Alexa Chung (born November 5, 1983) is an English talk show host who currently appears on MTV's It's On with Alexa Chung in the United States. She is also a fashion model, party DJ and a contributing editor at British Vogue.
Alexa Chung was raised in Privett, Hampshire, England by her English mother, a housewife, and her Eurasian father, a graphic designer. She is the youngest of four children and has two brothers and one sister.
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Alexa Chung (born November 5, 1983) is an English talk show host who currently appears on MTV's It's On with Alexa Chung in the United States. She is also a fashion model, party DJ and a contributing editor at British Vogue.
Alexa Chung was raised in Privett, Hampshire, England by her English mother, a housewife, and her Eurasian father, a graphic designer. She is the youngest of four children and has two brothers and one sister.
She attended the local comprehensive school, Perins Community College, and later the sixth form Peter Symonds College, Winchester (2000-2002). She had been accepted by King’s College London to read English and by Chelsea College of Art and Design to do an art foundation course, with two 'A' grades (English and Art) and a 'B' (History) at A-level, before being scouted by a modelling agency.
Chung was approached in the comedy tent at Reading Festival at the age of 16 and was taken on by the London-based Storm Model Management.
She modelled for teen magazines...
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