Kiana Tom
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Kiana Tom | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Personal trainer group fitness instructor entrepreneur model actress |
| Years active | 1995–2002 |
| Known for | creator of Kiana's Flex Appeal |
| Spouse |
Dennis Breshears
(m. 2002; div. 2022) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Kiana Tom is an American former television host known for hosting Kiana's Flex Appeal on ESPN.[2]
Career
[edit]In 1994, Tom published Kiana's Body Sculpting through Macmillan Publishers; the following year she began hosting her own fitness series on ESPN, Kiana's Flex Appeal.[3][4] Tom was also a cheerleader with the Los Angeles Raiderettes, affiliated with the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL).[5] In 1995, Tom made her acting debut in a cameo role in the straight-to-video Cyber Bandits, followed by a role in the 1999 film Universal Soldier: The Return.[6] She also appeared in a cameo appearance with Eminem in the music video for "Without Me."[7]
Tom has posed nude for the May 2002 edition of Playboy magazine.[8] According to one interview, she was such a perfectionist that she had to wait until the right time in her career where she felt her body was in the best shape it had ever been.[9]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Cyber Bandits | Anastasia | Direct-to-video |
| 1998 | The Drew Carey Show | Tia | Episode: Two Weddings and a Funeral for a Refrigerator |
| 1999 | Universal Soldier: The Return | Maggie | |
| 2001 | Family Law | Robin Unger | Episode: Film at Eleven |
| 2002 | Without Me | Herself | Music Video |
References
[edit]- ^ McMullin, Juliet (June 16, 2016). The Healthy Ancestor: Embodied Inequality and the Revitalization of Native Hawai'ian Health. Routledge. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-315-41832-2.
- ^ "Kiana Tom". MidWeek. January 16, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
- ^ "Hard bodies, hard numbers". Salon.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "Macmillan". Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
- ^ Ozanian, Mike (June 14, 2016). "Why The Detroit Lions Cheerleaders Will Happily Work For Almost Nothing". Forbes. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (August 21, 1999). "FILM REVIEW; Soldiers Dying to Serve, And Die to Serve They Do". The New York Times.
- ^ Moss, Corey (August 23, 2002). "VMA LENS RECAP: THE STORY BEHIND EMINEM'S 'WITHOUT ME'". MTV.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ Harris, Elliot (March 26, 2002). "Exercising her job options". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
- ^ "Kiana Tom". www.warnerbros.com. April 5, 2002. Archived from the original on January 17, 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
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- 1965 births
- American cheerleaders
- American exercise instructors
- American exercise and fitness writers
- Female models from Hawaii
- American film actresses
- American sports businesspeople
- American television hosts
- American women in business
- American writers of Chinese descent
- Businesspeople from Hawaii
- Native Hawaiian writers
- NFL cheerleaders
- Living people
- Oakland Raiders personnel
- People from Maui
- Writers from Hawaii
- Hawaii people of Chinese descent
- American women non-fiction writers
- American women television hosts
- 21st-century American women