Kaila Yu

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Kaila Yu
Born (1979-05-16) May 16, 1979 (age 45)
Education University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, actress

Kaila Yu is a Taiwanese American singer, songwriter, former model, and freelance journalist for The Rolling Stone, CNN, Glamour, and more. [1] She was formerly the lead singer and vocalist for the all-Asian-American, female rock band Nylon Pink. [2] Yu is also one of the founders of the jewelry/fashion line "Hello Drama" which is affiliated with the Nylon Pink band and style. [3]

She has also been an import model and appeared in magazines including Stuff Magazine , Maxim , FHM and House of Roses. [4] Yu had a brief role as an Asian stripper in Dark Blue , appeared as a race girl in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift , and also hosted shows on channels such as MTV Asia, MTV Chi, Music Plus TV, TorqueTV, Octane TV and Ripe TV. [4]

Yu is a graduate of UCLA (with a degree in economics), after transferring there from the University of California, San Diego, where she initially majored in biology. [4] [5]

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