Evelyn Lozada

Lozada was born in Brooklyn and raised in The Bronx to Nengo Lozada[https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092416/http://www.vh1.com/video-clips/b7jaj0/basketball-wives-evelyn-reunites-with-her-father VH1 - Basketball Wives Evelyn Reunites With Her Father] and Sylvia Ferrera. Lozada was raised with her sister by her mother. Lozada is of Puerto Rican ancestry.[https://www.instagram.com/p/BUE1nx2FTS9/ Instagram - Evelyn Lozada (@evelynlozada)]{{cite web|work=vh1.com|title=Basketball Wives » Season 4 » Cast › Evelyn Lozada|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/basketball_wives/season_4/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=14819|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126154302/http://www.vh1.com/shows/basketball_wives/season_4/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=14819|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 26, 2012}} 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 Catholic.

Lozada starred in Basketball Wives, an American reality television series franchise on VH1 for five seasons,{{Cite web |date=2022-05-21 |title=What To Expect In The New Tenth Season Of 'Basketball Wives' After Its Premiere |url=https://www.inquisitr.com/10007786/i-think-that-its-time-for-me-to-open-up-the-universe-basketball |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=The Inquisitr}} before joining the cast of Basketball Wives LA for four seasons. After quitting the show in 2021, she returned to the franchise again in 2023, for the second time, as she joined the eleventh season. Another reality television show, Ev and Ocho, which had been planned to follow the lives of her and former husband Chad Johnson, never aired.{{cite web|last=Messer |first=Lesley |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20627081,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906042034/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20627081,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |title=Evelyn Lozada: Chad Johnson Marriage Beyond Repair |publisher=People |access-date=2016-09-13}} Lozada was the center of a third reality television series, Livin' Lozada, with her daughter, Shaniece, which ran for two seasons in 2015-2016.[https://www.instagram.com/p/BGuOGcZEFlI/ Instagram - Evelyn Lozada (@evelynlozada)][http://rollingout.com/2012/10/13/evelyn-lozada-after-giving-birth-at-17-throwback-photos/ Rolling Out - Evelyn Lozada After Giving Birth at 17: Throwback Photos - October 13, 2012] 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.{{cite news|url=http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/09/15/arts/television/iyanla-fix-my-life-on-own.html?ref=todayspaper|title=A Shoulder to Cry On and a Lot of Tough Talk | work=The New York Times | first=Jon|last=Caramanica|date=September 14, 2012}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-06-12/news/32199750_1_evelyn-lozada-basketball-wives-star-jones|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130061145/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-06-12/news/32199750_1_evelyn-lozada-basketball-wives-star-jones|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2013|title=Evelyn Lozada: No more throwing wine bottles|last=Connelly|first=Sherryl|date=June 12, 2012|access-date=September 29, 2012|publisher=NY Daily News|location=New York}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWUYC66SMncC&q=evelyn+lozada|title=Inner Circle|author=Lozada, Evelyn|publisher=Cash Money Content|year=2012|isbn=978-1936399277|page=304}} In 2019, Lozada published the novel, The Perfect Date which was co-written with Holly Lorincz.{{Cite book|last=Lozada, Evelyn|title=The perfect date|others=Lörincz, Holly|date=11 June 2019|isbn=978-1-250-20488-2|edition=First|location=New York|oclc=500681268}} In 2020, Lozada is scheduled to publish another novel co-written with Holly Lorincz entitled The Wrong Mr. Darcy.

In December 2012, Lozada posed for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur" campaign.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/12/evelyn-lozada-naked-for-peta-basketball-wives_n_2285033.html|title=Evelyn Lozada, 'Basketball Wives' Star, Goes Naked for PETA|last=Sieczkowski|first=Cavan|date=December 12, 2012|access-date=December 13, 2012|work=The Huffington Post}} In September 2017, Lozada launched the Turn Hurt Into Joy online campaign to raise money for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors.{{cite web |last1=Muhammad |first1=Latifah |title=Evelyn Lozada Marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month With 'Turn Hurt Into Joy' Campaign (Exclusive) |url=https://www.etonline.com/evelyn-lozada-marks-domestic-violence-awareness-month-turn-hurt-joy-campaign-exclusive-88435 |website=ET Online |access-date=13 April 2020}}

Lozada has a daughter, Shaniece Virginia Sabina Hairston (b. 1993), from a previous relationship with Jamal Hairston. Lozada was engaged to NBA player Antoine Walker, with whom she had a ten-year relationship, from 1998 until 2008.{{cite news|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/998390-evelyn-lozada-antoine-walkers-past-haunts-basketball-wives-star|title=Evelyn Lozada: Antoine Walker's Past Haunts 'Basketball Wives' Star|last=Zaldivar|first=Gabe|work=Bleacher Report - Turner Sports Network|date=December 26, 2011|access-date=July 28, 2014}}

Lozada began dating MLB player Carl Crawford in 2013. In December 2013, Lozada and Crawford announced their engagement. Lozada gave birth to their son, Carl Leo Crawford on March 22, 2014.{{cite news|date=March 24, 2014|title=Evelyn Lozada Welcomes a Baby Boy|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/evelyn-lozada-welcomes-baby-boy/story?id=23035884|work=ABC News|author=Messer, Lesley|access-date=March 24, 2014}} In August 2017, Lozada and Crawford called off the engagement.

After co-starring in the Peacock's original series, Queens Court, Lozada became engaged to LaVon Lewis, one of the show's contestants.{{Cite news |last=Falcone |first=Dana Rose |date=March 16, 2023 |title='Basketball Wives' Alum Evelyn Lozada Is Engaged to Her 'Queens Court' Finalist Lavon Lewis |work=People |url=https://people.com/tv/basketball-wives-alum-evelyn-lozada-engaged-to-queens-court-finalist-lavon-lewis/}} Lewis is founder and president of an Atlanta-based branding and marketing firm.

On July 4, 2012, Lozada married Chad Johnson (whose name was Chad Ochocinco at that time) in Saint Martin, after a two-year engagement.{{cite news|work=USA Today|date=July 5, 2012|title=Chad Ochocinco, Evelyn Lozada marry in St. Martin|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/07/chad-ochocinco-evelyn-lozada-marry-in-miami/1| author=Oldenburg, Ann|access-date=5 July 2012}} On August 11, 2012, Johnson was arrested on a charge of domestic battery against Lozada according to Davie, Florida police.{{cite web|last=Gantt|first=Darin|title=Report: Chad Johnson arrested on domestic violence charges against Lozada.|date=12 August 2012 |url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/11/report-chad-johnson-arrested-on-domestic-violence-charges/|publisher=NBC Sports|access-date=12 August 2012}} On August 14, 2012, Lozada filed for divorce claiming that her marriage was “irretrievably broken”. Their divorce was finalized on September 19, 2012.{{cite news|title=Chad Johnson And Evelyn Lozada Divorce Finalized|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/chad-johnson-evelyn-lozada-divorce-finalized_n_1898179.html|work=The Huffington Post|date=September 19, 2012|access-date=September 23, 2012}} 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, Johnson received a year of probation.{{cite web|title=Warrant issued for Chad Johnson|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/9283333/arrest-warrant-issued-former-nfl-wide-receiver-chad-johnson|work=ESPN.com|date=May 16, 2013|access-date=May 16, 2013}}

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