Evelyn Lozada

Evelyn Alexandra Lozada (born December 10, 1975) is an American television personality, model, and spokesperson. Lozada is best known as one of the six main cast members in the VH1 reality series Basketball Wives throughout its run beginning in 2010.

Evelyn Lozada
Born
Evelyn Alexandra Lozada

(1975-12-10) December 10, 1975[1][2]
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.[3]
Occupation
  • Television personality
  • model
  • spokesmodel
Years active2010–present
Known forBasketball Wives
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2012; div. 2012)​
Partner(s)
Children2
Websiteevelynlozada.com

Biography

Early life

Lozada was born in Brooklyn and raised in The Bronx to Nengo Lozada[4] and Sylvia Ferrer; Lozada was raised with her sister by her mother.[3] Lozada is of Puerto Rican ancestry.[5][6] She moved to Miami in 2007. She worked as a secretary to an entertainment attorney, and later became co-owner of Dulce, a shoe boutique located in Coral Gables, Florida. Lozada was raised as a Roman Catholic. In season 6, episode 11 of Basketball Wives, Lozada visits her mother's house and shows her communion picture.[7]

Television

Lozada starred in Basketball Wives,[8] a reality series that follows the wives, ex-wives, and girlfriends of professional basketball players. Another reality television show, Ev and Ocho, which had been planned to follow the lives of her and former husband Chad Johnson, never aired.[9] Lozada is the center of a third reality television series, Livin' Lozada, with her daughter, Shaniece.[10][11] In September 2012, Lozada appeared on the television show Iyanla: Fix My Life where she discussed her personal life and sought emotional healing with Iyanla Vanzant.[8]

Books

Lozada and her brand strategist, Courtney Parker, wrote the 2012 novel The Wives Association: Inner Circle. Released by Cash Money Content books, the novel follows a young woman who marries a football star and then forms a group of other sports wives - The Wives Association.[12][13] In 2019, Lozada published the novel, The Perfect Date which was co-written with Holly Lorincz.[14] In 2020, Lozada is scheduled to publish another novel co-written with Holly Lorincz entitled The Wrong Mr. Darcy.

Activism

In December 2012, Lozada posed for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur" campaign.[15] In September 2017, Lozada launched the Turn Hurt Into Joy online campaign to raise money for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors.[16]

Personal life

Lozada has been married once and has two children. Lozada was married to NFL player Chad Johnson from July 2012 until September 2012. Lozada was engaged to NBA player Antoine Walker, with whom she had a ten-year relationship, from 1998 until 2008.[17] Lozada has a daughter, Shaniece Virginia Sabina Hairston (b. 1993), from a previous relationship with Jamal Hairston. Lozada began dating MLB player Carl Crawford in 2013. In December 2013, Lozada and Crawford announced their engagement.[18] Lozada gave birth to their son, Carl Leo Crawford on March 22, 2014.[19] In August 2017, Lozada and Crawford called off the engagement.[20][21][22]

Marriage to Chad Johnson

On July 4, 2012, Lozada married Chad Johnson (whose name was Chad Ochocinco at that time) in Saint Martin, after a two-year engagement. [23][24] On August 11, 2012, Johnson was arrested on a charge of domestic battery against Lozada according to Davie, Florida police.[25][26] On August 14, 2012, Lozada filed for divorce claiming that her marriage was “irretrievably broken”[27] and the divorce was finalized on September 19, 2012.[28][29] On September 21, 2012, Johnson entered a plea of no contest to a charge of misdemeanor domestic battery, avoiding jail time in an agreement with prosecutors and Lozada.[30] Johnson received a year of probation.[31]

References
  1. Instagram - Evelyn Lozada (@evelynlozada)
  2. Instagram - SHA (@shanieceh)
  3. "About EvelynLozada.com". Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  4. VH1 - Basketball Wives Evelyn Reunites With Her Father
  5. Instagram - Evelyn Lozada (@evelynlozada)
  6. "Basketball Wives » Season 4 » Cast › Evelyn Lozada". vh1.com.
  7. Evelyn Lozada Biography
  8. Caramanica, Jon (September 14, 2012). "A Shoulder to Cry On and a Lot of Tough Talk". The New York Times.
  9. Messer, Lesley. "Evelyn Lozada: Chad Johnson Marriage Beyond Repair". People.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  10. Instagram - Evelyn Lozada (@evelynlozada)
  11. Rolling Out - Evelyn Lozada After Giving Birth at 17: Throwback Photos - October 13, 2012
  12. Connelly, Sherryl (June 12, 2012). "Evelyn Lozada: No more throwing wine bottles". New York: NY Daily News. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  13. Lozada, Evelyn (2012). Inner Circle. Cash Money Content. p. 304. ISBN 978-1936399277.
  14. Lozada, Evelyn (11 June 2019). The perfect date. Lörincz, Holly (First ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-250-20488-2. OCLC 500681268.
  15. Sieczkowski, Cavan (December 12, 2012). "Evelyn Lozada, 'Basketball Wives' Star, Goes Naked for PETA". The Huffington Post. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  16. Muhammad, Latifah. "Evelyn Lozada Marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month With 'Turn Hurt Into Joy' Campaign (Exclusive)". ET Online. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  17. Zaldivar, Gabe (December 26, 2011). "Evelyn Lozada: Antoine Walker's Past Haunts 'Basketball Wives' Star". Bleacher Report - Turner Sports Network. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  18. Barker, Olivia (December 26, 2013). "'Basketball Wives' Evelyn Lozada is engaged". USA Today. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  19. Messer, Lesley (March 24, 2014). "Evelyn Lozada Welcomes a Baby Boy". ABC News. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  20. Marcus, Emily (August 10, 2017). "Evelyn Lozada and Carl Crawford Call Off Their Engagement". Us Weekly. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
  21. Lincoln, Danielle (August 9, 2017). "Carl Crawford Calls Off Engagement When He Realized He Would Lose Half His Money From A Divorce". TotalProSports.com. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
  22. Sacks, Ethan (December 25, 2013). "Evelyn Lozada reveals engagement to LA Dodgers star Carl Crawford on Christmas, shows off $1.4 MILLION ring". Daily News. New York. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  23. Cristina Everett (2011-01-25). "Chad Ochocinco, Evelyn Lozada engaged: NFL star pops the question with 10-carat diamond ring". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  24. Oldenburg, Ann (July 5, 2012). "Chad Ochocinco, Evelyn Lozada marry in St. Martin". USA Today. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  25. Gantt, Darin. "Report: Chad Johnson arrested on domestic violence charges". NBC Sports. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  26. "Dolphins' Chad Johnson arrested on domestic violence charge". NFL.com.
  27. "Rep: Lozada Files for Divorce From Johnson". Pro Football Weekly. August 14, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  28. "Chad Johnson And Evelyn Lozada Divorce Finalized". The Huffington Post. September 19, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  29. "Ex-NFL star Chad Johnson, Evelyn Lozada divorced". Fox News. Associated Press. September 19, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  30. "Chad Johnson pleads no contest, avoid jail time at ex-wife's request". NBC Sports. September 21, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  31. "Warrant issued for Chad Johnson". ESPN.com. May 16, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
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