My hair is naturally curly, and in the 80's, even though I experimented with different lengths, I generally wore it curly. Since then, I've learned how to use a blow dryer and flat iron.

In real life Ming Tea consisted of actor Mike Myers Hoffs Canadian musician/producer Christopher Ward and singer Matthew Sweet. Robbie Fulks wrote about her in "That Bangle Girl" which appears on his album The Very Best of Robbie Fulks. This group made a number of television performances (with Myers in character as Powers) and had a minor hit with the song "BBC".

She is best known as a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles.