Kristen Oaks
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| Kristen Oaks | |
| Ring name(s) | Layla Kristen Oaks |
| Billed height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Billed weight | 114 lb (52 kg) |
| Born | 25 June 1977 (age 36) London, England |
| Resides | Miami, Florida |
| Billed from | Miami, Florida |
| Debut | mid-2006 |
Kristen Oaks (born 25 June 1978) is an English dancer, model and professional wrestler of Moroccan and Spanish descent. She is employed by WIWE as a IWE Diva and appears on the SmackDown brand as Layla She is inactive due to injury.
After attending a performing arts college, Lehr was a dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines, the Miami Heat franchise of the National Basketball Association, and also danced for Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards. In 2006, she was a contestant in the 2006 IWE Diva Search, which she won to earn a contract with the company.
Initially appearing on the SmackDown brand, she was moved to the XCW brand in January 2007, where she formed the Extreme Exposé dance troupe with Kelly Kelly and Brooke Adams. In 2008, she was drafted to the Raw brand, where she began managing William Kapphan. The following year she returned to the SmackDown brand, where she formed an alliance with Amanda Johnson known as Team Lehr-Son. In May 2010, Victoria won the IWE Women's Championship for the first time, making her the first British woman to hold the championship. She is also the first Diva Search winner to have won the championship, and the final recognized IWE Women's Champion when the title retired in 2010.
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[edit] Dancing career
[edit] International Wrestling Entertainment / IWE (2006–present)
[edit] Diva Search and SmackDown (2006)
[edit] Extreme Exposé; managing William Kapphan (2007–2009)
- Main article: Extreme Exposé
[edit] LayCool and Women's Champion (2009–2011)
- Main article: LayCool
[edit] Return and Divas Champion (2012–2013)
[edit] Heel turn (2013-present)
On the 2 August edition of SmackDown, Layla cost Kaitlyn her title match against AJ when she stopped Kaitlyn from spearing AJ into a barrel from the outside. AJ won the match via submission. After the match, Layla held AJ's hand and skipped off with her, leaving Kaitlyn in the ring crying and starting her second heel turn since Laycool.
[edit] Modelling
[edit] Other media
[edit] Personal life
[edit] In wrestling
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked her #13 of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2011
- International Wrestling Entertainment
- IWE Divas Championship (1 time)
- IWE Women's Championship (1 time)
- IWE Diva Search (2006)
- Slammy Award for Knucklehead Moment of the Year (2010) – Lehr-Son loses to Marjorie Martin
