Patty Hou (; born 20 December 1977) is a Taiwanese former news anchor. She has subsequently hosted an entertainment program on Azio TV and published the book ''Patty's About Love''.

Career

Hou was born in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

, Taiwan, she graduated with a degree in mass communications and psychology from the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

. She was a news anchor for TTV,

Era News Era News () is a satellite cable news channel operated by Era Television in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacifi ...

and CTi before resigning in 2004 and venturing into the entertainment scene. Hou is currently an anchor at Azio TV for Entertainment in Asia (every weekday, 19:00-20:00) and for fashion news at Eranews (Saturdays, 12:00-12:30). She is also the spokeswoman for

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cosmetics. She has also hosted the

Star Awards The Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) are awards for artistic and technical merit in the media organisation Mediacorp of Singapore where Mediacorp recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year. The ...

, Singapore's Chinese language television awards, twice and the 2009 concert ''Huaren • Night in Phoenix City Concert''. She continues to host her weekly show, "Entertainment Asia". Hou has also starred in several Taiwan and mainland China television series.

Works

Experience

* 2001: Trainee reporter at

Taiwan Television Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd. (), commonly known as TTV and formerly known as Central Television and Voice of Taiwan, is the first terrestrial television station in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was established on April 28, 1962, and ...

(TTV). * 2002: English news anchor at CTi TV. * 2003: the anchor of

* 2004–2005: the anchor of ERA News and ERA Fashion News, AZIO TV's ''Entertainment-News@Asia'' anchor, and the Editor of Patty's about magazine book. * 2005: Host with Matilda Tao and ChiLing, Lin for the 16th Golden Melody Award at

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

, Taiwan. * 2005: Host with Guo Liang for the 2005

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. * 2006: Host with Guo Liang for the 2006 Star Awards in Singapore. *She participated in the dubbing of Taiwanese Mandarin version of the film ''

Flushed Away ''Flushed Away'' is a 2006 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell, produced by Cecil Kramer, David Sproxton, and Peter Lord, and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan a ...

'', as the character of Rita. * 2007: Host with Matilda Tao for the 18th Golden Melody Award at

Taipei Arena The Taipei Arena () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Songshan, Taipei, Taiwan, and it is operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC). Built in 2005, the large multi-purpose stadium can accommodate major international sport ...

, Taiwan.

TV series

* 2007: Sweet Relationship 美味關係 as Chung Bai Hui * 2010:

Love Buffet ''Love Buffet'' () is a 2010 Taiwanese television series based on the shōjo manga , written by Nagamu Nanaji. It stars Reen Yu, Aaron Yan and Calvin Chen. The two male leads were members of boy band Fahrenheit, which performed the opening an ...

愛似百匯 Ai Si Bai Hui as 穎芝 Ying Zhi （特別演出/ Special Performance） * 2011-2012:

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References

External links

Patty Hou's Official Vlog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hou, Patty 1977 births Living people Writers from Taipei Taiwanese television news anchors Taiwanese television personalities University of Southern California alumni Taiwanese women writers American writers of Taiwanese descent Taiwanese emigrants to the United States American women television journalists 21st-century American women