Tila Tequila

Tila Tequila fascinates me as an early case study in internet fame. Born in Singapore, raised in Houston, and christened Nguyễn Thị Thiên Thanh, she moved to Los Angeles in 2001 and turned a knack for social networking into modeling, music, and reality television well before that path was common. I find her genuinely ahead of her time on the mechanics of online attention, even if her later trajectory grew controversial. The Playboy Cyber Girl recognition and a 2015 AVN Award mark a specific moment in pop culture. Love it or not, she helped show what self-built digital celebrity could look like.

Name (English)

Tila Tequila

Name (Japanese)

ティラ・テキーラ

Reading

てぃら・てきーら

Born

October 24, 1981 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Singapore, United States

Height

150 cm

Occupation

television actor / singer / actor / model / singer-songwriter

High school

Alief Hastings High School

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Spike Guys' Choice Awards
• 2015 AVN Award
• 2002 Playboy Muse of the Month
• 2002 Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/babymamatila/
• Xhttps://x.com/bomshel
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tila%20Tequila
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233295

Tags

• television actor
• singer
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.