Early Life and Career
Born in San Antonio, Texas as John Matheny, Steele was a Miss Gay USA pageant winner in the Texas finals under the name Jhoana Reis. She later changed her name legally to Jahonau Erica Steele. She joined the cast of the Crazy Girls Revue at the Riviera in Las Vegas during the late 1980s. In 1991, Steele was voted "the sexiest showgirl on The Strip"
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