About Kiana Tom
Kiana Tom (born March 14, 1965 in Maui, Hawaii, U.S.) is an American fitness model, television show fitness instructor, actress, and a former member of the Oakland Raiderettes.
Since 1988, she was one of the hosts of a fitness instruction television series called BodyShaping. In 1995, Tom created, hosted and co-produced her fitness series, Kiana's Flex Appeal, a lifestyle, health and fitness program on ESPN. Tom wrote numerous exercise routines and created the segments: home gym, pro gym, target training, aqua flex training. The show ended in 2001.
Due to the program's initial high ratings, ESPN chose to develop other shows around Tom, including Kiana's Too Fit 2 Quit, Summer Sizzle with Kiana & Hot Summer Nights with Kiana. Tom has also hosted ABC Super Bowl Nightlife, and has many other television hosting credits.
Kiana co-starred in her first movie, Universal Soldier: The Return with Jean Claude Van Damme. According to the New York Times review of the film the presence of the fitness guru compounded the physicality of the film.
Kiana has created and promotes a line of fitness products including her book Kiana's Body Sculpting[4], the Kiana Fitness Wear clothing line, the Kiana Fitness Nutritional Line, and a series of exercise instructional videos officially titled Kiana Fitness Videos. She has over 15 years of experience in the fitness industry.
Tom additionally received the the United States Sports Academy Award. She was interviewed on behalf of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Emcee to the Governor's Ball at the inaugural X Games in Newport RI, Ms. Shape Magazine. She was also a cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders.
In 2002, Kiana shed her spandex workout outfit as she appeared fully nude in the May 2002 American issue of Playboy, being featured on the cover of the same issue. According to one interview, she was such a perfectionist that she had to wait until the right time in her career where she felt her body was in the best shape it had ever been.
Tom has been married since March 2002. Her husband is a fire department captain. She has two daughters. Her father, Layne Tom Jr., was an actor who played various children (including Charlie Chan Jr.) in Charlie Chan films and was the Asian Boy Ranger in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Kiana is part Hawaiian, Chinese, and Irish. Her name in Hawaiian means “calm water” or "moon goddess". She is also trained as a virtuoso piano player.
