★ M.A.R.A.★

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Gorgeous Malia Jones, yo…she part Filipino…model and pro-surfer from Cali…born March 27, 1977.  Hawaiian, Spanish-Filipino, and German descent.

Jones began to surf competitively in her early teens, and at age 15 won the girls division of the United States Amateur Surfing Championship. While competing, Surfing Magazine spotted her and asked her to model for their swimsuit issue, and thus a second career was born.

Since then, she has appeared on the cover of over a dozen magazines, and has been named one of the “50 Most Beautiful People” by People magazine, and one of America’s “10 Sexiest Athletes” by Esquire. She has also been a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Jones has done TV commercials for American Express, Capri Sun, Coca-Cola, Corona Beer, and VO5 shampoo.  Jones was a consultant for the Disney movie Lilo & Stitch.

She is married to the Aussie WCT Pro Surfer Luke Stedman.^[1] Currently she divides her time between Hawaii, France, and Sydney, Australia, and designs a line of swimwear for Mambo Graphics sportswear.

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Benny Agbayani

Benny Peter Agbayani, Jr. (born December 28, 1971 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a professional baseball player on the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan. Born in Hawaii to Filipino and Samoan parents,^[1] he attended Saint Louis School and Hawaii Pacific University. He also attended the Oregon Institute of Technology. He formerly played with the New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox.

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Keanu Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounced /keˈɑːnuː/ [kay-ah-nu, often mispronounced as kee-ah-nu]; born September 2, 1964)

Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the son of Patricia Bond (née Taylor), a costume designer/performer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, Jr., a geologist.^[1] Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the son of Patricia Bond (née Taylor), a costume designer/performer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, Jr., a geologist.^[2] Reeves’s mother is English, and his father is an American of Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese and English descent.^[3]


So “Hawaiian”… might he have a Filipino mix also? hmmmm ….

Best known for his portrayals of Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix, Ted Logan in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, and Officer Jack Traven in Speed.

Other notable roles include starring as Siddhartha Gautama in Little Buddha; as Scott Favor in the drama My Own Private Idaho opposite River Phoenix; as Johnny Mnemonic in the sci-fi film Johnny Mnemonic opposite Dolph Lundgren; as Kevin Lomax in the supernatural thriller The Devil’s Advocate opposite Al Pacino; the chevalier Danceny in Dangerous Liaisons; and starring roles in Chain Reaction, Constantine and the epic surf drama Point Break. He played bass guitar in the grunge band Dogstar during the 1990s, and more recently in the band Becky. In an ET online survey in 2006, he was included in the “Top Ten of America’s Favorite Stars”. On January 31, 2005, Reeves received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress and former fashion model who held the Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993 titles.  Was the very first Asian American female to be crowned Miss Teen USA (1985). Placed 4th in the 1993 Miss USA pageant in Wichita, KA.

Kelly is a fourth-generation American with Chinese-Filipino-Hawaiian and English ancestry.

Some of her big film roles include those in The Scorpion King and The Sentinel.  See More of her movies here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005026/

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Jarah-Evelyn Makalapua Mariano^[1] is an American fashion model of Hawaiian, Korean, and Chinese descent.^[1]

MY OWN NOTE: Just by the family names alone - “Makalapua” and “Mariano” … FILIPINO … is the Flip heritage covered by the Hawaiian claim?  What’s up with that? Met her at the Justin Timberlake concert in the summer of 2008 @ MSG NYC-GORGEOUS!!!

She was born in the city of Lihue on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, but at the age of 4 relocated with her family to California, where she was raised in the city of Mission Viejo with her two older brothers. At the age of 15, she was discovered in Santa Monica, California by a model scout. After graduating from high school, she moved to New York City, where she continued to model and attended Pace University as a full-time student, receiving her degree in Speech Communications with a Media Studies Concentration. Mariano has appeared in ads for Victoria’s Secret, MAC, Armani Exchange, Sephora, Roxy Quiksilver, Rock and Republic, Redken, H&M, and Avon.