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Bonnie-Jill Laflin in 2015.
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Occupation | Actress, model, TV personality |
Years active | 1996–present |
Website | http://www.bonnie-jill.com/ |
Bonnie-Jill Laflin is an American model, television personality and sportscaster. Laflin has also worked as an actress and most notably as a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers, making her the league's first female scout. She was also assistant general manager of a Lakers NBA Development League team.
Laflin grew up in San Francisco, California, the daughter of a law enforcement officer father. She first gained public attention as a cheerleader with the Golden State Warriors of the NBA and is a former National Football League San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader.
Laflin's work as a cheerleader and model helped her into television with recurring roles on Baywatch in the 1998-1999 season, and Ally McBeal in 2000. Laflin then became a TV personality, hosting Hotlines (2003) and United Rockcrawling & Off-Road Challenge Series (2004). Laflin was also a correspondent for Prime 9 News with KCAL-TV in Los Angeles, California (2003), and a correspondent for ESPN's Cold Pizza. Her accolades in the sports industry also include broadcasting jobs for CBS, Fox and NFL Network. She is the creator and host of a basketball TV show for China, Muho TV (spoken in English with Chinese subtitles).