Kiana Tom

Kiana Tom
Born
Hawaii, United States[1]
OccupationsPersonal trainer
Group fitness instructor
Entrepreneur
Model
Actress
Years active1991–2002
Known forHost of Kiana's Flex Appeal
Spouse
Dennis Breshears
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(m. 2002; div. 2022)​
Children2
Websitewww.kiana.com

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

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.[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 posed nude for the May 2002 edition of Playboy magazine.[8][9]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Cyber BanditsAnastasiaDirect-to-video
1998The Drew Carey ShowTiaEpisode: Two Weddings and a Funeral for a Refrigerator
1999Universal Soldier: The ReturnMaggie
2001Family LawRobin UngerEpisode: Film at Eleven
2002Without MeHerselfMusic Video

References

  1. ↑ McMullin, Juliet (June 16, 2016). 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. January 16, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Hard bodies, hard numbers". Salon.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Macmillan". Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
  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 (August 21, 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 January 15, 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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