Charlotte Ayanna (born Charlotte Lopez) is an American actress, author and former beauty queen who was Miss Teen USA 1993.
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Early life
Charlotte Lopez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but moved to Vermont at an early age. She had a troubled childhood, spending sixteen years in foster homes after her mother, Emma, was judged to be mentally unfit to look after her children.
In 1994, at age 17, she was adopted into a foster home.
Career
Her first national exposure was in 1993, when she became Miss Teen USA.
Following her pageant career, she worked with author Susan Dworkin to write a book, Lost in the System (1996), about her experiences as a foster child and pageant winner.
