VJ Mania

They are lively, perky and beautiful. Meet the ladies and gents of MTV's ethnic channels.

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Name:	XIAO	SIMON	GREGORY	ANGEL	NIHARIKA	TIM
Channel:	Xiao Wang, MTV Chi	Simon Yin, MTV Chi	Gregory Woo, MTV Chi	Angel Tang MTV Chi	Niharika Desai, MTV Desi	Tim Kash, MTV Desi
Background:	Lived 12 years in China	A business and pre-med major	Lived in Round Rock, TX	Born in Shanghai, raised in NYC	Majored in psych and South Asia Regional Studies	Born and raised in the UK, of Sri Lankan descent
Former Incarnation:	Model with Ford Management	Investment banker, then improv theater thespian	Extra in music videos for Avril Lavigne and Jon Bon Jovi	Pharmacy student	Editor for The Isaac Mizrahi Show and other TV programs	Host of MTV UK News
Special Features:	Learned English by watching MTV	Voiced six Asian characters on SeaLab 2021 animated series	He is half Chinese, half Chamorro	Says, “It’s about time we had a channel that can put Gwen Stefani and Coco Lee on the same show.”	Conversant in Marathi, can read and write the Devanagari script	Was youngest MTV VJ when he started at 19

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Momo Chang

Momo Chang is a freelance journalist based in Oakland, California. Her writings focus on Asian American communities, communities of color, and youth culture. She is a former staff writer at the Oakland Tribune, where she covered Asian American communities. Her stories range from uncovering working conditions in nail salons, to stories about “invisible minorities” like Tongan youth and Iu Mien farmers. She has written for the East Bay Express, San Francisco Bay Guardian and ColorLines, among other publications.

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