Layla competed in the runway modeling category and won the overall title of Miss Fashion Global Universe. She is from Lexington, Kentucky. There were five other national winners. Miss Teen Leila Collins, Miss Fit Shaztada Wilson, Miss Petite Neshat Ebrahimi, Miss Curvy Louisa Segole, and 40 and over Miss Dallas Roberts. Layla was selected by the judges to be the overall winner, based on her answer to the question of why she wanted to be Miss Fashion Global and what she will do to promote herself and the company.