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How Well Do You Know Tila Tequila?

Facts About Tila Tequila

Did you know that Tila Tequila’s real name is Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen? That she was born in Singapore? That she was discovered at the Sharpstown Mall by Playboy scout?nd have researched and found a bunch of fascinating facts about her.  Read on for more.

Did you know that after appearing in Playboy, it was the import racing scene and appearances as a car babe that helped gain her additional needed exposure to become famous?

That Tila has a website called Tila Zone which has all kinds of features for MySpace and other social networking websites? The website has free layouts, widgets, and clipart.

Her main website is called Tila’s Hotspot. Originally you had to pay to view the site but now she partners with Buzz.net and it is a free social networking site. She loves music, equality, and Land Rovers.

Tila Tequila also has her own line of fashion clothing that she promotes at tilafashion.com. She has a custom line of clothing for both men and women. She uses the slogan quote “So hot you’ll just want to take it all off!”

Probably you already know that she is also a singer? She started a band called “Beyond Betty Jean” in her early 20’s. In “Beyond Betty Jean,” she was both a singer and a songwriter. Later she worked a lot in recording studios to improve her vocal skills and she also wrote a lot of music. Finally she became the lead singer of a band called “Jealousy.”  “Jealousy” released a few songs online but then broke up. Ms. Tequila has also released several popular singles, including “I Love You”, “Stripper Friends”, and “Paralyze”. It is probably the bump and grind stripper music videos she has released for these songs for which she is most popular and well-known.

Did you know that another way Tila Tequila has gained notoriety is that at one time she had more friends than anyone else on MySpace?

Tila has released a self-help book titled “hooking up with Tila Tequila: a Guide to Love, Fame, Happiness, Success, and Being the Life of the Party.” She co-authored it with Sarah Tomlinson and the book came out from Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group in December 2008. She said of the book: “After all these years, there are so many fan questions, and I always have given little spurts of advice, but I always sense that everyone wanted more. I can’t just write a blog on it, because it would be the size of a book — so I decided why not put it all together? That way they can keep this [as] memorabilia and go back to it whenever they need help and hopefully [it will] inspire them.” The book is available on Amazon.com and many other online venues.

Did you know that Tila played a part in a movie posing as a Hooters’ girl? The film was called “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.” It came out in 2007. The casting director was right on there, Tila made a perfect Hooters’ girl.

She played herself in her own reality show on MTV. It lasted for two seasons, premiering in 2007 and continuing into 2008. It was called “A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila.” It emphasized her bisexuality. It caused a big brouhaha between her and the extreme Christian right. This issue got Tila even more publicity when her inspired response to the question rights criticisms appeared in the Christian Post in September 2007. She criticized churches for bashing the gay community but she thanked God for saving her from a life with the gangs. Tila Tequila is a Christian but does not believe God has a problem with homosexuality.

In 2000 she won the Soup Awards for Entertainer of the Year.

In 2008 she won the Spike Annual Guy’s Awards for “So Hot They’re Famous” and Bravo’s “A-list Awards for A-List Drama Queen’s.”

She is of Vietnamese descent, but as a student in high school, she felt very confused about her ethnicity. At first she identified with African American people, then Hispanic people, but is now happy being an Asian-American.

Did you know that Tila Tequila was very rebellious as a teenager? She used her sister’s ID to get into bars in high school. She was sent away to boarding school for six months because of her combative behavior. She joined a Hispanic chulo gang. She was very lucky that friends outside the gang eventually helped her get free and escape to New York. It was in New York that she was first discovered by Playboy.

Her breasts are real! Or so she claims, no silicone there.

That she is active in doing charity work? She has been acclaimed for supporting animal rights charities, breast cancer research, gay rights, and many more do good enterprises. In one charity event, she even had her breasts immortalized when they made a casting of her torso to auction off for charity.

She may be naughty girl, she may leverage her bad girl stripper image to the hilt, but at heart she’s a very good person who cares about people and making the world a better place.  Tila Tequila, thank you.

About the Author

David Parizek is webmaster of Land Rover Geeks.

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