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Mika Tan | |
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 Mika Tan in 2005. | |
| Born | November 27, 1977 [1] Honolulu, Hawaii, USA [2] |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Leiloni |
| Spouse(s) | Alec Knight [3] (divorced [4] ) |
Mika Tan (born November 27, 1977 [1] ) is an American fetish model (BDSM/DS/stocking and pantyhose fetish), and pornographic actress.
Tan was born in Hawaii [2] to a Japanese–Samoan father and an Okinawan–Taiwanese mother. She was raised by her grandmother, who was an established folk dancer and singer and was also the owner of several massage parlors. [4] [5] While her mother's family was musical, her father's was mainly military, [2] including her sister [4] - who serves in the United States Marine Corps and has helped Tan with her official website. [2] As a "Navy brat", Tan traveled around the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa all before she started high school. [2] She had a childhood background in the performing arts and has worked in the commercial fisheries industry in the past. [6]
Tan began as a child model, doing catalog work beginning at age 12, and she has also appeared as an extra in movies & television and in commercials and live musical theater. [2] [4] [7] [8]
Tan earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry [2] from San Diego State University [7] and an associate's degree in psychology. It took her five years to graduate, [2] and she did nude art modeling and was a stripper. [4] Tan has studied classical voice and also graduated from the John Robert Powers Modeling/Finishing School. [7] She has also appeared on Playboy TV and in a music video for Too $hort called "Get in Where you Fit In". [7]
Despite her aptitude for science, Tan did not enjoy it and worked in sales and marketing in the timeshare industry [2] for Dennis Hof. She tried her hand at mainstream acting in California, but quit after discovering that the casting couch was not a myth. [4]
Tan was discovered at an ampm by porn [4] director Jack Pearl. Tan also had a third trimester miscarriage during this period, which she has described as the worst time of her life. [2] She was married once to Alec Knight, another performer in the adult industry. [2] [3] [4]
Tan primarily does fetish-oriented work, including work as a dominatrix and sub [2] for the Kink.com group of companies, mostly the "Men in Pain" and "Divine Bitches" websites. She also stars in non-fetish oriented work. She considers herself mainly a fetish model rather than a porn star though. The official biography on her website states: "For the record, I do not consider myself a porn star and any girl who has done less than 250 films shouldn't either." [2] Tan moved into film production and direction with her own production company (GenerAsianxxx Productions) with her debut film featuring heterosexual Asian-American men in hardcore scenes. [3]
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Born in Honolulu, as a military brat, I was raised across the Pacific.
My grandmother used to own three massage parlors. (Yes, those kind)
