FOX HUNT: Tia turned down a role on Baywatch in order to audition for the role of Cassandra, Wayne’s love interest in Wayne’s World. In the syndicated TV series Relic Hunter, she plays a female Indiana Jones named Sydney Fox, an archeology professor who moonlights as a treasure hunter. It could happen.
A MELTING POT OF PERFECTION: Tia was born and raised in Hawaii, but is of Filipino, Spanish and Chinese descent.
PRAISE GOD SHE CHANGED HER MIND: Growing up at Catholic school, Tia wanted to be a nun.
CLEAN UP, AISLE FOUR: Tia was discovered at age 17 in a Honolulu supermarket and was whisked away for a role on General Hospital.
NOW THE BAD NEWS: In the 1991 film Showdown in Little Toyko she had a body double for her nude hot tub scene.
NICE LUNGS: She has a CD out called Dream World.
BUY HER A DRINK: Her favorite is a Bombay Sapphire gin martini, up with olives.
JUST TRY NOT TO PICTURE THIS: Tia gets waxed regularly, or, as she puts it, “I’ve cleared the way to the Promised Land.”
“What most attracts me is someone who’s powerful, ambitious, self-motivated and energetic. Though good-looking never hurts.”
