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Tila Nguyen

Background information
Birth name Tila Nguyen
Also known as Tila Tequila, Tila
Born October 24, 1981
Origin Houston, Texas, USA
Genre(s) Pop
Years active 2005–Present
Label(s) A&M
Associated
acts		 Jealousy, previously of Beyond Betty Jean
Website www.tilashotspot.com

Tila Nguyen (IPA: [tiːˌlɑː ŋwiɜn]) (born October 24, 1981 in Singapore), commonly known as Tila Tequila or simply Tila, is an American glamour model, actress, singer and one of the most controversial women on the internet. Residing in West Hollywood, California, she is best known for her appearances in automotive import magazines, 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.[1] She was signed to A&M/Interscope Records but reportedly resigned. Raised in Houston, Texas, she is 3/4 Vietnamese and 1/4 French.

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[edit] Early years

Nguyen was born in Singapore, where her family emigrated after the Vietnam War. A few years later they moved again to the Houston neighborhood of Alief, where they lived in rundown housing for most of Nguyen's childhood 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 started getting in fights. Her behavior eventually got her sent to a boarding school for six months before she was transferred to another school. As she got older, she used her sister's identification card to enter nightclubs, where she began experimenting with drugs 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." Nicknaming herself, "Dangerous Tila".[2] 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. When she returned to Texas she had a three-way relationship with two girlfriends, but eventually decided she could no longer handle her lifestyle. She began to focus on her studies and her jobs. [3]

[edit] Modeling

Tila Nguyen

Nguyen at Hot Import Nights
Birthdate: October 24, 1981
Birth location: Singapore
Birth name: Tila Nguyen
Measurements: 34B-24-36 [4]
Height: 4 ft 11 in
Weight: 98 lb (44.5 kg)
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Natural bust: No [2]
Orientation: Bisexual
Ethnicity: Vietnamese and French
Alias(es): Tila Tequila
Tila
Official Website

Nguyen realized her life would get worse if she continued living in Texas, so she moved to Hollywood to pursue her career in entertainment. She claims her career began at the age of eighteen when she was spotted at a mall by a Playboy scout and was offered a chance to model nude for the magazine. She declined at first, but she was featured as Playboy’s Cyber Girl of the week on April 22, 2002, and soon thereafter she became the first Asian Cyber Girl of the Month. [5]

Nguyen gained further popularity through the import racing scene. She has been featured on the cover of Import Tuner magazine, at car shows such as Hot Import Nights, and in the video game Street Racing Syndicate.[6] In 2003 she was a contestant on VH1's Surviving Nugent, a reality TV show where participants performed compromising tasks and stunts for rock star Ted Nugent. [7] She was also the most frequent host on the first season of Fuse TV's dance show, Pants-Off Dance-Off, on which a motley group of contestants strip to music videos.

In 2005 Nguyen signed an exclusive mobile entertainment content deal with Motek Mobile which was subsequently picked up by Cingular AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel, Boost Mobile and several other wireless carriers.

Nguyen was featured on the cover of the April 2006 issue of Stuff magazine; in the interview, she claimed that her nickname "Tila Tequila" came about when she was in middle school after she had experimented with alcohol but then had a severe allergic reaction to it. [8] She was later included in Stuff’s 100 Sexiest Women Online. She appeared on the August 2006 Maxim UK cover and was named #88 in their Hot 100 List. [9] [10]

[edit] Music clips

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Tila on the cover of Stuff magazine.

Prior to signing with A&M records, Nguyen was the lead singer to a band called Jealousy. The following are demo clips encoded in the Ogg Vorbis sound format.

[edit] Films

Film Year Notes
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry 2007

[edit] References

  1. ^ Weiner, Jonah (April 11, 2006). "Tila Tequila for President". Slate.com. Retrieved July 29, 2006.
  2. ^ a b "Up Close & Personal: Tila Nguyen". (2006). Import Tuner. Retrieved October 12, 2006.
  3. ^ Nguyen, Tila. "The truth about Tila". TilasHotspot.com. Official autobiography. Retrieved November 21, 2005.
  4. ^ Resume at TilasHotpot.com.
  5. ^ Nguyen, Tila. "Quick Bio". TilasHotspot.com. Biography covering Nguyen's modeling years. Retrieved November 29, 2005.
  6. ^ "Hands-On: SRS: Street Racing Syndicate" (July 13, 2004). GamePro. Retrieved December 1, 2005.
  7. ^ VH1's Surviving Nugent interview with Nguyen. Retrieved November 29, 2005.
  8. ^ Gilbert, Laura (April 2006). "Enter the Dragon". Stuff.
  9. ^ Maxim. August 2006.
  10. ^ Maxim 2006 Hot 100. Maximonline.com. Retrieved August 9, 2006.

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