Born Tila Nguyen on October 24, 1981 in Singapore, Tila Tequila is a model turned celebrity after the launch of her widely popular MySpace page. When she was 18 years old, she was discovered at a mall by a Playboy scout and was eventually featured as Playboy's Cyber Girl of the week of April 22, 2002, consequently winning the title of the first Asian Cyber Girl of the Month. In 2001, she launched her website entitled "Tila's Hot Spot," which includes forums, chat sessions, picture galleries and a paid-premium membership section. This led her to launch several other websites in cooperation with various hosts.
Tila Tequila then went on to appear on several magazine covers and reality television shows, and was later included in Maxim UK's Hot 100 List of 2006, placing #88. By the time she was 20, Nguyen ventured into music, recording songs and releasing them through iTunes. Despite her not having a major label, her song "I Love U," which was released on iTunes early in 2007, topped the iTunes charts within 24 hours.
Though she gained massive following through her work as a model and through her online ventures, Tila Tequila rocketed to stardom as the star of MTV's A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila, a reality dating show with a twist. Inspired by Flavor of Love, Rock of Love and I Love New York, the reality dating game featured 32 men and women competing for the ultimate prize of the of the bisexual Tila Tequila.
Though A Shot at Love only lasted for two seasons, Tila Tequila remains in the limelight through her numerous business ventures. She established her own record label called "Tila Tequila Records," a management firm called "Little Miss Trendsetter Management LLC," a celebrity blog site called MissTilaOMG.com, a dating site called "TilasHotSpotDating.com" and her own clothing line just to name a few. She has also written a self-help book called Hooking Up with Tila Tequila: A Guide to Love, Fame, Happiness, Success, and Being the Life of the Party, released in 2008.
-Tila Tequila did her first shoot for Playboy at age 19.
-She has her own clothing line called Tila Fashion.
-In 2008, she released a self-help book entitled Hooking Up with Tila Tequila: A Guide to Love, Fame, Happiness, Success, and Being the Life of the Party.
- In 2007, Tila Tequila 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.
-In 2008, she also won Bravo's A-List Awards for A-List Drama Queen.
"I've learned to grow and find myself. Ever since I moved out on my own, I've grown up a lot faster and now I can just go for what I want!"
"I didn't watch much TV, really, but I definitely love Flavor of Love. I mean, that show's crazy."
"My ideal man would be Leonardo DiCaprio. And my ideal woman would be Lindsay Lohan."