Malia Jones Profile
Place of Birth: Kailua, Hawaii
Date of Birth: March 27, 1977
Height: 5’5
Occupations: Model, Surfer
Hobbies: Fashion designer
Malia Jones Biography
Malia Jones is a model and surfer from Hawaii. She is credited with furthering interest of young girls in the sport of surfing. Malia is of Hawaiian, Spanish and Filipino descent.
Malia was born in Loma Linda, California, but at age 2 moved to Kailua, Hawaii. According to her, she’s been surfing since she was a baby, which most likely consisted of her parents putting her infantile body on a surf board and laughing as her fear induced tears streamed down her face with each wave. At age 15 she won the United States Amateur Surfing Championship in the girls division. While competing, Surfing Magazine spotted her and asker her to model for their magazine. From there her modeling career skyrocketed.
People magazine named Malia one of the “50 Most Beautiful People,” an honor that sometimes goes to people who aren’t that attractive but do interesting things, but in this case it was due to her attractiveness.
Malia currently divides her time designing swimwear, acting in television commercials, and surfing.
In 2007, she married Australian professional surfer Luke Stedman. In 2009, she gave birth to the couples first child, Spike.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.
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