Kiana Tom Biography
Kiana Tom is an American television host, fitness expert, model, author, former actress, and businesswoman. She is best known on ESPN as the hostess and creator of Kiana’s Flex Appeal.
Kiana Tom Age
Kiana was born Joanne Kiana Tom on 14 March 1965, in Maui, Hawaii, United States of America. She is 58 years old as of March 2023.
Kiana Tom Height
Tom stands at a height of 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) all.
Kiana Tom Family- Parents
Tom was born and raised, in Maui, Hawaii, United States of America, she is the daughter of Layne Tom Jr. and Marilynn Chow. She has a sibling Laurie Tom. Her father, Layne Tom Jr., was an actor who played various children (including Charlie Chan Jr.) in a number of Charlie Chan films. He also appeared in films with Shirley Temple, in the movie Hurricane, and was the Asian Boy Ranger in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Kiana’s mother, Marilynn is a former physical education teacher, as well as a tennis, basketball and volleyball coach.
Kiana Tom Husband- Children
From 2002 to 2022, Tom was married to Dennis Breshears, a Deputy Fire Chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. She is the mother of two daughters, Anelalani and Kiana Jr.
Kiana Tom Career
Tom was a founding member of the syndicated show BodyShaping, which aired on ESPN from 1990 to 1998. Tom created, hosted, and co-produced Kiana’s Flex Appeal, a lifestyle, health, and fitness program on ESPN, in 1995. Kiana has written and led tens of thousands of televised workout segments that have inspired millions of viewers to live a healthy and fit lifestyle. Kiana’s Flex Appeal touch was evident throughout the production, including location scouting and selecting the most beautiful locations, interviewing and selecting co-production companies, casting and crew selection, and developing and creating show segments such as Home Gym, Pro Gym, Target Training, Aqua Flex, Fact or Fiction, and Did You Know.
Because of the program’s initial popularity, ESPN decided to create other shows centered on Tom, such as Kiana’s Too Fit 2 Quit, Summer Sizzle with Kiana, and Hot Summer Nights with Kiana. Tom has also hosted ABC Super Bowl Nightlife and numerous other television shows. Tom had a brief career as an actress, with her first appearance being a cameo in the 1995 straight-to-video Cyber Bandits. She appeared in her second film, Universal Soldier: The Return, with Jean-Claude Van Damme in 1999; she is a member of a research team.] She also made a brief cameo appearance alongside Eminem in the music video for “Without Me.”
Tom is a co-author of Kiana’s Body Sculpting, a 144-page fitness and strength guide published in 1994. Her contributions to the health and fitness industry have earned her the prestigious United States Sports Academy award. In 1995, Tom was interviewed for the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports at the first X Games in Newport, Rhode Island. She also spent two seasons as an Oakland Raiders cheerleader. She posed naked for Playboy magazine’s May 2002 issue. According to one interview, she was such a perfectionist that she had to wait until she felt her body was in the best shape it had ever been in her career.
Kiana Tom Net Worth
Tom has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.
Kiana Tom Films
1995 Cyber Bandits
1998 The Drew Carey Show
1999 Universal Soldier: The Return
2001 Family Law
2002 Without Me
