has had as many as seven rescue animals as pets at the same time. Health In a 2011 interview with Prevention, Inaba stated she has a vision of 20/750 which is corrected with eyeglasses and contact lenses. She won't have LASIK eye surgery, however, as her vision impairment gives her, in her words, a "soft-focus morning" until she's ready to "deal with the world." She also said that she suffers from spinal stenosis, which she thinks began with a neck injury during gymnastics when she was eight years old. She also has Sjögren syndrome, a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that destroys moisture-producing glands. As the Sjögren Syndrome Foundation's National Awareness Ambassador and Spokesperson, she has expressed her commitment to increasing awareness of SS and promoting funding for research, treatment, and a cure. On September 17, 2019, Inaba stated that she had been recently diagnosed with Lupus. She also suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia. On December 10, 2020, it was reported that she tested positive for COVID-19, but later recovered. Philanthropy Inaba has worked with the Entertainment Industry Foundation's campaign, an American volunteer advocacy group, and Drea's Dream, a dance therapy initiative for children who have cancer. She's also a founding member of Nigel Lythgoe's dance education organization, the Dizzy Feet Foundation. After her mother's battle with cancer in 2008, both women began to participate in the EIF Revlon Run/Walk for Women. Reception Prevention magazine called her judging style "warm, cheerful, and empathetic." Filmography Film Television Footnotes Notes References External links Official website of Carrie Ann Inaba Carrie Ann Inaba interview Carrie Ann Inaba Interview at PR.com 1 vs. 100 1968 births Actresses from Honolulu American choreographers American female dancers Dancers from Hawaii American women singers American singers of Asian descent American film actresses American game show hosts American actresses of Japanese descent American film actors of Asian descent American musicians of Chinese descent American people of Irish descent American television actresses Living people Musicians from Honolulu Artists from Honolulu Punahou School alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni American dancers of Asian descent Hawaii people of Japanese descent 21st-century American women Judges in American reality television series