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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Who is Diane Kiyomi Mizota?

Who is Diane Kiyomi Mizota? The entertainment and acting world knows her as Diane Mizota. Mizota is an American dancer, actress, and hostess.

Life and career

Mizota, a Japanese American, was born September 9, 1973 in Los Angeles, California and raised in Danville, California. Mizota studied dance in high school and in UCLA and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Communication Studies. Mizota played Katy in the MTV comedy/drama Undressed, guest starred on the soap opera Passions, and danced in Boys and Girls, Beautiful, and the ill-fated Monkeybone in 2001.

Mizota appeared in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) as Fook Mi, alongside Carrie Ann Inaba who played her twin sister Fook Yu. The two women are not related, but when Mizota had been cast for her role, she was asked if she knew any actresses who resembled her and suggested Inaba. Inaba, who had appeared briefly in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, was given the role and the two women were made up to appear as identical twins. Mizota and Inaba would later reprise their roles with Mike Myers in a commercial for Motorola.
In 2003, Mizota co-hosted the annual video game awards G-Phoria along with comedian Jamie Kennedy and Victor Lucas, host of the video game show, The Electric Playground. Mizota was a host for Discovery Kids' Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls on NBC and a video game countdown show, Filter on G4. Mizota's time on the G4 Network has given her a wide fanbase. However, on December 9, 2005, Mizota announced that G4 had canceled the series, and the last episode of Filter with Mizota as host aired on December 19, 2005. G4 brought back Filter in June 2006 with new host Beth Ostrosky, but the show has since been canceled again.

Also in 2005, Mizota took part in the reality show, Three Wishes starring Amy Grant and had a role in Rob Marshall's feature film, Memoirs of a Geisha.
Mizota hosted an online technology show for Revision3 called InDigital, but has since moved on. Mizota is the current spokeswoman for Time Warner Cable, under the name "Karen". In 2006, Mizota appeared in a Best Buy holidays commercial as a Best Buy employee, and in Toyota commercials as a customer looking at cars. In 2007, Mizota appeared

in another Best Buy holiday commercial as a woman with a voyeuristic partner, and in a State Farm commercial, as a baseball game attendant. In 2009, Mizota appeared in a Volkswagen commercial as a dealership employee.

Diane currently co-hosts a Dancing With the Stars recap with Joey Lawrence on Yahoo.com, as part of the Yahoo! Buzz Session. She co-hosts the second season of the GSN series Bingo America with Richard Karn.^[1] Diane is currently in the running to be VP of Pop Culture for Pop Chips. She needs every vote she can ge

Filmography

Played Fook Mi, one of the Japanese twins in Austin Powers: Goldmember.

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Who is Pamella Roland?

Who is Pamella Roland? The designing world knows her as Pamella De Vos. DeVos is the President and Designer of Pamella Roland evening gowns and cocktail dressess, which are worn by the likes of Halle Berry, Carrie Underwood and Queen Latifah. The brand is carried by Saks, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom.

De Vos was born in 1960. She did not launch Pamella Roland, her design business, until she was 43.

DeVos as made her business a family a fair who have included her children — 23-year-old Cassandra, 19-year-old Sydney and 13-year-old Cole. They have all walked the runway with Mom more than once.

Pamella, channels her artistic appreciation and creativity into all of her collections, finding inspiration throughout her life and the world at large. Pamella designs for a confident woman with exceptional taste - one who demands a versatile wardrobe in which she feels polished and impeccable without forsaking her sensuality and femininity. Pamella strives to create clothes that allow women to comfortably exude their strength and beauty, while projecting innate elegance.

Pamella's love for fashion began in her teens and early twenties when she worked for a women's retailer while attending school. Though she yearned to study fashion design, her father encouraged her to pursue a business degree instead. Nevertheless, she continued to study art history through college and thereafter to nurture her creativity and refine her aesthetic.

Pamella's gift for design evolved as she applied her passion for art to her initial professional endeavors. Armed with an innate drive and a degree in business from Michigan State University, Pamella built an extensive background in marketing and public relations, working nearly 10 years in both corporate and agency environments. While living in Japan promoting family business interests, she quickly put her expertise to work in support of the arts as a director of public relations efforts for the prestigious National Art Show of the College Women's Association of Japan. Upon returning to the U.S., she and her husband Dan DeVos continued to build and manage their investments, exploring new opportunities in both business and philanthropy, melding the two whenever possible.

Pamella entered into the latest chapter of her life with the 2002 launch of the PAMELLA ROLAND collection. She immediately approached this new venture with the same energy and entrepreneurial savvy for which she is known; establishing the overall business structure while taking the lead as the creative force behind the label.

PAMELLA ROLAND debuted its Fall 2002 collection to a warm reception from critics and buyers alike. That positive response has grown significantly to the present, making PAMELLA ROLAND a label of choice among retailers and A-list celebrities The collection also received the prestigious 2003 Gold Coast Award in just its second year of operation. In 2010 Pamella was inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA).

Pamella plays a major role in every facet of the business, from the creation of each piece, with final say on every shape, fabric, and color, to directing sales, hiring staff, and managing all public relations and marketing efforts. "I make it a point to travel to as many points of distribution as possible to meet my customers...I wear these clothes and can relate to what my customers want from their wardrobes...This is valuable information that I truly channel into the design process.