For a recent magazine interview, she showed how she made her favorite dish -- pork lumpia (fried spring rolls).

Miss Teen USA 1985.

Father raised exotic birds.

In May 2005, she visited with soldiers in Iraq alongside Dean Cain and Amanda Swisten. Unfortunately, she had to cut her visit short due to personal matters.

Co-owned a fast food restuarant, Basic Bites, with her ex-boyfriend.

Finished in the Top 6 at Miss USA 1993.

She was cast in the attempted remake of Dark Shadows (2004) (TV) for the WB in 2003-2004. She was ironically cast as the indomitable Dr. Julia Hoffman, a role immortalized by the late Grayson Hall.

Was the very first Asian American female to be crowned Miss Teen USA (1985)

Dated (1996-1998) Ahmad Ali Moussaui, an investment banker.

Miss Hawaii USA 1993

Measurements: 33A-23-34 (as Miss Teen USA 1985), 34B-24-34 (as Miss Hawaii USA 1993), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

First Asian American to be featured on the cover of Maxim Magazine. At the time of publication, Kelly Hu's cover was the biggest selling issue of Maxim in their history.

Her cousin is the playwright Jenelle Riley

Her older brother is a Lt. Colonel in US Army.

Theatre: Elementary and High School drama productions.

Ethnicity: Chinese, Hawaiian and half English making her Eurasian like fellow actresses Jessica Anderson, Devon Aoki, Moon Bloodgood, China Chow, Traycee King, Kristin Kreuk, Jaymee Ong, Maggie Q, Nicole Scherzinger, Monica Young and actors Anthony Begonia, Andrew Johnston, Brandon Lee, Keanu Reeves, Rob Schneider, Russell Wong and Michael Wong.

Her first big break was as Kirk Cameron's love interest on the hit TV show, "Growing Pains" (1985).

Her mother worked as a Draftsperson for city and county of Honolulu.

She successfully completed the Honolulu Marathon on Dec 10, 2006 in just under 5 hours. Finishing at 7212 place out of over 28,000 runners.

She graduated from The Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaii.

She loves to swim.

Has a dog named Mushu.

Has a black belt in karate.

Winner of the Miss Photogenic award at Miss USA 1993