Alexa Chung

Alexa Chung
Chung in 2013
Born (1983-11-05) 5 November 1983 (age 40)
Winchester, England[1]
EducationPeter Symonds College
Occupations
  • Model
  • television presenter
Years active1999–present
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]

Alexa Chung (born 5 November 1983) is an English model and television personality. Chung pursued a modelling career as a teenager after being scouted by a modelling agency at the Reading Festival. She has walked for brands such as Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney and Miu Miu, as well as being the face of Pepe Jeans, Lacoste, DKNY Jeans, Tommy Hilfiger and Longchamp.

In 2006, Chung became co‑host of Channel 4's music show, Popworld, known for its irreverent and awkward style of interviews. In 2007, she became a long-time host of Channel 4's early morning music programme Freshly Squeezed. That same year, Chung left England to pursue a career in the US, where she presented It's On with Alexa Chung for MTV. The show was cancelled in December 2009. She returned to the UK in 2010 and began hosting MTV Rocks' Gonzo With Alexa Chung, a British chat show previously hosted by Zane Lowe. In 2020, Chung joined Queer Eye's Tan France as co-host of the Netflix original fashion competition show Next In Fashion, the show was cancelled after one season.

Chung has been recognised for her fashion style.[3][4] She has been described as "the 21st century it-girl"[5] and as "a proto-influencer".[6] In January 2010, Mulberry debuted the "Alexa", a bag named after and inspired by her. Chung has won three British Style Awards at the Fashion Awards which are organised by the British Fashion Council. In 2013 she wrote the book It, a collection of personal writings, drawings and photographs.[7] Her fashion label Alexa Chung, stylized ALEXACHUNG,[8] launched in May 2017[9][10][11] and closed in 2022.[12]

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  8. ^ "ALEXACHUNG". alexachung.com. 13 February 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ "About Alexa Chung". Alexa Chung. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Designing It Girl Alexa Chung Finally Has a Line to Call Her Own". Vogue. 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Alexa Chung Hosts a London Launch Party for Her New Line". Vogue. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  12. ^ Elan, Priya (17 March 2022). "Alexa Chung to close fashion label, citing 'challenging' conditions". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.