Who Is Mira Hayward? Wikipedia, Parents, Gesture, Net Worth

Jeopardy! contestant Mira Hayward may be regretting her celebratory dance move on the NBC game show after she accidentally made an X-rated gesture with her hands. Although she lagged behind her rivals at the end of the first round, Hayward smashed the Double Jeopardy! section with 23 correct answers, racking up more than twice the money of her opponents.

Mira Hayward Wikipedia Details

Who Is Mira Hayward? Biography & Parents Details

Mira Hayward is a podcast host who won in the first quarterfinal of the Winter 2024 Champions Wildcard Competition. After winning the contest, she made an O shape with her hands and shook them in the direction of her fellow contestants. It seemed that she was referring to $0 but viewers were quick to point out that it looked like she was miming a sex act. As per records, Mira Hayward doesn't have a Wikipedia page.

Moreover, Mira Hayward won and advanced to the semi-finals, but fans' minds advanced to the gutter over her celebration dance. In the competition, she appeared alongside other returning contestants Jesse Chin and Kate Campolieta.

Mira Hayward was born to her father, Michael Hayward, and her mother,  Elizabeth Steiner, in Portland, Oregon. As per records, her mother is a member of the Oregon State Senate, representing District 17. Meanwhile, her father is an Environmental Manager at NW Natural.

Apart from that, Mira Hayward grew up along with her two sisters, Emerson Steiner Hayward and Christian Kerr. As per records, her sister, Emerson, seems to be transgender.

Mira Hayward enjoys celebrating her birthday in December every year with her family and friends. Moreover, she was born in December 1995, which makes her 28 years old at the time of writing. Looking at her date of birth, the podcast hst has either Sagittarius or Capricorn as her zodiac or birth sign.

Apart from that, Mira Hayward comes from a family of white ethnic background and follows Christianity as her religion. Furthermore, as she was born in Portland, Oregon, she holds American nationality.

Concerning her educational background, Mire Hayward started her educational journey at a high school in her hometown. After graduating high school, she went to Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in History. Eventually, she got her master's degree in Historic Prevention and Conservation from the University of Oregon in 2022.

At the age of 28, Mira Hayward looks fabulous in her height of 5 feet and 4 inches with a decent weight.

Mira Hayward Career & Net Worth Insights

Mira Hayward started her career as a Legal Intern at Shenker & Bonaparte in 2012. She was a Research Fellow at the Harvard Center for History and Economics from 2014 to 2015. In 2015, she was a National Portrait Gallery Curatorial Intern at the Smithsonian Institution. She was a research partner at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University for almost a year during 2015-16.  In 2016, she interned at The New York Public Library and Columbia Global Reports. Meanwhile, she was a Peer Advising Fellow at Harvard University from 2014 to 2017.

For a short period, she was a reading coach at Open Books in 2018. She worked in multiple positions at the Chicago Humanities Festival from 2018 to 2020. After that, she was a legislative aide at the State of Oregon for over a year. After working for years as a writer at iHeartMedia, she is currently a host of History on Trial at iHeartMedia since 2023.

After years of work in various fields, Mira Hayward has an estimated net worth of around $200,000 approximately at the time of writing.