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[[File:Keeani Lei, 2006 (cropped).jpg|alt=Keeani Lei|thumb|Keeani Lei]]

(contracted; show full)age=en-US|accessdate=2017-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Skateboarding#Female_skateboarders|title=Skateboarding - New World Encyclopedia|website=www.newworldencyclopedia.org|language=en|accessdate=2017-03-25}}</ref> She was nominated for an [[AVN Award]] in 2009 and 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1742960/awards|title=Keeani Lei|website=IMDb|accessdate=2017-04-01}}</ref>

Lei was born in [[Denver, Colorado]]. Her 
[[father]] is [[Panama]]nian and her [[mother]] is [[China|Chinese]]. After [[birth]], her [[Parent|parents]] moved to [[Panama]] where she grew up and went to [[high school]]. At age 20, Lei moved to [[Florida]] with her mother. In [[Florida]], she went to [https://www.artinstitutes.edu/fort-lauderdale The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale]. It was at the [[university]] where she came to like [[surfing]] and [[skating]]. This is where her name comes from. "Keeani" is the name of a [[fictional character|character]] in the [[surfing]] [[movie]] ''[[:en:North_  Shore_  (film)|North Shore]]''.<ref>{{Citation|last=Adler|first=Matt|title=North Shore|date=1987-08-14|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093648/|last2=Harrison|last3=Peeples|last4=Philbin|first2=Gregory|first3=Nia|first4=John|accessdate=2017-03-25}}</ref> The name means ''[[wave]]'' in [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]]. "Lei" means [[flower]] [[necklace]].

Lei grew up with an interest in strong [[Woman|women]]. Her father worked as a [[photographer]]. She used to take some of the [[Photography|photos]] of [[nudity|naked]] women. Lei first started [[Working class|working]] in [[pornography]] over the [[Internet]] with her [[boyfriend]]. While working in [[Miami, Florida|Miami]], she met the [[Actor|actors]] [[:Es:Kelly Kline|Kelly Kline]], [[:Es:Harmony Rose|Harmony Rose]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.imdb.com/name/nm1701090/filmotype|title=Harmony Rose|website=IMDb|language=en|accessdate=2017-03-25}}</ref> and [[:en:Tory_Lane|Tory Lane]]. From them, she learned more about the adult [[film industry]]. After this, Lei moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] to start a [[career]] in pornographic [[Video|videos]].

==References==
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==Other websites==
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* [http://www.keeani.com Official website]

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