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Alexa Chung

Alexa Chung is a model, TV presenter and a fashion journalist. Chung began her career as a model at age 16, modelling for magazines such as CosmoGIRL! and Elle Girl and appeared in advertisements for companies including Tampax, Fanta and Sony Ericsson. She also modelled for clothes brand Urban Outfitters and has appeared in various music videos for artists The Streets and Westlife. After modelling, Chung became a successful television presenter for Channel 4 on their teen-based T4 slot and for a period of time wrote a monthly column for women’s magazine Company. As of July 2009, Chung moved on from Channel 4 to pursue a career in the United States.

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  • Facts
  • In 2008/09, Chung returned briefly to modelling, working for companies such as Antipodium, Oxfam, Vivienne Westwood and New Look.
  • Chung has been romantically linked with 80s popstar David Titlow, James Righton, James Watkins and most recently Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys.
  • Chung is an active figure in the charity world, supporting numerous charities such as World AIDS Day, the Terrence Higgins Trust, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace.
  • From November 2008 to June 2009, Chung wrote a weekly newspaper column for The Independent entitled ‘Girl About Town’ and then ‘New York Doll’.
  • Before being scouted as a model, Chung had been accepted to Kings College London and Chelsea College of Art and Design with A-Level grades of two As and a B.

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