Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen, popularly known as “Tila Tequila,” is a TV and social-media personality. Her parents were boat people from Vietnam who moved to Singapore. Her family relocated to Houston, Texas, US, when she was a year old. The young Vietnamese girl rebeled against her strict Buddhist family and created a splash on social media with her views on Hitler and the Jews. She started her career modeling for ‘Playboy’ and became their first Asian ‘Cyber Girl of the Month.’ She appeared on various reality shows and hosted the ‘Fuse TV’ dance show ‘Pants-Off Dance-Off.’ Her reality show ‘A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila’ led to a heated debate because of its content and was opposed by ‘The Christian Post.’ She has released the EPs ‘Sex’ and ‘Welcome to the Darkside.’ She also appeared in the films ‘I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry’ and ‘Masterminds.’ She has launched various websites and has released the self-help book ‘Hooking Up with Tila Tequila: A Guide to Love, Fame, Happiness, Success, and Being the Life of the Party.’ Her name has been linked to both male and female partners. She has given birth to two daughters. She has decided to bring them up as a single mother under the name “Tornado Thien.”