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Makalah Whisenton is a dancer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is formally a member of the Dancing Dolls.
Personal Life[]
Makalah Whisenton was born on April 9th, 2001 in Ridgeland, Mississippi to her mother, Fletresha Brewer-Whisenton, and her father. She has two siblings; an older brother Xavier and a younger sister Aykmi.
Makalah joined the Dollhouse Dance Factory when she was in 4th grade as a Baby Dancing Doll. She transitioned to become a Dancing Doll and during her time on the team she became the Head Co-Captain.
She was a part of the Girl Scouts of America and a cheerleader for the Panther Sport Club Cheerleaders.
She graduated from Ridgeland High School in 2018 and went on to attend Jackson State University from 2018 to 2021. She joined the universities dance team, the Prancing J-settes. In 2021, Makalah began attending the University of Southern Mississippi. She is currently studying at the College of Pharmacy at the University of Southern Mississippi.
During Bring It![]
Season 1[]
It is presumed that Makalah is awarded the Head Drillmaster position.
Makalah, Crystianna, and Camryn perform a jazz-funk trio at the competition and are awarded first place.
Makalah, Camryn, and Crystianna find a baby monitor hidden inside the Dollhouse by the DDP and they show Dianna.
Season 2[]
Makalah, Kayla, Tamia, and Crystianna watch Camryn practice her solo and act as a judging panel.
This week's creative dance will have five dancers who will play life-sized dolls. The dancers will start the routine inside a box and will "break out" of it and continue the routine. Makalah is one of the five girls chosen. The girls are wheeled onto the stage by some of the fathers of the team. The team win the creative dance category
Makalah auditions for a scholarship at DeSales University alongside Camryn, Crystianna, Kayla, Sunjai, Tanesha, and Makya.
The girls who won the scholarship are revealed and Makalah did not earn a scholarship.
Makalah's face veil falls off during the creative dance performance.
Makalah and Camryn are fighting for the captain's position for the team this week. They do a Captain's Battle and Miss D says she worries Makalah is not experienced enough for the role. The captain's position is given to Camryn, but she is told that if she messes up, Makalah will become the captain.
Makalah beats Crystianna in a Captain's Battle and she will be the captain for the week.
She leads the battle squad in the stand battle semi-finals but they do not perform well and seem distracted. They are beaten by the Infamous Dancerettes. Miss D tells the team they messed up today.
The Big Apple and the Bitter Apple
Makalah tries out for the trio at the competition this week but she is not chosen. Makalah is also up for the captain's position this week against Camryn and Crystianna. They all perform well but Crystianna is chosen to be the captain.
The Captain's Battle is between Camryn and Makalah this week. During the battle, Makalah gets close to Camryn and touches her hair. Miss D says she is not allowed to do that and Camryn is awarded the captain's position.
Makalah, Camryn, and Crystianna are chosen to be in the trio stand battle this week. They will not battle for the captain's position and will instead take turns. During practice, the girls start to mess around which frustrates Dianna. They try to perform a heel stretch together and hold it but they struggle.
At the competition, Mimi and Makalah's mother come to give the three girls some words of encouragement. The girls ask the mothers to leave so they can continue practising before the competition starts. During the stand battle, the girls successfully perform the heel stretch and they end up winning the stand battle.
Makalah is chosen to be the captain this week and she leads her team to victory in the stand battle.
Miss D cannot choose between Makalah, Crystianna, and Camryn as to who will be the captain this week so she picks a name out of a box. Makalah is chosen to be the captain.
Makalah does a good job at leading the team in the stand battle and they win.
After the team wins the Summer Slam, Camryn is awarded the captain's position and Makalah and Crystianna both become head co-captains.
Season 3[]
Makalah is one of five girls chosen by Miss D to participate in the call-out round at the competition. Makalah is the fourth dancer to perform and she loses to a dancer from the Divas of Compton.
Makalah auditions for the trio this week along with Faith, Crystianna, Camryn, and Jalen. The theme of the trio is The Smurfs. Makalah impresses the parents and Miss D with her audition and she is chosen to be part of the trio with Camryn and Crystianna.
During practice, the trio looked tired while performing. The Baby Dancing Dolls are used for the introduction section.
The trio performs well at the competition and they are awarded second place.
Makalah is one of eleven girls who audition for the solo at the Battle Royale in a few weeks. Each girl performs a solo and Miss D narrows the group down to six dancers who are still in the running. Makalah is one of these six girls.
This week's creative dance is inspired by the musical group TLC and there will be three dancers who will represent each member of the group. Makalah auditions for the role of Left Eye but Ken'Janae is given the role.
The next day, auditions for the Battle Royale solo continue and each girl performs a solo for Miss D to judge. Miss D narrows the group down again from six dancers to three, however, Makalah does not make it to the final three.
Makalah is on Team Dianna this week when Kayla and Dianna decide to split the Dolls in two and compete their teams against each other. Each team wins a round of the stand battle and the judges decide there should be a call-out round to decide on the winner. Makalah is chosen to participate in the call-out round along with Ken'Janae and Crystianna. Makalah battles Daija in the call-out round and loses.
Scholarship Dreams and Dating Nightmares
The team perform in a showcase for the Satin Dolls of Mississippi Valley State University. The team are performing for the Satin Dolls to earn a scholarship to the team. During practice, the girls are getting distracted by the marching band and Miss D starts shouting at them.
During the showcase, the girls start off their stand in the bleachers and they take off their capes incorrectly which annoys Miss D. The team performs the rest of the stand well. The judges deliberate and they choose five girls who will perform a solo. Makalah is one of the five girls chosen and she performs her solo for the judges. The judges are impressed with each of the girls but it is Daija is the dancer who wins the scholarship.
The competition has a creative solo/duet/trio and Miss D has decided to have a trio of trios for the Dolls' creative dance. Makalah is chosen for the majorette trio with Crystianna and Camryn. The creative dance is BLM-inspired. The creative trio goes down well at the competition and the judges get emotional over the performance. The team are awarded second place.
Makalah reaches the final round of the choreographer's challenge along with three other dancers but she loses to a dancer from the Lowndes County Dance Company.
Season 4[]
After doing cuts for the freestyling portion of the competition, Makalah is one of three dancers chosen to participate. Makalah competes in the second round of the freestyling round and she wins.
Makalah, Camryn, and Crystianna compete in a 3-way Captain's Battle. Kayla trains the girls using a megaphone so they can learn to avoid distractions. Before the competition, Camryn gives Makalah and Crystianna a pep talk. The girls perform and win the Captain's Battle.
Coach Tim helps the girls with the choreographer's challenge and he cuts the team down to fifteen girls, Makalah being one of the fifteen.
She competes in the choreographer's challenge on the day of the competition and she reaches the finals alongside Sky. During the final, a male dancer from the Elite Forces of Destruction gets too close to Makalah and she pushes him away. Makalah does not win the choreographer's challenge.
Makalah competes in the third round of the call-out round and she beats the dancer from Strut N Strive.
Makalah is chosen by the coaches to compete in the freestyling round of the competition. The round she competes in is the acrobatics round. She loses to a dancer from Virtuous Divine.
Makalah, Makya, and Camryn are in charge of training three Baby Dolls for the call-out round this week. Makalah is coaching Lil' Makiyah. Lil' Makiyah loses to Zariah, one of the Baby Dolls from Birmingham.
The team are practicing for the mirror-mirror challenge and Makalah and Anaya try-out together. Anaya forgets the end of Makalah's routine. Miss D announces that Makya, Makalah, and Faith are the three girls chosen for the mirror-mirror challenge.
At the competition, the team are competing against A Girls Dance Team in the first round. Makalah wins her round and the team overall wins the semi-finals. They move on to the final round against Xplosive Dance Company and Makalah is the final dancer to perform. She wins her round and the team wins the mirror-mirror challenge. Although Makalah is not a tumbler, she performs a backflip during her performance.
Makalah and Crystianna will compete in a co-captain's battle at the competition and if they win, then Camryn gets to compete in the Captain's Battle final. During practice, Makalah and Crystianna show Mr Torrey their routine but he is unimpressed. He criticises them for not being more creative. Makalah becomes emotional and expresses how nervous she is about making choreography without Miss D's input.
At the competition, Makalah and Crystianna compete against the co-captains of D3 Elite and win. Camryn does her Captain's Battle and wins.
The team are working on the mirror-mirror challenge for the competition and Makalah and Makya battle each other. They both perform well and are chosen to compete in the competition along with Tanesha.
At the competition, Makalah competes in the second round of the mirror-mirror challenge and she wins.
The girls are auditioning for a scholarship at the Broadway Dance Center. The first audition is about technical dancing. Makalah successfully makes it through this round. The second round is commercial dance and Makalah makes it through this round as well. The final audition round is the solo round. Makalah performs her solo and the judges love the emotion in her routine. She does not win the scholarship and it is instead awarded to Makya.
Makalah is part of a trio with Crystianna and Camryn. Makalah falls during one of their flips and they decide to move on to stand battle practice.
There are also auditions for the solo for the Battle Royale and Makalah is one of the dancers auditioning. She does not make it to the final six.
At the competition, the trio performed well and got first place.
Makalah is Faith's understudy in the trio this week. Faith gets injured during practice so Makalah steps up to take her place. She has only two days to learn the trio. During practice, Faith gives the trio critiques. The trio does well at the competition but they do not win.
The girls are auditioning for nationals and Miss D puts them through different intensive classes to prepare them. They each perform in a hip hop audition, a lyrical audition and a jazz audition. Makalah does well in all her auditions and she is one of the five girls chosen to go to the national competition.
Makalah and the other girls get second place in the senior group division at the national competition.
Season 5[]
Makalah is called aside by Dianna along with many other girls where Miss D discusses the texting scandal that unfolded.
The team are performing at a competition where they have to do the semi-finals of the stand battle in the bleachers. Makalah is chosen as the tail of the squad, and she will need to do some extra choreography after the rest of the team has sat down.
During practice, she is told she needs to do more as the tail. Miss D demonstrates some dance moves she should utilise to improve her performance and Makalah impresses her with her new choreography. She and the team do well at the competition and move on to the finals and win the stand battle.
Makalah leads one of the groups in the creative dance.
So You Think You Can Choreograph?
Each of the seniors is given a trio and they need to choreograph a routine for them. The seniors are Makalah, Camryn, Faith, and Ken'Janae. Makalah has Haleigh, Madyson, and Sky in her team who are all good at stunts and tricks. The theme for her team is the circus, so they can utilise a lot of tricks.
On the second day of practice, Makalah continues working on her trio and incorporates some stunts. Each trio performs their routine for Miss D and she likes how high-energy the performance is as well as the tricks. The other trios perform better and thus Makalah's trio is cut from the running.
Makalah attends Camryn's graduation party along with the other graduating seniors of the team.
Makalah along with some other dancers are going on the Bring It! Live Tour and this week they begin training for it.
Makalah performed in a graduation-themed routine on the tour along with Faith, Camryn, and Ken'Janae. She graduated with a 4.0 GPA and is in the Honor Society.
Trivia[]
- Makalah, Camryn and Crystianna call their trio 'The Smurfs'. She is the second oldest out of The Smurfs, with Camryn being the oldest and Crystianna the youngest.
- She was named Miss Dollhouse Dance Factory when she was in 4th grade.
- She has a dog called Chocco.
- She has released a book titled 'Levels of Investments & Entrepreneurship'.