Dowding grew up in Bournemouth, and has a younger sister Melanie. They were brought up Roman Catholic by their Filipina mother Zena, and British father Chris.Leilani was named for her mother’s cousin and her name literally means “heavenly flower”.
Dowding and her sister attended St Peter’s School in Bournemouth. She did well in school, earning eleven GCSEs and three A-levels.She studied for an economics degree at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Surrey, with the intention of becoming a city trader.The then eighteen-year-old entered and won the 1998 Miss Great Britain competition. In Hawaii later that year she became the first woman of Asian descent to represent Britain in the Miss Universe pageant.
Leilani Dowding Bikini Photos at Miami Beach
Source: Leilani Dowding Bikini Photos at Miami Beach
