Mia Abagale Tallarico (born December 22, 1978), better known as Mia Tyler, is an American actress, model, media personality and socialite.

Early life and education

Tyler is the daughter of rock singer

Steven Tyler Steven Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948), known professionally as Steven Tyler, is an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, piano, and percussion. ...

of the band

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and actress

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. She was born at Alice Peck Day Hospital in

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, and raised nearby, primarily by

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. She is the paternal half-sister of actress

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(whose mother is model and singer

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). In 1979, Steven Tyler wrote a song titled after Mia, which was released on the Aerosmith album ''

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''. Tyler's parents divorced in 1987, and by 1990 she and her mother relocated from New Hampshire to New York City. Her mother died in 2002 of a brain tumor (diagnosed in 1997).

Career

At age 17, Tyler appeared as a VJ on the

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show ''

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''. Primarily a

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, she has been represented by the modeling agency

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. She has appeared in such elite magazines as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Teen People ''People'' is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories. It is published by Dotdash Meredith, a subsidiary of IAC (company), IAC. With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, ''People ...

'', ''Mode'', ''Us'', ''Jump'', '' YM'', ''Moxie Girl'', ''

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'' and on the cover of ''

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''. She modeled for H&M, MXM],

Penningtons Penningtons is a Canadian fashion retail store that specializes in plus-size clothing, plus-size woman, womens' clothing, with locations across Canada in all ten provinces. Penningtons is part of the Reitmans Limited Company, also affiliated with ...

and

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. She has also appeared on the runways of New York and Paris. Tyler launched her own clothing line, Revolution 1228, in February 2009. In 2005 Tyler was a member of the VH1 reality show ''

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'', and featured in ''Really Rich Real Estate'', also on VH1, in 2006. In March 2009, Tyler was a judge on ''

Pretty Wicked ''Pretty Wicked'' is a reality show on the Oxygen Network. The series challenges 10 women to put looks aside and compete to see who is the most beautiful on the inside. The winner receives a grand prize of $50,000. The show is hosted by Carid ...

'', a reality show that airs on the

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network. She has had a few acting roles, including Marsha in ''

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'', and in ''A Little Bit of Lipstick''. In 2008, Tyler released her autobiography ''Creating Myself''. She held art shows at various galleries, featuring her X-rated, adult-theme paintings, in 2012. Tyler along with Steven both appeared in the Season 13 episode of ''

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'' as chef's table guests in the red kitchen.

Personal life

Tyler lived for many years in Sacramento. As of 2014, she resides in New York City. In 2002, Tyler married ex-

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drummer Dave Buckner in

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; the two were divorced in 2005. She was also engaged to guitarist Brian Harrah, but the couple broke up in 2008. Mia gave birth on May 10, 2017, to Axton Joseph Tallarico, who is the son of her boyfriend Dan Halen.

References

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