Kiana Tom is a television host, fitness expert, author, actress, and businesswoman.

Kiana Tom is part Hawaiian, Chinese and Irish. Her name in Hawaiian means “calm water” or "moon goddess".

She was the star and founder of the fitness series, Kiana's Flex Appeal on ESPN, author of Kiana's Body Sculpting book (St. Martin's Press, NY) and recipient of 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 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 Kiana Tom's Flex Appeal's initial high ratings, ESPN chose to develop other shows around Kiana Tom, including Kiana's Too Fit 2 Quit, Summer Sizzle with Kiana & Hot Summer Nights with Kiana.

She posed nude for May 2002 edition of Playboy magazine. 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's ever been. She had also started getting threatening letters, due to her celebrity status and was forced to call in the FBI. She further elaborates by stating that she never answers the door, never gives her address and uses a different name when checking into a hotel.

Since that time, Tom has hosted ABC Super Bowl Nightlife, Host and Reporter for the Extreme Sports shows, X Games, Extreme Energy, Fitness America Pageant Series, Blade Warriors, King of the Mountain, news anchor for Turner Broadcasting, made guest appearances on the Drew Carey Show, Family Law and in Eminem's Grammy Award winning Music Video of the Year "Without Me". Kiana co-starred in her first movie, with Jean Claude Van Damme, Sony/Columbia Tristar Pictures. According to the New York Times review, dated August 1999, the presence of the fitness guru compounded the physicality of the film.

In 2009, Kiana Tom, now the mother of two children, was working on a new show, FitMomTV.

Family

Tom, was married in 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.

References

External links

Official site

Kiana- Fitness Blahg

Official Myspace

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Name	Monica Brant
Nickname	Mo
Birth date	October 26, 1970
Birth place	Ft. Hood, Texas
Height	5' 4"
Weight	(In Season): 127-130 lb. (Off-Season):138-142 lb.
Firstproshow	1991 Fitness USA Preliminary
Firstproshowyear	1991
Bestwin	1995 Jan Tana Pro Fitness Champion1998 Ms. Fitness Olympia Champion
Bestwinyear	Best year (1995) and (1998)
Predecessor	Carol Semple-Marzetta
Successor	Mary Yockey
Yesorretiredyear	since 1991

Monica Brant (born October 26, 1970) is an IFBB professional figure competitor and a former fitness competitor. She is well-known for competing in and becoming the 1998 Ms. Jan Tana Pro Fitness Champion and 1998 Ms. Fitness Olympia Champion.

Biography

She was born in Ft. Hood, Texas and raised on a ranch in a small town outside of San Antonio called Castroville. Her mother is a professional horse training business and Monica started learning how to help her around the stables, riding and showing ponies and horses since the age of 5. By the time she was 14, she was giving riding lessons and training horses on her own with occasional advice from her mom. Along with volleyball and track in high school, she competed in many events: western pleasure, barrels and pole bending, English pleasure, dressage, and Hunter/Jumper.

After Monica graduated, her love of horses took her to a fine arts college in Fulton, Missouri, where she studied basics and equestrian science for her first year. Unable to return for further studies in Missouri, Brant took classes at San Antonio College in Texas, and gave riding lessons at nearby stables. She also did promotional work for Budweiser, waitressed, and competed in bikini contests for extra funds.

In 1991, Monica started lifting weights with a friend and saw a photo of Marla Duncan winning a national competition. Her beauty and physique impressed her enough that she wanted to try what she was doing - Fitness Competitions. Up until 1995 she only competed for fun, not as a money-making career. In 1994 she was honored with a Muscle & Fitness cover. This helped Monica realize that she had potential to earn some actual money in the fitness industry. She kept competing and in April of '95 moved to the Los Angeles area. Once she arrived, Brant dove into what would become her career and competed in the IFBB organization two to three times per year.

After competing four times, in 1998, she won her first and only Fitness Olympia and appeared 45 times on the covers of magazines, books, and calendars worldwide. Brant says that she had a wonderful time traveling across the country and internationally, and have met some really incredible people everywhere. After placing second twice after her 1998 victory, Monica retired from fitness competition citing the demand on gymnastics in order to win were too great for her.

Monica returned to competition in 2003 with the announcement that figure competition would be part of the sport of bodybuilding. After placing 3rd at the 2006 Figure Olympia, Brant decided to take a break from other competitions and focus on the 2007 Olympia. Monica did not place in the 2007 Figure Olympia competition, despite the fact that she came in as lean as ever.

Vital Stats

Full Name: Monica Brant-Peckham

Birthday: October 26

Place of Birth: Ft. Hood, Texas

Current state of Residence: Texas

Occupation: Fitness competitor, Figure competitor, personal trainer, and fitness model.

Marital Status: Married.

Height: 5'4"

Weight (In Season): 127-130 lb. (Off-Season):135-140 lb.

Eye Color: Hazel

Hair Color: Blonde (recently turned brown with blonde highlights)

Contest history

1991 Fitness USA Preliminary 1st

1991 Ms. National Fitness 14th

1993 Fitness USA Preliminary 6th

1994 Fitness USA Preliminary 1st

1994 Ms. National Fitness 6th

1995 Fitness USA Nationals 9th

1995 IFBB Jan Tana Pro Fitness 1st

1995 IFBB Fitness Olympia 7th

1996 Fitness International 2nd

1996 IFBB Fitness Olympia 7th

1996 IFBB Night Of Champions 4th

1996 IFBB Jan Tana Pro Fitness 2nd

1998 IFBB Fitness Olympia 1st

1999 IFBB Ms. Fitness Olympia 4th

2003 Figure International - 2nd

2003 Figure Olympia - 2nd

2003 Show of Strength Pro Championship, Figure - 2nd

2004 Figure International - 2nd

2004 Figure Olympia - 3rd

2005 Figure International - 2nd

2005 Figure Olympia - 3rd

2005 Sacramento Pro Championships, Figure - 3rd

2005 San Francisco Pro Championships, Figure - 2nd

2006 Figure International - 2nd

2006 Figure Olympia - 3rd

2007 Figure Olympia - 7th

See also

List of female fitness & figure competitors

External links

Official Site

Monica Brant-Peckham Interview and Pictures - The Global Townhall

Monica in competition

Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Fitness & figure competitors