Angela Sun (born October 19, 1979) is an American journalist, television presenter, sportscaster, and documentary filmmaker.

Early life and education

Angela Sun was born October 19, 1979 in Santa Clara County,

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as Angela Ting Sun. She graduated from Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California and later earned degrees in Sociology and Communications from the

University of California at Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

. Throughout high school and college, Sun competed in various pro-am surf events and was a team rider for Loaded Boards. She gained sponsorship recognition from major brands such as Roxy,

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, Oakley,

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, and

Vans Vans is an American manufacturer of skateboarding shoes and related apparel, established in Anaheim, California, and owned by VF Corporation. The company also sponsors surf, snowboarding, BMX, and motocross teams. From 1996 to 2019, the comp ...

. Following her surfing career, she became an actress, film director, sports caster, investigative journalist, and avid adventure traveler.

Career

TV hosting

Sun's action sports background led to hosting for EXTV, LG Action Sports Championships and ASP Surfing World Tour. In 2003, Sun was hired as a correspondent for

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's ''54321''. She went on to report for FSN West's ''Dig! Volleyball Magazine'' show. In 2008, Sun joined the luxury lifestyle news magazine ''First Look]', airing nationally on

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. In 2011, she was nominated for an

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award for her work on ''1st Look''. In addition to ''LXTV'', Sun hosted the show ''InnerView'' as well as ''MTV Iggy'' on the newly launched global channel of

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networks. In 2009, Sun became an anchor for ''The Court Report'' on the

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. Beginning in 2010, she hosted ''The Yahoo Sports Minute'', which she took over from former host Ashley Russell, and covered the

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for

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. Sun joined co-hosts

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and Olympic Gold medalist Jonny Moseley for the fourth season of ''

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'' on

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and

in the summer of 2012. On July 18, 2014, Sun hosted ''The Yahoo Sports Minute'' for the final time. After that there was a final message for her, "Editor’s Note: 'The Yahoo Sports team would like to cordially thank Angela Sun for hosting the Yahoo Sports Minute for the last four and a half years. Thanks for helping make the Yahoo Sports Minute the #1 online sports show, Sunny Angela.'" She was the first

Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants). Although this term had historically been used for all the indigenous people ...

female on-camera personality to appear on

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, Tennis Channel, and Yahoo! Sports.

Acting work

Sun appears opposite

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winner

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in the 2008 film '' Street Kings''.

Writing

Sun has been a contributing travel writer for wandermelon.com.

Directing and producing

Sun directed and produced her first feature-length documentary, ''Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch'', examining the

plastic pollution Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat. Plastics that act as pollutants are catego ...

in the oceans and its effects on the environment, marine life, and ultimately humans. The Great Pacific garbage patch is a huge collection of trash trapped in a

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in the

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Personal life

Sun speaks English, Spanish, and some German and Mandarin. She has traveled to over 40 countries and studied abroad in

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at the

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. In an Instagram post on 20 March 2020, she confirmed that she had contracted

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

References

External links

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''Plastic Paradise'' Website

Interview: Angela Sun Talks Traveling, "Plastic Paradise," and Being an Asian American Female in Sports Media
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