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| website = }} Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen〔 (born October 24, 1981), better known by her stage names Tila Tequila, Tila Nguyen and Miss Tila, is an American model, television personality, singer, songwriter, actress, writer and blogger. She first gained recognition for her active presence on social networking websites. After becoming the most popular person on Myspace, Tequila was offered to star in her own reality television series. Her bisexual-themed dating show, ''A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila'' (2007), aired for two seasons and became MTV's second highest-rated series premiere of that year. Born in Singapore and raised in Houston, Texas, Tequila moved to Los Angeles in 2001 to pursue her modeling career. After being featured in numerous men's magazines (including ''Playboy'', ''Stuff'' and ''Maxim''), she made her reality television debut on the VH1 show ''Surviving Nugent'' (2003). Besides her career in modeling and television, Tequila also pursued her career as a recording artist and author. After being the lead singer of the bands Beyond Betty Jean and Jealousy, she launched her solo career. Her debut single "I Love U" was released in 2007 to mixed reviews. Despite having strong online sales, the song failed to enter any charts. Tequila followed with several independently released singles, including "Stripper Friends" and "Paralyze". In 2010, she released her second EP ''Welcome to the Dark Side''. Her book, ''Hooking Up With Tila Tequila: A Guide to Love, Fame, Happiness, Success, and Being the Life of the Party'' was published in 2008. ==Early life== Nguyen was born in Singapore, where her family emigrated from Vietnam after the Vietnam War. She is the youngest of three children born to a French-Vietnamese mother and Vietnamese father. Nguyen has an older brother, Daniel, and older sister, Terri. When she was one year old, the family relocated to a neighborhood in Houston, Texas and were eventually admitted to a gated community run by a strict Buddhist temple. The family left the community when Nguyen was eight. While in middle school, Nguyen was sent to a boarding school for six months for her combative behavior before transferring to another school.〔 While in high school, she used her sister's identification card to enter nightclubs, where she began taking drugs〔 and joined a gang. She was given the nickname "Tila Tequila" by friends due to her apparent allergy to alcohol.〔("Tila Tequila" ). MTV.〕〔("Tila Tequila: Biography" ). ''Rhapsody''.〕 In her memoir, she would later explain that she felt "confused" and "lost" from various personal family and environmental issues and lost her virginity at 15. She turned to writing poems in an attempt to release powerful emotions, and friends outside the gang briefly helped turn her life around. At age 16, Nguyen ran away to Queens, New York, for several months.〔 While still 16, she experienced a drive-by shooting in Houston. She reports having become pregnant and suffering a miscarriage the following year. Nguyen graduated from Alief Hastings High School in 2000. She has cited the violent adolescence she had in Texas as her reason for becoming a model and moving to California in 2001. In a March 2003 interview, she revealed that she has taken some college classes but does not have a degree, stating, "I didn't want to go to college for an actual degree because there's nothing out there I like besides doing something that involves the entertainment industry."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tila Tequila」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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