Tina Hakim Baba

Chesley McLaren, Princess Lessons: A Princess Diaries Book

TruRomantic (Royal Code Name)

(June 2015 - Present)

## Appearances

The Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries, Vol. II: Princess in the Spotlight

The Princess Diaries, Vol. III: Princess in Love

The Princess Diaries, Vol. IV: Princess in Waiting

The Princess Diaries, Vol. IV and a Half: Project Princess

The Princess Diaries, Vol. V: Princess in Pink

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VI: Princess in Training

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VI and a Half: The Princess Present

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII: Party Princess

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII and a Half: Sweet Sixteen Princess

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII and 3/4ths: Valentine Princess

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VIII: Princess on the Brink

The Princess Diaries, Vol. IX: Princess Mia

The Princess Diaries, Vol. X: Forever Princess

MiaThermopolis.com

Royal Wedding: A Princess Diaries Novel

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Wedding Disaster

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Crush

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Crown

Princess Lessons: A Princess Diaries Book

Perfect Princess: A Princess Diaries Book

Holiday Princess: A Princess Diaries Book

**Tina Hakim Baba** is one of Mia Thermopolis's best friends and a student at Albert Einstein High School. Like Mia, she has a body guard that must follow her around.

## Biography

### Early Life

Lives on Seventy-Fifth and Fifth.

Tina's father is a Saudi Arabian oil sheik and her mother is a former model who is related to the king of Sweden. Tina has 3 little sisters and a little brother named Bobby.

### Freshman Year

Tina is dropped off by a chauffeur and has to have her bodyguard, Wahim, follow her around everywhere. She and Wahim sit alone at lunchtime.

#### Princess Diaries

When Mia and Lilly get in a fight after Mia's makeover, Mia realizes she has no where to sit at lunch. After evaluating all the lunch tables, she decides her best shot is with Tina and Wahim. They strike up conversation and Tina tells Mia that she is dieting to lose 20lbs before the Cultural Diversity Dance (which is later that week) that she is attending with Dave Farouq El-Abar a student at Trinity. Tina goes to get an ice cream with Wahim and comes back with one for Mia as well. This causes Lana Weinberger to begin mocking them, asking Tina if her dad gave her extra money to buy a friend. Mia becomes so upset at this that she takes the ice cream cone Tina has bought for her and plunges it into Lana's chest - right in the middle of her cheerleading uniform.

The next day Tina invites Mia to spend the night at her house that Friday. After Mia is outed by the New York Post as a princess and has to have Lars follow her around, Lana attempts to befriend Mia by telling her she doesn't have to sit with Tina, but Mia rejects her. However, feeling bad for all the stares, Mia tells Tina that she will go eat by herself if Tina is uncomfortable with all the attention. Tina thinks that Mia is trying to ditch her and becomes sad, because Mia is her only friend, which causes Mia to be upset at how judgemental she and her friends were toward Tina previously by not befriending her sooner. The next day Lana and Josh and their friend join Tina and Mia and their bodyguards at their table, which surprises both of them.

Grandmère is thrilled that Mia is going to spend the night at Tina's house, as she believes that Tina is a better friend for her than Lilly. At Tina's house they talk about the dance and romance novels - Tina is excited for Mia to be attending with Josh and shows Mia her sea foam green Nicole Miller dress that she plans to wear.

After the events at the dance with Josh, Tina and Lilly become friends and go into the bathroom to get Mia and bring her out to join them and the rest of their friends (as well as Michael Moscovitz) at the dance. Tina decides to become the executive producer of LTILIS since she gets $50 a week as allowance. At the end of the dance Tina offers everyone a ride home in the limo her father has sent to take her and Dave home from the dance and everyone ends up going to the Moscovitzs' house.

#### Princess in the Spotlight

Tina e-mails Mia while she is sick and hopes she gets better. After Mia's interview, Tina calls her and is excited that her name was mentioned, and has well wishes from her parents as well.

#### Princess in Love

Tina and Dave go ice skating with Lilly, Boris, Mia, Kenny, Michael, and Judith, where Mia falls and bites through her tongue. At school, while Tina is putting on her makeup (her father does not allow her to wear makeup, but Wahim and Tina have a deal that he doesn't tell her father about the makeup and she doesn't tell him how much Wahim flirts with Mademoiselle Klein), Mia tells her about Kenny confessing his love to her over the phone. Tina believes her and is excited, but Mia tells her she actually likes Michael. Tina is supportive of her situation, and suspected that she likes someone else as Kenny had told Dave that Mia refuses to let him kiss her.

Mia gets the idea to leave anonymous love notes for Michael, like Kenny did for her, and enlists Tina's help. She has Tina write the poems inside so that Michael will not recognize her handwriting. Tina later confirms that Michael is getting the note when she sees him pull one out of his locker and put it in his bag, only she thinks it may have been crushed by his laptop immediately after.

When Mia decides to host her own press conference Tina helps by doing her makeup for her, and afterward Tina calls to congratulate Mia on how well she did. She also asks Mia about her Secret Snowflake, and seems sad that her own Secret Snowflake has forgotten about her (Mia remembers that she was Tina's Secret Snowflake and signs her up for a Romance Book-of-the-Month Club). Tina asks Mia when she is going to confess to Michael and Mia admits she was never planning on admitting it, but Tina makes her promise she will admit it at the Carnival.

At the Carnival, Tina drags Mia to the Computer Club booth, where Michael shows Mia the special program he made - confessing his love for her. Mia jumps back, upset, and drags Tina away with her, where she runs into Kenny. Kenny breaks up with Mia, erroneously believing that she is in love with Boris. Mia wants to correct him but Tina drags her to the bathroom and tells her that it doesn't matter because they're broken up now and he doesn't need to know who she's actually in love with. Mia tells Tina that she thinks Michael was making fun of her, but Tina doesn't think Michael would do that.

When Mia arrives at the Nondenominational Winter Dance, Lilly, Boris, Tina, and Dave tell her they are glad she made it - and Tina tells her, to her relief, that she already told everyone that she and Kenny broke up (but not why). Michael rushes in and tells Mia that he knew she was sending the cards the whole time, because Tina had told Lilly, who in turn told Michael, which upsets Mia - but she forgives them after Michael confirms that he actually does love her and would never make fun of her, and then kisses her.

#### Princess in Waiting

Tina sprains her ankle in Aspen while on winter break and is unable to ski. Tina wants Mia to get her Prince William's e-mail address because things with Dave have not been going smoothly. Ever since Tina told Dave she loved him things have been weird, and she had to buy him Wrestlemania tickets to even get him to call her back. Dave says he doesn't want to be tied down at 16. She talks with Mia about Mia's fears that Michael might not like her romantically. Tina prints out Mia and Michael's horoscopes and assures Mia that they are meant to be together. When Mia is unsure what to get Michael for his birthday (which she forgot) Tina gives Mia her mom's list of appropriate gifts for boys based on how long you have been dating.

After Grandmère gives Mia a copy of Jane Eyre so she can glean some relationship skills, Tina reads it as well. Tina agrees that they should try the Jane Eyre method of not chasing boys, though Lilly decides not to participate, as she believes she and Boris have a mature relationship. Tina was left out of the Film of Mia's Life, as her father did not want kidnappers to see her and potentially target her.

Because of the Jane Eyre method, Dave breaks up with Tina via text and tells her he has begun dating a girl named Jasmine. Tina is heartbroken and decides to give up on Romance Novels, as she blames Charlotte Brontë for her breakup with Dave. Mia and Lilly make a list of all the things they've learned from Romance Novel Heroines and Tina decides not to blame the books for Dave's bad behavior.

Tina assures Mia when she has to cancel on Michael that he will not break up with her, because he is a better guy than Dave. Tina ultimately resolves to move on from Dave.

#### Valentine Princess

Tina is single on Valentine's day and all she wants is someone who will buy her a Kay Jewelers genuine simulated ruby encrusted heart pendant. Mia IMs her about Dr. Steve saying she is going to end up with a Leo, but Tina takes it really seriously and tells Mia she needs to make sure her Valentine's with Michael is perfect.

Tina invites Mia to a sleepover at her house on Valentine's Day with Lilly and Ling Su. When Boris gives Lilly her Valentine's gift, the exact pendant that Tina wanted, and she is ungracious, saying she opposes the gemstone industry, Tina tells Lilly that the gemstones are simulated. To make Tina feel better Mia agrees to go to her sleepover.

#### Project Princess

Even though Tina is not in Gifted & Talented, she joins the class on the spring break trip with Housing for the Hopeful. She does not even have to take Wahim with her as Mr. Hakim Baba has no enemies in Hominy Knob, West Virginia. After Boris gets sick on the bus, Tina sits with Mia and Lilly and they laugh and make jokes about the bus driver's sign.

Tina is in Mia's group, building a house for the Harmeyer Family. Tina proves to be fairly handy with a nail gun, using it to impress Peter Tsu. She helps Peter, Lilly, and Mia to shingle the roof. Mia makes Tina smell her to make sure she doesn't stink before Mia heads off to do inventory with Michael. Tina goes with the group into town for ice cream and a shower. At the final barbecue Tina, Mia, and Lilly sing Destiny's Child's Survivor.

#### Princess in Pink

While things looked promising between Tina and Peter Tsu, his obsession with Korn prevents them from beginning a relationship. Tina continues to e-mail a fake e-mail address that Mia gave her for Prince William. Tina puts a personal ad in The Atom looking for a potential boyfriend. Tina e-mails Mia to wish her a happy birthday.

Tina comes up with a plan to play Seven Minutes in Heaven at Mia's birthday party so that she can ask Michael about prom, which Mia objects to. Post-Dave Tina now believes in being up front and direct with boys. Tina continues with the plan anyway, and has Ling Su set to distract Helen while Tina hides all the coke in the nursery and sends Mr. Gianini to the store. As soon as Mr. G is gone Tina announces the game and shoves Mia and Michael into the closet. Just as Mia starts to cry from finding out that Michael does not want to go to prom, Tina rips the door open. To everyone's shock, Lilly goes in with Jangbu, and Tina rushes over to comfort Boris, who is heartbroken. She unconvincingly tells him that Lilly is probably just showing Jangbu what the inside of a real, American closet looks like. Tina e-mails the day after the party to check in with Mia about prom.

After the Boris and the globe incident, Tina tells Mia that she finds the whole thing very romantic. When Boris leaves a personal ad in the Atom for Lilly to come and meet him, Tina goes instead and takes him for frozen hot chocolate. Shameeka later sees them holding hands, so she and Mia skip class to ask Tina about it. Tina confirms that except for his looks Boris is exactly what she has been looking for in a guy for a long time. Boris calls Tina his "new muse and sole reason for living," which seems to please Tina. Because of her new relationship with Boris, Tina is able to go to prom when Skinner Box is asked to play, so she and Mia get ready together at her apartment. After Helen goes into labor, Tina calls Lilly to tell her what's going on so that Lilly can meet everyone at the hospital. Tina later fills Mia in on everything she missed at prom after she left.

### Sophomore Year

#### Princess in Training

Tina is excited to see Mia and Lilly after the summer, and doesn't want them to tell Boris that he has gotten hot as she is afraid he will dump her for someone better looking. Boris and Tina play hangman during the beginning of the year assembly and Tina cannot figure out what Boris' puzzle is, but Mia tells her it is Joshua Bell.

Mia passes notes with Tina talking about her and Michael and what Lana said about Doing It and her mom and Wendell Jenkins, but Tina tells her not to worry and they just need to have a talk. Tina tells Mia that she and Boris have had the Talk and agree that if Tina doesn't think that she and Prince William will work out that she and Boris will have sex as long as it is after prom at the Four Seasons with a few other stipulations. Tina checks in with Mia later to find they still haven't talked. Tina reveals that Helen and Mr. G are going out of town for the weekend, but Mia immediately shuts down Lilly's idea to throw a party. Mia steals Tina's after-prom idea when she and Michael talk, but he totally shuts it down. Mia IMs Tina about this and tells her that he said he wouldn't wait forever, but Tina tells her they need to talk about it.

After it is announced that Mia has won the election Tina joins their friends in singing We Are the Champions in the hall.

#### Party Princess

Tina is the secretary for the student council, though she has to miss a meeting due to her brother flushing her retainer down the toilet. Tina finds out later about the student council being broke and is in favor of selling candles to make back the money. Mia asks Tina about Michael's party and Tina tells her it's ok that she is not a party girl, though Mia is not convinced.

Tina asks for an invite to Aide de Ferme. She auditions for *Braid!* and she and Lilly comment that The Guy Who Hates It When They Put Corn In The Chili is actually kind of cute. She assumes Lilly will be cast as Rosagunde. Tina is ultimately cast as Rosagunde's maid, with Mia as Rosagunde. Tina and Boris go to Michael's party after Lilly invites the whole cast and spend most of it making out on the couch. After Mia's "sexy dance" Tina pulls herself away to tell Mia that her dancing was nice.

Tina, Lilly, and Mia pass notes and Tina suspects that J.P. may have a crush on Mia, but Lilly wants to know why they would assume that and not that he has a crush on her, which leads Mia and Tina to believe that Lilly has a crush on J.P., which she denies. When Lilly publishes Fat Louie's Pink Butthole Tina thinks they were confiscated because of the NC-17 content in Lilly's short stories. Tina proposes a theory that Lilly refused to pull Mia's story, No More Corn!, because she likes J.P. and it would make Mia look bad in front of him. Mia can't believe that Lilly would do something like that, but Tina points out that Lilly lost the school presidency and the part of Rosagunde to Mia and probably didn't want to lose anything else to her.

Tina skips class a few times with some of the other cast members to rehearse, but the show goes off without a hitch and Tina is able to spend time at the benefit with all the celebrities and her parents.

#### Sweet Sixteen Princess

Tina and Lilly group IM Mia to try and convince her to have a sweet sixteen. Mia doesn't want to because she is afraid that something will happen again like what Lilly did last year, but Lilly insists things are different because she is with J.P. now who is not as interesting as Boris, which offends Tina but Lilly says she is sure things are better between the two of them. Tina thinks that J.P. is bubbling with passion beneath the surface and just needs someone to unlock his heart, since he has locked it away as a loner.

Mia tells everyone about Grandmère's plan to have her on My Super Sweet Sixteen, but the group is actually disappointed. Tina is convinced by Mia's reasoning and eventually agrees that it is probably for the best that they don't go. Lilly dramatically says that Mia is just keeping them from this as punishment for what she did at Mia's last birthday, which causes the whole table, particularly Boris and Tina, to fall into an awkward silence.

Tina and Boris attend Mia's ice skating Sweet Sixteen and skate together.

### Junior Year

#### Princess on the Brink

Tina tells Mia that she thinks Lilly and J.P. Did It over the summer, but Mia doesn't believe her. Tina tells her that Boris revealed that he and Lilly got to third base while they were dating. After Tina finds out about Michael moving to Japan she and Mia pass notes and Mia tells her that he's not just going to work on the arm, he's going to prove himself to Mia's family. Tina compares their situation to Aragorn and Arwen in Lord of the Rings. At lunch Boris tells Mia that she and Michael should probably break up, but Tina tells Mia to ignore him. Boris explains his reasoning and Tina gets offended, asking if he wouldn't want her to wait for him if he moved away, which he says of course he would but he would never ask her to do that.

Mia tells Tina about her plan to sleep with Michael, but Tina thinks Mia should sleep with him as a present to remember him by, not to try to manipulate him into staying in New York. After the night in the hotel Tina texts Mia to find out how everything went and Mia tells her what happened in the hotel. Tina somewhat defends Michael because he did tell her eventually but agrees that Mia has a right to be angry. Tina and Mia pass notes in class and Tina asks if Mia would forgive Michael if he asked but Mia tells her that won't happen as Michael doesn't think he did anything wrong. Tina tells Mia she felt the same way Mia does about Michael and Judith when she found out about Boris and Lilly but assures Mia the feeling goes away in time. Mia just reminds her that she doesn't have time as Michael leaves for Japan that night. At lunch Boris comforts Mia by telling her she made the right decision and Tina begins to chastise him, but Mia agrees with Boris.

#### Princess Mia

Mia IMs Tina and tells her she is worried and hopes she and Michael will be able to get back together. Tina asks Mia if she is going to Lilly's student council victory party, but Mia tells her she wasn't invited. Tina says she didn't think Lilly was serious and reveals that Lilly decided she would never speak to Mia again. She also reveals that Mia and J.P. were on the cover of the Post as a couple. Tina offers to boycott Lilly's party, but Mia tells her to go. The next day Tina IMs to ask if Michael has called and tell Mia what happened at the party.

After Mia misses school on Monday, Tina comes by to check on Mia and is shocked by her state. Helen tells her everything that happened with Michael and Tina tries to encourage Mia to come back to school. Tina tries to convince Mia that their breakup is a good thing as she and Michael were in different places and while she is single she could work on the novel she has wanted to write, but Mia doesn't want to hear it and lies that she will come to school the next day to get rid of Mia. Tina comes by again the next day with Boris, bringing Mia's homework. Tina tells Mia that both Kenny and J.P. asked about her and gives her a note from J.P.. Tina e-mails Mia when she continues to miss more days of school.

When Mia comes back to classes on Friday Tina is excited to see her. She and Boris sit with Mia and J.P. at lunch. Tina IMs later that day to ask if Mia wants to go shopping with her and her mother the next day, but Mia turns her down. Tina invites Mia to spend the night and she accepts. At Tina's house they trick her siblings into going to bed early so they can marathon Drew Barrymore films. Tina is indignant that Michael would e-mail and act like he and Mia are just friends, but Mia says that's what they agreed to. Tina thinks it is best that Mia didn't write him back. Boris and J.P. stop by and surprise them with ice cream. Tina and Boris begin to make out so J.P. and Mia excuse themselves until Tina's parents come home and Tina rushes the boys out before her parents see them. Tina asks Mia if J.P. told her anything important as he was insistent to Boris that they come over so that he could talk to Mia. Tina tells Mia that she thinks J.P. is in love with Mia and that is why he broke up with Lilly and thus why Lilly hates Mia, but Mia just laughs.

At school on Monday Tina asks what Mia is reading and finds out about Amelie Renaldo's journal. When Trisha and Lana join Mia's table at lunch Tina is visibly shocked, but Trisha compliments Tina's eye makeup and Tina teaches her how to do it. When Principal Gupta takes about Mia's diary Tina passes notes to ask her about it and to ask how she and Lana suddenly became friends. Mia explains about Domina Rei and Lana not seeming that bad and Tina agrees that sometimes Lana says snarky things but she seems to just not know better than intentionally being mean. Tina is shocked when Lana and Trish ask about Kenny and Mia dating, but Boris confirms that could have been who he saw at Lilly's party.

After Kenny blows up the lab Tina IMs Mia to make sure she is ok, but Mia tells her that J.P. told her he loves her. Tina jokes that J.P.'s eruption of love was what caused the explosion in the lab. She asks if Mia told J.P. she loved him back but Mia says she didn't because she still loves Michael. Tina asks what Mia is going to do about senior prom as she will need someone to go with and Michael clearly isn't going to. Tina tells Mia she's sorry that Michael left, but Mia will learn to love again and Mia asks her if she thinks Michael is ever going to get back together with her. Tina doesn't answer the question but asks her if she will even want to get back together with Michael or if she will have moved on to someone better by then. Mia says there is no one better than Michael but Tina points out she doesn't know that for sure. Tina reveals to Mia that IHateMiaThermopolis.com exists, but Mia already knew about it. Mia looks again and there are many more posts and she begins to cry, so she says goodbye to Tina.

Tina asks Mia at school if she has made any decisions about J.P., but Mia tells her she hasn't. After Lilly yells at Mia, Tina rushes to comfort her. After Mia's speech at Domina Rei Tina e-mails her to congratulate her.

#### Later Junior Year

Lana takes Tina and Mia to Pink Pussycat Boutique, a sex shop, to give them an education.

### Senior Year

Over the summer, Boris comes to visit Tina in Martha's Vineyard and she is so attracted to him that they end up having sex.

Tina hoped to get into Harvard, but is instead accepted to NYU. However, due to Boris being denied by Berklee and instead having to attend his second choice Julliard, they will both be in New York together.

Boris asked Tina to prom during a dinner at Per Se. He presented her with a prom ticket attached to a red rose, with a Tiffany's box dangling from it. Inside the Tiffany's box is an emerald promise ring with both of their initials and the date of prom engraved on the inside.

#### Forever Princess

Tina texts Mia to ask why she is not going prom dress shopping, as she knows that Mia is banned from J.P.'s rehearsals. Mia explains to her that she might not be going to the prom, as J.P. has not asked her. Tina hints that she and Mia are supposed to lose their virginity on prom night and Mia is surprised she is still holding to that but promises her that she will ask J.P. about prom. After Mia agrees to come and J.P. is told where they are all going, Tina, Lana, Trisha, and Shameeka all stare at him expectantly, hoping he will remember that he has not yet asked Mia.

Tina texts Mia to skip class and meet her in the third floor stairwell so that she can warn her about Michael being back in town, but Mia already knows. Tina is surprised that Michael didn't tell her and has a theory about why, but Mia tells her she doesn't want to hear it. She asks Mia if she is going to see Michael out of curiosity, but the bell rings before Mia can answer. At lunch Tina tells all the girls about Michael being back in town and Shameeka and Lana want to go and see him. Lana steals her sister's press passes and they all agree to meet the next day and go to his CardioArm donation. Tina texts Mia later to ask what she is going to wear, but Mia tells her she is not going. Tina IMs Mia again about the event, but Mia insists she is not going. Mia ends up going with them, wearing a beret and large sunglasses, which Tina thinks just draws more attention to her. After Mia decides that they should all stagger leaving Tina sees Mia getting dragged by the wrist by Lilly and motions for her to call her, and Mia gives her and the rest of their friends all the details in the limo.

Mia comes clean to Tina about her senior project, e-mailing her an apology for lying and revealing that her actual senior project was a romance novel, which she attaches. Tina texts Mia and tells her she is super excited for her and has something to tell her, but she will have to call her. Tina calls Mia the next day after her meeting with Michael to ask how it went and Mia tells her that she smelled Michael. Tina asks if Michael smelled better to her than J.P. did and Mia admits that he did. Tina tells Mia that she has to talk to her and agrees to meet her at the zoo while Mia is there with her family.

Tina meets Mia to talk about her book and Mia is worried that Tina hated it, but Tina assures her she loved it. Tina asks Mia if she and J.P. have had sex, because the sex scenes in Mia's book were very realistic, before revealing to Mia that she and Boris have been sleeping together for almost a year. Tina asks if Mia thinks she is a slut, but Mia tells her she doesn't think that. Tina then asks if Mia's book is about her and Michael - a knight returning from a long time away and a girl has an obligation to her people - but Mia denies that it is. Tina tries to ask again if Mia and J.P. have had sex, but they are interrupted by Mia's family.

Tina, Lana, Trisha, and Shameeka go with Mia to get mani-pedis for her birthday courtesy of Grandmère. Tina hints at telling the other girls about Mia's book, but Mia blurts out that she is still a virgin. Tina tells Mia she was referring to her book and their friends are much more impressed by that fact than Mia's virginity. Tina tells Mia she thinks it's sweet that J.P. hasn't pressured her. Tina asks if Mia even wants to sleep with J.P., bringing up what Mia said about Michael's neck. She and the rest of the girls believe that Mia is still in love with Michael.

Tina attends Mia's birthday party with her parents. Tina brings Mia food and tells her she has to eat something and Kenny, Lilly, and Michael approach to tell her it is a great party and J.P. joins the group, creating an awkward tension when he greets Michael. Boris tells J.P. that Michael's business is wildly successful and to fill the awkwardness Tina tells Michael that J.P. wrote a play, which causes Lilly to hold back laughter. Tina comes to look at Mia's ring with the girls after J.P.'s promposal. Tina pulls Mia aside to ask if she thinks Michael left the party because he's still in love with her, but Mia believes it is because Michael doesn't care about her at all anymore and asks Tina not to talk to her about Michael anymore.

Per Mia's request, Tina avoids talking to Mia the next day at school, which annoys her. She pulls Tina into the bathroom and asks her what her problem is, but Tina insists she has no problem. Mia calls Tina out for thinking she still has feelings for Michael and tells her she is going to ask J.P. to get a hotel room for after prom. Tina tells Mia that she will support whatever she decides. Lilly exits a stall and washes her hands before exiting the bathroom, but Tina assures Mia that Lilly will not say anything to Michael. Tina IMs Mia that night to tell her that she has to talk to Mia about Michael, even though she asked her not to, because she thinks Mia is making a mistake about a big decision, and Mia points out that unlike Michael J.P. hasn't broken up with her. Tina still thinks that Michael loves Mia, but Mia notes that Michael has her number and her phone is not ringing.

After Phillipe calls about the CardioArm donation Mia tells her and J.P. what happened and Tina jokes on her soda. Tina texts Mia after french to tell her she thinks Michael sent the CardioArm because he loves her. She texts Mia repeatedly that she should thank Michael in person. Mia texts Tina about her discovery of her histocompatibility with Michael Tina is confused but supportive. Mia shows the table Lilly's campaign ad for Phillipe and Tina asks why she would do something so nice, but Shameeka reminds her that Lilly used to be cool. After Boris reveals that he has been in contact with Michael the whole time he has been gone (and plans on living with him the next year) Tina is shocked. She is upset that Boris contacted Michael behind Mia's back and that Boris never told Tina about their friendship. Boris explains that is has nothing to do with Mia but that some things are just guy things, which upsets Tina and she storms off and Boris follows her.

Tina is worried about Boris passing the senior project committee, so Mia takes her aside. Tina asks Mia if she is really going to have sex with J.P. and tells her she thinks she is doing for the wrong reasons. She tells Mia that she doesn't think she and J.P. have any passion.

After Mia is offered a publishing contract she calls Tina first thing and Tina is super excited for her. After Mia meets Michael for lunch Tina tries to call her, but Mia sends it to voicemail. She eventually answers one of Tina's calls and Tina tells Mia that Boris has been checking on her for Michael and that she thinks he is still in love with her. Mia starts crying and agrees with Tina that it is romantic, but Mia reminds her that she is dating J.P. and hangs up.

Tina and Boris sit with their friends at prom. After seeing J.P.'s unlikely Waldorf room key and disbelieving his story Mia asks Tina if it's possible. Ever the optimist, Tina tells her it's possible, but Lana suggests the much more likely scenario that J.P. got the room a long time ago. Tina texts Mia the next morning to find out what happened and Mia tells her that she and J.P. broke up and she went home with Michael. Tina is super happy for her and tells her that she saw J.P. and Stacey Cheeseman together after prom, but then saw Stacey making out with Andrew Lowenstein at Starbucks that morning. Tina and Boris dance together at the graduation reception and are joined by Mia and Michael.

### Adult Life

#### College Years

Tina spends her spring break after her freshman year at NYU doing an internship at St. Vincent's. Tina, Lilly, Mia, and Grandmère critique the fashion at the 2010 Oscars. Tina and their other friends go out for lunch with Mia for her birthday. By her junior year of college Tina has decided to become a gynecologist. When Michael jokes about eloping Tina has to explain to Mia that he was joking about the two of them and not Prince William and Kate.

#### Royal Wedding

Tina is now in medical school. She and Boris have recently broken up after a Borette posted a photo of them together naked and claimed they slept together, though Boris insists the fan is lying and Tina has refused to look up the photo. Tina e-mails Mia to wish her a happy 26th birthday and later texts her and reminds her to ignore Rate the Royals.

Tina secretly helps Michael prepare for the engagement. Tina texts Mia when she returns from the island to congratulate her, though Mia is upset at the news being leaked before she could tell her friends herself. She asks if Mia and Michael want Boris to play at the wedding and asks Mia all about Michael's proposal and the wedding plans.

When Mia gets J.P.'s draft of his book she immediately sends it to Tina. Tina attends Mia's wedding dress appointment and leaves with Mia and Lilly on their mission to New Jersey. In the limo she plays some of Boris' voicemails to her and reads out loud from J.P.'s book, which causes Lilly to laugh super hard. Lilly jokes about Boris which saddens Tina but Lilly tells Tina she doesn't think he cheated because he would feel way to guilty about it. After they leave the O'Toole's house Tina examines Mia's foot and tells her it probably isn't broken but she should still get it checked out.

Mia picks up Olivia Harrison, causing a scene, and Tina and Lilly introduce themselves to her in the limo. Tina is touched by Olivia's belief that Phillipe has stayed away from her because of her resemblance to Elizabeth Harrison. She tells Olivia that Grandmère is very knowledgeable when Mia is unsure how to describe her. After Tina hears Olivia's list of restrictions in the O'Toole house she gives her her second cell phone, which she just uses for music and games, so Olivia can have a phone to use.

After Helen yells at Phillipe, Mia sends Tina her recording of their conversation and the voicemail that Helen leaves her. Tina is impressed that Phillipe has finally figured out the way to win Helen back. Mia texts Tina after she finds out she is pregnant and Tina is thrilled for her but reveals she is having twins just before she has to go.

#### Later Years

Tina comes to Genovia for Mia's bachelorette party and wedding. Tina asks Luisa Ferrari, Victorine, Olivia, and Marguerite if they like Boris P and they all shriek. Tina likes the surprise purple dresses that Sebastiano dyed. Boris is able to show Tina that the photo the Borette posted was a photo of the two of them that she photoshopped her own head onto and they get back together. Boris then pulls Tina on stage and sings A Million Stars to her.

Tina and Boris return to Genovia so that Boris can perform at Olivia's 13th birthday party and Tina can see the babies. She also comes to Genovia for Mia's coronation and she and Boris are engaged.

## Physical Appearance, Personality and Traits

Tina is middle eastern, short, heavy set, and very pretty. In college she is a size 14.

She has long black hair, which she often wears in a braid.

Tina is shorter than 5'8", as her personal ads request someone taller than this.

Tina wears a retainer.

Tina loves romance novels and tends to think optimistically - even idealistically about situations. She is always hopeful for romance. Mia believes Tinaland to be shiny and happy and wonderful.

Tina is very kind and sweet, with Mia noting that while she is quiet and shy at school she is quite bubbly at home.

Tina has dysmenorrhea for which she has taken birth control since freshman year which also gets her out of P.E. every month.

## Relationships

### Dave Farouq El-Abar

Dave and Tina are already dating when Mia meets Tina freshman year. They attend the Cultural Diversity Dance and Nondenominational Winter Dance together. At some point Tina tells Dave that she loves him and he becomes distant with her, as Dave is unwilling to commit, which leads Tina to be afraid Dave will break up with her.

After Tina tries the Jane Eyre method with Dave, he breaks up with her via a text that said "U NEVER CALLED BACK. AM TAKING JASMINE TO RANGER GAME. HAVE A NICE LIFE." which leaves Tina devastated.

### Boris Pelkowski

Tina begins to become interested in Boris during Valentines Day when he buys Lilly a necklace that she was secretly hoping a boy would buy for her (though Lilly does not appreciate it). After Boris after accidentally-on-purpose drops a globe on his head to get Lilly to hear him out, Tina interprets the action as romantic and becomes further interested, meeting with him when he posts in The Atom to meet Lilly. They begin dating, which devastates Lilly, and attend the prom together. Boris comes back from the summer and has become much more good looking, and thanks to Tina has become slightly better at social situations. They have a minor hiccup when Boris admits that he and Lilly got to third base while they were dating, which upsets Tina, though she forgives him. They sleep together the summer before their senior year and continue to do so on a regular basis when Boris' parents aren't home.

Tina and Boris date throughout college, visiting Genovia together. They break up after Boris becomes a pop star and one of his fans posts a nude photo of them together. Tina and Boris continue to talk and at Mia and Michael's wedding he is able to show her that the nude photo posted by the Borette was actually a photo of Boris and Tina with the fan's head photoshopped onto it and they get back together. By Mia's coronation they are engaged.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 The Princess Diaries
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Princess Diaries, Vol. X: Forever Princess
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 MiaThermopolis.com
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Royal Wedding: A Princess Diaries Novel
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Wedding Disaster
6. ↑ From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Crush
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Crown
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Princess Diaries, Vol. V: Princess in Pink
9. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII: Party Princess
10. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. III: Princess in Love
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 The Princess Diaries, Vol. IV: Princess in Waiting
12. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII and 3/4ths: Valentine Princess
13. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. VI: Princess in Training
14. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. VIII: Princess on the Brink