Mimi Miyagi

Mimi Miyagi (born Melody Damayo on July 3, 1973, in Davao City, Philippines) is a Filipina porn star and adult model. Damayo was born in Davao City, Mimi is the second of four children to immigrant parents Mike Ariesgado and Luz Damayo, who were both conservative Christians. As a child, Damayo was something of a prodigy. She spent her childhood studying piano and dreaming of becoming an Olympic gymnast. At the age of six, she moved to the US with her parents, and grew up in California. She was sent her back to Mindanao for high school by her parents, who enrolled her in a conservative Seventh Day Adventist academy in remote Bukidnon province, hoping she would acquire Filipino values. Damayo made it through high school and enrolled in an Adventist college in the same area, but dropped out after two years. After being a disc jockey on the college radio station, she wanted a career in show business. She returned to LA just before her 18th birthday with a little over $1,000 to her name. Damayo obtained a scholarship to the American College for Fashion Merchandising, Westwood, Los Angeles, but college was cut short in 1992, when she'd run out of money and began looking for jobs. When she reached the age of consent, and pursued an adult career, starting with Ed Powers. Damayo came across an ad looking for nude models and answered it, thus beginning her rise in the adult film …