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Tila Tequila Profile |
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Birth Date: October 24, 1981
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Birth Place: Singapore
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Birth Name: Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen
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Height: 4'11"
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Biography |
Tila Nguyen (legal name: Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen on October
24, 1981), better known by her stage name Tila Tequila, is
an American model, entertainer, and singer residing in West
Hollywood, California. She is known for her appearances in
Stuff, Maxim, Time, Penthouse, her role as host of the Fuse
TV show Pants-Off Dance-Off and her position as the most
popular artist on MySpace as of April 2006. She was raised
in Houston, Texas. Her MTV show A Shot at Love with Tila
Tequila premiered on October 9, 2007.
Nguyen was born in Singapore, where her family had emigrated
from Vietnam after the Vietnam War. When Nguyen was a year
old, she and her family moved to Alief, a suburb of Houston,
where they lived, until they were admitted to a gated
community run by a strict Buddhist temple. The family left
the community when Nguyen was eight.
As soon as she entered middle school, Nguyen developed a
tomboy attitude and got in fights. Her behavior eventually
got her sent to a boarding school for six months before
being transferred to another school. As soon as she reached
high school, she used her sister's identification card to
enter nightclubs, where she began recreational drug use and
joined a gang. In an interview with Import Tuner, Nguyen
said she had been searching for a sense of identity: "I was
really confused then, 'cause at first I thought I was black,
then I thought I was Hispanic and joined a cholo gang".
Later she made some friends outside the gang who briefly
helped turn her life around, however her past caught up with
her, and she fled to Queens, New York at the age of 16. |
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Was discovered by Playboy scouts in a mall.
Is trying to put together an album (2004).
Has a fashion line coming out (2004).
Has a comic book coming out called "The Saint Sinners".
Is a character in 'Street Racing Syndicate' for Xbox, PS2,
and Gamecube.
Playboy's first Asian to win the Cyber Girl of the Month
title.
Manages upcoming groups of models called Feisty Felines.
Did her first shoot for Playboy at age 19.
Sang in a band, but quit because she felt she didn't belong
there. The other members did not have the same drive and
ambition.
Lived in Houston, Texas before moving to California.
Is born on the cusp between Libra & Scorpio (birthday is
October 24).
She is 3/4 Vietnamese and 1/4 French.
Was the September 2007 entry in Stuff magazine's 2006-2007
pin up calendar.
Her nickname "Tila Tequila" came about at the age of
thirteen. |
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since May 21, 2008