She’s an amazing parent who swears never to know what she’s doing by day and one of the fast-rising comedians in the country by night.
Stylish, hilarious, and completely unpredictable, Jiaoying Summers finds time to talk comedy, motherhood and everything in between with her funniest friends as part of her weekly podcast entitled Tiger Milf w/ Jiaoying Summers.
A comedy career spanning less than three years, Jiaoying Summers has not only been the busiest comedian of the pandemic era but she’s also been one of the most successful businesswomen in comedy entertainment. One of the hottest up-and-coming Asian American females on the comedy scene, Jiaoying is one of the most popular comedians on TikTok with more than 1 million followers, 21.6 million likes and over 300 million views.
Summers is the owner of The Hollywood Comedy Club in Los Angeles, California and inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame.Jiaoying is considered the trailblazer in building up the Hollywood underground comedy scene. She performs 10+ shows a week headlining regularly at The Hollywood Improv and The Laugh Factory and produces 8 shows weekly across her clubs in LA and Pasadena.
She is the founder of THC Tour, which brings in the best comics touring nationally. In 2022, it was announced that Summers is set to release her 30-min comedy special as part of Peacock TV’s first stand-up comedy series entitled Comedy InvAsian 2.0.
In this episode titled Leading with Motion, Jiaoying is joined by legendary MMA fighter Bi “Killer Bee” Nguyen.
The two start the podcast off by talking about Bi’s family, her childhood and integration into America, and growing up with 9 siblings. They then talk about their shared experience of creating walls around themselves that create an illusion of toughness when they are actually struggling inside. They share horror stories of trying to be actors in Asia, and how the strict beauty standards there make it impossible to accept roles. Jiaoying talks about how grateful she is to have not started her career in Asia and how she hopes that she can inspire women living in Asia to love themselves. The two discuss how it is completely possible to be highly skilled while also being sexy, and Jiaoying opens up to Bi about her suicide attempt and the feelings that led her to that place.
They talk about what kind of men Bi is attracted to and why she hates men who think they are better than her. Bi talks about how she found fighting and how the secret to discovering your passions is to lead with motion and just do something, no matter what it may be, until you find something you love. Jiaoying shares her own story of discovering her talents, and the two laugh about why Asian moms act like hot men. They end the podcast by talking about the moment Bi’s mother finally accepted Bi’s success and why her dad wanted to change her birthday.
This would continue until Nguyen began her martial arts journey at the age of 21, when she stepped into a Muay Thai gym to learn self-defense and build her confidence. She took her first amateur bout after just six months of training and immediately fell in love with competition. She knew right away that she wanted to become a professional martial artist. Nguyen even literally lived in the gym for a time in pursuit of her new passion.
Nguyen made her amateur mixed martial arts debut in 2014 and went 5-1, even winning a title in Texas-based promotion Legacy FC. She then turned professional in 2016 and made a perfect start by winning her first three bouts. Now, Nguyen has her sights set on the ONE Women’s Atomweight World Title, and she hopes to use it to help empower young girls and women around the world.
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