Steele made numerous film and television appearances, including hosting a transgender beauty pageant featured in the film Trantasia. She later changed her name legally to Jahonau Erica Steele. In , Steele was voted "the sexiest showgirl on The Strip". Most people in Las Vegas, including the producer who hired her and her costars, "knew she was transgender but didn't care.
Following her outing by A Current Affair people began questioning Jahna's womanhood and asking if she was a girl, to which she'd reply, "Well last time I looked, for the past 25 years.
After being fired from Crazy Girls Revue , Steele was a frequent talk show guest and sang in nightclubs across the United States before moving to Hawaii.
Following her outing as being a transgender woman, she received much publicity leading her to be on various talk shows such as the Maury Show. When asked about her experience on the show, Steele stated, " Now it's about exploitation and freakism, and like, 'We fooled you.
This is a man. Steele later returned to school, and "learned how to do things other than entertaining" so that she'd have something to fall back on, studying computer courses and working for United Blood Services before she worked for a women's health facility and got certified in nonprofit management. Steele was also featured on several segments of Entertainment Tonight in connection with Trantasia.
