Tila Tequila Nguyen is the #1 myspace sensation as of April 2006, that has acquired the most friends online. Her nickname "Tequila" was actually given to her after bad experiences with this drink, since she is allergic to alohool.
Tila was born on October 24th 1981 in Singapore. Grown up in a Buddhist temple, this Vietnamese beauty was eight years old when her family moved to Houston, Texas.
Nguyen moved to West Hollywood, California to persue her dreams of modeling and singing. She is most known for her many photoshoots for
automotive import magazines , a host of the Fuse TV show Pants-Off Dance-Off and her position as the most popular artist on MySpace, of course. Tila also posed for Playboy
as Playboy 's Cyber Girl of the week on April 22 , 2002. |
Tila was featured on the cover of the April 2006 issue of Stuff magazine,
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.
Tila has also stepped into the music industry. She starte dout with a band called
Beyond Betty Jean, which was brokin up.
Nguyen 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 / Interscope . But her major break arose when,
April 24 , 2006 the taping of MTV 's Total Request Live aired. In an interview with the TRL VJs, will.i.am announced that Nguyen was signed to the wil.i.am music group, a record label under A&M Records. This landed Tila's first big record label contract.
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