Leah Halton

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Leah Halton
Nationality Australian
Occupation Model

Leah Lucia Halton (born January 6, 2001) is an Australian model. [1] She has 10 million followers on TikTok and received substantial media coverage after a TikTok of hers lip-syncing the song Praise Jah in the Moonlight gained nearly 1 billion views. [2] [3] [4]

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2024 Inside Contestant YouTube Series 1[ citation needed ]

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References

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