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
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(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] 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

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

References

  1. ↑ McMullin, Juliet (2016-06-16). The Healthy Ancestor: Embodied Inequality and the Revitalization of Native Hawai'ian Health. Routledge. p. 146. ISBN   978-1-315-41832-2.
  2. ↑ "Kiana Tom". MidWeek. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  3. ↑ "Hard bodies, hard numbers". Salon.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  4. ↑ "Macmillan". Archived from the original on 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  5. ↑ Ozanian, Mike (June 14, 2016). "Why The Detroit Lions Cheerleaders Will Happily Work For Almost Nothing". Forbes . Retrieved April 13, 2025.
  6. ↑ Van Gelder, Lawrence (21 August 1999). "FILM REVIEW; Soldiers Dying to Serve, And Die to Serve They Do". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Harris, Elliot (March 26, 2002). "Exercising her job options". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Kiana Tom". www.warnerbros.com. April 5, 2002. Archived from the original on January 17, 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
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