Mia Tyler | |
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Born |
Mia Abagale Tallarico December 22, 1978 Lebanon, New Hampshire |
Occupation | Model, actress |
Spouse(s) | Dave Buckner (m. 2002; div. 2005) |
Parent(s) |
Steven Tyler Cyrinda Foxe |
Relatives | Liv Tyler (paternal half-sister) |
Mia Abagale Tallarico (born December 22, 1978), better known as Mia Tyler, is an American actress, model and fashion designer.
Mia is the daughter of rock and roll singer Steven Tyler of the band Aerosmith and actress Cyrinda Foxe. She was born Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire and raised nearby, primarily by Lake Sunapee. She is the paternal half-sister of actress Liv Tyler (whose mother is model and singer Bebe Buell). In 1979, Steven Tyler wrote a song named after Mia, which was released on the Aerosmith album Night in the Ruts.
Mia's parents divorced in 1987, and by 1990 she and her mother relocated from New Hampshire to New York City. Her mother Cyrinda died in 2002 of a brain tumor (diagnosed in 1997).
At age 17, Tyler appeared as a VJ on the MTV show House of Style. Primarily a plus size fashion model, she has been represented by the modeling agency Wilhelmina Models. She has appeared in such elite magazines as Seventeen, Teen, Teen People, Mode, Us, Jump, YM, Moxie Girl, Vogue and on the cover of Flare. She modeled for H&M, MXM, Pennington's and Lane Bryant. She has also appeared on the runways of New York and Paris.