Melody Damayo (born July 3, 1973[3]), known professionally as Mimi Miyagi, is a Filipino-American model, film director, and former pornographic actress.

[2] Melody Damayo was born in Davao City,[4] the second of four children, to conservative Seventh-day Adventist parents.

[6] Damayo returned to Los Angeles[4] and obtained a scholarship to the American College for Fashion Merchandising, but, once again, she dropped out without graduating[4][7] when she had run out of money and began looking for jobs.

[4] She took some part-time gigs as a go-go dancer at an Asian nightclub in Beverly Hills, before transitioning into adult films and nude modeling.

[4] On May 12, 2006, she filed as a Republican gubernatorial candidate in the state of Nevada,[4] under her birth name Melody Damayo,[2] saying one of her priorities would be anti-stalking legislation.

[13] She faced four other Republican candidates in the primary held on August 15, 2006 and was defeated by a wide margin by Jim Gibbons.