Kiana Tom

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Kiana Tom
Born
Hawaii, US [1]
Occupation(s) Personal trainer
group fitness instructor
entrepreneur
model
actress
Years active1995-2002
Known forcreator of Kiana's Flex Appeal
Spouse
Dennis Breshears
(m. 2002;div. 2022)
Children2
Website www.kiana.com

Kiana Tom is an American former television host known for hosting Kiana's Flex Appeal on ESPN. [2]

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Career

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] 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. [5] She also appeared in a cameo appearance with Eminem in the music video for "Without Me." [6]

Tom has posed nude for the May 2002 edition of Playboy magazine. [7] 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. [8]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Cyber Bandits AnastasiaDirect-to-video
1998 The Drew Carey Show TiaEpisode: Two Weddings and a Funeral for a Refrigerator
1999 Universal Soldier: The Return Maggie
2001 Family Law Robin UngerEpisode: Film at Eleven
2002 Without Me HerselfMusic Video

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