Miss Mina...
...is named after her great-grandmother, Wilhelmina, who was once arrested for indecent exposure on the beach. She had rolled her bathing suit up above her ankles!
...loves sailing and once spent some time as student-crew on a tall ship. You can see that very ship in Master and Commander:The Far Side of the World and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
...is an award-winning costumer and makes most of her own costumes for stage. She also has performed in costumes that were originally made by Angie Pontani, Catherine D'Lish, and Hedy Jo Star.
...uses the taglines "The Ivy League mind in the Combat Zone body", "The Educated Ecdysiast" and "The Martha Stewart of Burlesque".
...was trained in Museum Studies at Harvard and currently serves as Director of Education at the American Burlesque Collection.
...loves tea and all the rituals associated with it. She prefers Darjeeling, with lemon, no sugar, but likes most flavors of black tea. Except Earl Gray. Her pet peeve is people who call afternoon tea "high tea" because it sounds grander. Afternoon tea is the dainty meal with finger sandwiches, scones, and petit fours. High tea is more substantial meal, served as a substitute for supper. Common high tea dishes are Welsh rabbit, beans on toast, or scrambled eggs. High tea is so called because it is eaten at a high dining table, not because it is a high occasion. Afternoon tea can also be called low tea, since it's taken at a low tea table. Now go forth, drink tea, and do not mix them up again.
...has an obsession with leopard print. Most days she's wearing at least one leopard item.
...believes strongly in continuing education and learning from the best. She has been fortunate to take workshops from some of the top names in burlesque, including Michelle L'amour, Jo Weldon, Indigo Blue, Angie Pontani, Princess Farhana, Kitten DeVille, Ray Gunn, Willy Barrett (Joe Williams)... and she's always looking for more!
...is a bibliophile. You can see what she's been reading in the Boston BeauTease Library and the Naked Girls Reading Book Club.