Angela Rockwood is an American model and actress, best known for roles
in the syndicated television series V.I.P. and for her reality
Television series Push Girls.Born in Clovis, New Mexico, Rockwood is
the oldest of four children of German-Thai descent and was raised in
the Philippines, Spain, and Guam. At the age of 22, she moved from San
Francisco to Los Angeles to finish art school and work with Michelle
Bohbot and Bijan. She later turned down a job as a composite sketch
artist for the LAPD and instead accepted a modeling job for designer
Michelle of Bisou Bisou.On September 3, 2001, Rockwood was involved in
a car crash on California's Interstate 5 Highway between San Francisco
and Los Angeles during a Labor Day weekend. While they were returning
late at night from visiting her maid of honor for her then-upcoming
marriage to Dustin Nguyen, the driver (also one of her bridesmaids)
lost control of the car. It swerved violently across the road before
hitting a rock face and flipping several times before hitting the
safety rail and plunging over the bank. Vietnamese American actress
Thuy Trang of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (who was 27 years old) was
killed in the crash after she sustained internal injuries.Rockwood was
thrown from the vehicle before its final impact and was rendered a
quadraplegic. Doctors gave her a 3% chance of regaining motor skills
and feeling below her neck. Through physical therapy, she regained
partial motion in her left index finger two months after the crash.
Three months later, she could touch the top of her head. In 2003, she
received stem cell treatments in Portugal that allowed her to
eventually use a manual wheelchair.
in the syndicated television series V.I.P. and for her reality
Television series Push Girls.Born in Clovis, New Mexico, Rockwood is
the oldest of four children of German-Thai descent and was raised in
the Philippines, Spain, and Guam. At the age of 22, she moved from San
Francisco to Los Angeles to finish art school and work with Michelle
Bohbot and Bijan. She later turned down a job as a composite sketch
artist for the LAPD and instead accepted a modeling job for designer
Michelle of Bisou Bisou.On September 3, 2001, Rockwood was involved in
a car crash on California's Interstate 5 Highway between San Francisco
and Los Angeles during a Labor Day weekend. While they were returning
late at night from visiting her maid of honor for her then-upcoming
marriage to Dustin Nguyen, the driver (also one of her bridesmaids)
lost control of the car. It swerved violently across the road before
hitting a rock face and flipping several times before hitting the
safety rail and plunging over the bank. Vietnamese American actress
Thuy Trang of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (who was 27 years old) was
killed in the crash after she sustained internal injuries.Rockwood was
thrown from the vehicle before its final impact and was rendered a
quadraplegic. Doctors gave her a 3% chance of regaining motor skills
and feeling below her neck. Through physical therapy, she regained
partial motion in her left index finger two months after the crash.
Three months later, she could touch the top of her head. In 2003, she
received stem cell treatments in Portugal that allowed her to
eventually use a manual wheelchair.
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