Early Career
Tan began as a child model, doing catalog work beginning at age 12,and also appeared as an extra in movies and television, including in the movie Operation Dumbo Drop; commercials, the theater. She was a member of the Movement Company dance troupe of Guam, where she performed modern jazz and ballet.
Tan studied at San Diego State University, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry. She also has an Associate's degree in Psychology. She did nude art modeling and was a stripper in nightclubs to support herself as a student.
Tan studied classical voice at the Magdalena Perés School of Voice and says she is a graduate of the John Robert Powers finishing school.
Despite her aptitude for science, she did not enjoy it and worked in sales and marketing in the timeshare industry for Dennis Hof. Hof was later quoted as saying, "She is straight as an arrow; I had no idea she leaned that way; I would have approached her to work for my Moonlite Bunny Ranch back then!"
She tried her hand at acting in California, but quit after discovering that the casting couch is not a myth. She has been quoted as saying, "For the record, no adult entertainment director, producer, or crewman has ever sexually harassed me EVER. If I have to fuck for work, then I'll just fuck for work. Sure, the sex acts are documented, but at least the payoff is guaranteed in porn."
Tan appeared on the American television show Blind Date in 2006 in an episode titled "Scott and Mika/Pat and Michelle".
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