Tiffany

Overview

Born
October 2, 1971 · Norwalk, California, USA
Birth name
Tiffany Renee Darwisch
Nickname
- Tiff
Height
1.68 m

Biography

Family

Spouses

Trademarks

Red Hair
Large earrings

Trivia

A bubble-gum pop singer in the 1980s, Tiffany had several Top 40 hits. Now, she's turned to country music after a failed R&B album.
An aunt became her legal guardian until she turned 18 after having been denied legal emancipation.
She was discovered singing country music at age 11 or 12 on a country music show by producer George Tobin, who became her manager.
Her father was born in Tebnine, Lebanon, and came to the U.S. as a small child. Her mother, whose family is from California and Arkansas, has English, Irish, Welsh, and German ancestry.
Until 2011, when both she and Debbie Gibson had starred in Mega Python vs. Gatoroïd (2011), they weren't really friends, despite keeping in contact with each other for years.

Quotes

(On posing For Playboy) "I became aware that the world still views me as the 15-year old performer I once was, I view my appearance in Playboy as the first step in presenting myself to the world as I am."
[her feelings about posing for Playboy] It's a great honor to be asked to pose for Playboy. I do think that as a woman, it is your choice. As a career move, it definitely launches you into a different brand, it expands that brand. You're not just a musician; you're a sex symbol. Maybe with a band it's different, but for women, the image is so important - what you wear, your hair - all of it.
[would she pose for Playboy again?] Yeah, I probably would do it again! I had a young son when I did it - some family members weren't happy about it - but I was happy with it. Now, I'm 43 years old, I would do it again in a heartbeat! [Laughs.]
[why she posed for Playboy] More than about being naked, it was about being [seen as] a woman. As soon as I posed, we couldn't stop the phone from ringing - it worked. It was a confidence booster. I never thought that I'd be posing nude in Playboy to work my career or push my music. It seemed a little bizarre to me [at first], but when I'm 80 years old, I'm going to look back on these pictures and think, "Wow, that was really cool." But it definitely did work. A lot of TV shows that I'd been asking to do, my PR people were trying to get me on there for the new album [2000's The Color of Silence], and no bites - from The View to a lot of different shows. But as soon as I posed for Playboy, we couldn't stop the phone ringing. It worked.