History
Lum was born to a Chinese father and a mother of Hawaiian ancestry. During high school, Lum worked as a model and became well known in Hawaii. She was named Miss Hawaii USA at one point, but the title was taken away because she was too young to compete in the Miss USA contest. Lum became an overnight success in Japan after becoming the first Clarion Girl in 1975, hired to promote Clarion products in a television and print advertising campaign.
In 1976, she released her first single, titled Downtown After the Rain. That same year, she made her debut appearance on NHK's KÅhaku Uta Gassen variety show. In 1996, Lum appeared, along with her twin sons, in a television commercial for the Daihatsu Pyzar.
The 12.20.2011 "Super Lucky" edition of Weekly Playboy features Lum. She has appeared on the cover of the publication six times.
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