Melissa Bulanhagui

Melissa Carmen Bulanhagui^[1] (born August 16, 1990) is an American former figure skater. She represented the United States internationally from 2005 through 2010. She became the 2006 U.S. junior national bronze medalist and won two ISU Junior Grand Prix medals (gold at 2008 JGP Italy, silver at 2006 JGP Romania). After moving up to the senior ranks, she won bronze at the 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy. In 2011, she decided to compete for the Philippines. She would win bronze at the 2013 Asian Open Trophy and two Philippine national titles (2012, 2013). She also competed at two Four Continents Championships.

Melissa Bulanhagui
Melissa Bulanhagui in 2019
Full name	Melissa Carmen Bulanhagui
Born	(1990-08-16) August 16, 1990 (age 34) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Figure skating career
Country	Philippines (2011–2015)  United States (until 2011)
Coach	Karen Ludington Ron Ludington Kat Arbour
Skating club	University of Delaware FSC
Retired	2015

In 2019, she became a pornographic actress under the stage name Jada Kai.

Career

Figure skating

Bulanhagui won the junior bronze medal at the 2006 U.S. Championships. She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut the following season, winning a silver medal and placing 4th in her other event. She qualified for the Final where she finished 4th.

In 2007, Bulanhagui sprained her right ankle twice and tore a ligament while practicing triple lutzes.^[2] During the 2008–09 season, she won a gold medal at the Junior Grand Prix event in Italy and placed 9th in her other event. In September 2010, she won her first senior international medal – bronze at the Nebelhorn Trophy in Germany.

In September 2011, Bulanhagui announced that she would compete at the national championships of the Philippines in November 2011 and would become eligible for international events in the 2012–13 season.^[3][4] She placed 17th at the 2013 Four Continents Championships, which took place in February in Osaka, Japan. In August 2013, she won bronze at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy. She finished 15th at the 2015 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea.

Pornography

Since 2019, Bulanhagui works as a pornographic actress under the stage name Jada Kai.^[5][6]

Personal life

Bulanhagui's parents are both from the Philippines.^[7] She speaks and understands some Tagalog although she is not fluent.^[4][1] She received her Philippine passport in October 2011.^[4]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–2015 [8]	House of Flying Daggers by Shigeru Umebayashi	Angry and Dead Again by Rodrigo y Gabriela
2012–2013 [9]	Egyptian Disco	Symphony No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov
2010–2011 [10]	Tango	Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov
2009–2010 [11]	Memoirs of a Geisha by John Williams	Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg
2008–2009 [11]		Slow Dancing by Bill Conti
2007–2008 [12]	Pink Panther by Henry Mancini	Shall We Dance Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2006–2007 [13]	House of Flying Daggers by Shigeru Umebayashi

Competitive highlights

For the Philippines

International[14]
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15
Four Continents		17th		15th
Asian Trophy			3rd
U.S. Classic		7th
National
Philippine Champ.	1st	1st

For the United States

International[14]
Event	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11
Nebelhorn Trophy						3rd
International: Junior[14]
JGP Final		4th
JGP Belarus				9th
JGP Bulgaria			5th
JGP Czech Rep.		4th
JGP Italy				1st
JGP Romania		2nd
Gardena Trophy	1st
NACS	2nd
National[15]
U.S. Champ.	3rd J	12th	8th		12th	10th