Tila Tequila Profile
Tila Tequila
Background information
Birth name Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen
Also known as Tila Tequila
Born October 24, 1981 (1981-10-24) (age 26)
Origin Houston, Texas, U.S.
Genre(s) Pop, hip pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, glamour model
Years active 2001–Present
Associated acts Jealousy, previously of Beyond Betty Jean
Website www.TilasHotSpot.com
Tila Nguyen (pronounced /tiːˈlɑː ˈnʊjɪn/) (born Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen She was raised in Houston, Texas. Her MTV show A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila premiered on October 9, 2007.
Contents
1 Early life 2 Modeling and acting
2.1 A Shot at Love 2.2 Tila's Hot Spot and other business ventures
3 Music career 4 Discography
4.1 EPs 4.2 Singles 4.3 Music clips
5 Filmography 6 References 7 External links
Early life Nguyen was born in Singapore, where her family had emigrated from Vietnam after the Vietnam War. As soon as she entered middle school, Nguyen developed a tomboy attitude and got in fights.
Modeling and acting Nguyen's career began at the age of 18 when she was discovered at the Sharpstown Mall by a Playboy scout and was offered a chance to model nude for the magazine. She did a test shoot, 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. Tila has also previously worked with VH1 as a commentator on WebJunks's 40 Greatest Internet Superstars. 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 experimented with alcohol in middle school and had a severe allergic reaction. Tequila made an appearance as one of the 12 strangers in the first game on the April 6, 2007 episode of NBC's game show Identity. Her identity was that she has "over one million MySpace friends," a number which, as of that date, stood at 1,771,920. She also appeared in as a Hooters Girl in the 2007 film I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.
A Shot at Love
Main article: A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
On March 26, 2007, Tequila announced in her MySpace blog that she would be filming a reality show for VH1. Filming started in May 2007, but the show was moved to VH1's sister network MTV that summer. On October 9, 2007, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila aired on MTV. The program is a bisexual-themed reality dating show where 16 straight men and 16 lesbian women compete for Tila's affections, the twist being that the contestants were not aware of Tequila's bisexuality The show was at the heart of a heated online debate between Tequila and conservative Christians after an article appeared on The Christian Post on September 13, 2007.
Tila's Hot Spot and other business ventures In 2001 Nguyen started up her website entitled "Tila's Hot Spot". During 2005 Nguyen launched Tilafashion.com,
Music career Tequila used modeling as a stepping stone for other ventures. At age 20, she acted on her interest in rock music and started looking for bands willing to have her join. She eventually assembled a band called Beyond Betty Jean, for which she was singer and songwriter. Following the breakup of Beyond Betty Jean, Tequila started working in recording studios to sharpen her vocal skills and write music. Tequila became the lead singer of a band called Jealousy, which has released songs over the Internet. Jealousy has appeared on MySpace Records' inaugural compilation album, released through MySpace Records and Interscope. A major turn in Tequila's music career occurred during the April 24, 2006 taping of MTV's Total Request Live. In an interview with the TRL VJs, will.i.am announced that Tequila was signed to the Will.I.Am music group, a record label under A&M Records.
Discography
EPs
Sex (2007)
Singles
2007: "I Love U" 2007: "Stripper Friends"
Music clips The following are demo clips encoded in the Ogg Vorbis sound format; while Nguyen was the lead singer of her now-defunct band Jealousy:
"No Woman, No Cry"
Clip of Nguyen's cover of "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley (0:39; Ogg Vorbis, 272 KB) Problems listening to the file? See media help.
"Playgirl Central"
Clip of "Playgirl Central", Nguyen's signature song (0:32; Ogg Vorbis, 241 KB) Problems listening to the file? See media help.
Filmography
Year Film Role
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Hooters Girl
References
^ a b "New Filing – Tila Tequila" Entertainment Law Digest, May 2007, Volume 12, Issue: 5
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tila Tequila
Official website Tila Tequila at MySpace Tila Tequila at the Internet Movie Database TIME magazine profile Tila Tequila interview
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