty Pageant. Leanza Cornett was known for being Miss Florida and Miss America in 1992 and 1993 respectively.

She was also an actress and a singer known for her acting in Entertainment Tonight (1981), 2007 Camie Awards (2007), and On the Block (2006).

What caused Leanza Cornett’s death?

She passed away at the age of 49 on 28 Oct 2020. She died because of a head injury that happened in the same month.

Leanza Cornett: Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Ethnicity, Nationality

Leanza Cornett was born on 10 June 1971, in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States. Her nationality is American and her ethnicity is Caucasian.

Born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, United States of America, Leanza Cornett was brought up by her parents in Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America. As her parents were teachers, she was raised in a family in which her parents were concerned about her welfare and contributed a lot to her bright days.

She was interested in modeling from a very early age of life and, for this, she used to participate in many modeling competitions from a very small age.

Education, School/College University

Talking about her educational background, Leanza Cornett joined Terry Parker High School and graduated in 1989 with good grades. Again, in 2006, she was a member of the school’s Hall of Fame.

Leanza Cornett: Professional Life and Career

Before being awarded as Miss Florida in 1992, she was the first beauty queen to adopt AIDS prevention as the theme of her year of service and was announced as ‘National Sweetheart’. As a struggling model, she participated in many fashion shows but got her breakthrough when she was crowned Miss Florida.

Her popularity later again increased when, just one year after her achievement as Miss Florida, she has crowned Miss America in 1993. In the due course of achieving stardom in the United States of America, she became the first actress to play a live-action version of Ariel, the character from ‘The Little Mermaid’, at the “Voyage of The Little Mermaid” show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort in 1991 which was followed by her membership in Contemporary Christian Group releasing the album ‘One Big World’.

Leanza Cornett also appeared as a host in Television shows including Entertainment Tonight (1994–1995), New Attitudes (1998), and Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? (2000) along with some Television series like Melrose Place, The Tick, and Fear Factor.

Leanza Cornett: Salary and Net Worth

Her net worth was $20 million as of 2022, but her salary was unknown.

Leanza Cornett: Rumors and Controversy

Once, in 2013, there was a big rumor hitting the headlines of Celebrity news portals mentioning that Mark Steins and Leanza Cornett are getting divorced.

This news was one of the most famous news because, after 17 years of their marital life, they were getting divorced. But, in 2013, it was confirmed by Leanza, by announcing she quits this relationship by filing a case for divorce.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Leanza Cornett had dark brown hair and greenish-blue eyes. Furthermore, there are no details regarding her body measurements.

Social Media

Leanza Cornett was currently inactive on social sites. She did not hold an account on any of the social sites including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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