Tila Tequila

Tila Tequila Net Worth

Tila Tequila net worth: Tila Tequila is a Singaporean-American model and television personality who has a net worth of $500 thousand. Tila "Tequila" Nguyen was born in Singapore in October 1981. Her family moved to Houston, Texas when she was a year old. In high school she started using drugs and joined a gang. Her friends gave her the nickname Tila Tequila due to her allergy to alcohol. As a teen she experienced a drive-by shooting, and became pregnant before suffering a miscarriage. In 2001 she moved to California. At 19 she was discovered in a shopping mall by a Playboy scout. She was Playboy's Cyber Girl of the week in April 2002 and became the first Asian Cyber Girl of the month. She became popular through the import racing scene and was featured on the covers of magazines, at car shows, and in video games. She hosted Fuse TV's Pants-Off Dance-Off. She has been featured on the cover of Stuff and Maxim UK. She was a contestant on the NC show Identity and appeared in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. In 2009 she was featured in the MTV reality show A Shot At Love with Tila Tequila. The show was a bisexual-themed dating which featured straight men and lesbian women as would-be suitors. In 2006 she was signed to the Will.I.Am music group. She has released two solo EPs and five singles. In 2008 she released a self-help book. She has also started her own record label called Tila Tequila Records and a management firm called Little Miss Trendsetter Management LLC. Tila has been romantically linked to football player Shawne Merriman and heiress Casey Johnson. In 2011 a sex tape of Tequila was released. In 2012 she checked into rehab, and in 2014 she announced she is pregnant with her first child.