Dianna Williams is an American choreographer, author, and entrepreneur. She is best known by the alias “Miss D” and for her dance reality show Bring It! (2014).
Wiki/Biography
Dianna Williams was born on Friday, December 1, 1978 (41 years old in 2019) in Jackson, Mississippi. Her star sign is Sagittarius. She started dancing at the age of four. She studied ballet, ballet pointe, beginner and advanced jazz, modern dance, belly dance, and beginner and advanced tap at the Angie Luke Dance School in Clinton. She graduated from Jackson State University in May 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. While studying, she was also a member of the dance teams – Eye of the Tiger Drill Team (1982-88), Dancing Dolls Drill Team (1989-91), and the cheerleader of California State Dominguez Hills University (1997-98).
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 7″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Black (dyed blonde and brown)
Family and Race
Parents and siblings
Not much is known about her parents.
Diana Williams and her mother
She has a brother, Zurick Dalovedoctor Williams, and three sisters, Alsher, Monique Carr and Terra Angel.
Diana Williams’ brother
Diana and her sister Monique
Husband and children
In 2009, she married Robert Williams.
Diana Williams and her husband
She and Robert have a son, Cobe Williams, and a stepdaughter, Aja Williams, who is Robert’s daughter from his previous marriage.
Diana Williams’ son and stepdaughter
Profession
In 2001, she began working as a recreation assistant for the City of Jackson and a dance instructor throughout the North Jackson area. That same year, she founded the Dancing Dolls dance team at the Pied Piper Theater in Jackson.
Dianna Williams and her dancing dolls
In 2002, she began to build a dance program at Grove Park, which became known as the Grove Park Dancers. The class grew quickly, with members including members of middle and high school dance teams, community groups, and college dance teams. The dance program at Grove Park continued to grow, and by the time she left Jackson for Georgia, it had classes in Beginner Jazz Funk, Hip Hop, Beginner and Advanced Tap, Guard of Honor, Alternative Dance (Advanced Jazz and Advanced Guard of Honor mixed), Pre-Tap, and Pre-Jazz for ages 5-18. She made a brief stop in Atlanta. She subsequently served as choreographer for the Chargettes at Callaway High School (2006-2008), choreographer for the Prancing Diamonds (also a contributor; 2007), vice president and choreographer for the Jackson Honor Guard Association, a member of the JSU Model Team, costume designer for the Jackson State University Twirlers (2004-2009), and costume designer for the Jackson State University Banner Girls (2007-2012). On August 23, 2010, she opened her own dance studio under the name Dollhouse Dance Factory with 23 students in her first semester. Over time, the studio has grown and opened locations in Atlanta, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.
Dollhouse Dance Factory Logo
Come here!
On March 5, 2014, she participated in the American dance reality show Bring It! on the Lifetime channel. The show revolves around Diana and her dance studio, Dollhouse Dance Factory. The teams compete in a hip-hop dance team captain competition, focusing on the Stand Battle (two teams face each other, alternating “stands” (routines), with the captain calling stops based on the stand performed by the other team).
Favorite things
- Choreography: Debbie Allen, Paula Abdul
- Movie: Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)
Facts/Trivia
- After graduating from Jackson State University, she interned in the juvenile justice system.
- Diana Williams started creating adult content as a teenager. However, she later left the adult industry to focus on her dancing career.
- After giving birth to her son, she moved her family to Atlanta, Georgia due to her husband’s job transfer. However, their life in Atlanta was not easy and her husband lost his job. As a result, they had to sell their material possessions such as cars. Later, her family moved back to Jackson, where she opened a dance studio and began to work as a dancer.
- In 2019, she published an autobiography titled Standing in the Shadows.
- She also owns a beauty product line called “The Buck Box” which sells hair and makeup products.
Buck Box Logo
- She loves dogs very much and has a Yorkshire terrier named “Coco”.
Diana William’s pet Coco
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education