Tanya Kim is a Canadian television personality, best known as the co-host of '' etalk'' from 2003 to 2014.

Early life

Kim was born and raised in

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to Korean immigrant parents. Her grandmother moved from

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to Canada to raise Kim and her older brother, Richard. She studied classical piano and dance, and attended Sherry Walsh Academy of Dance Arts and Davey Dance Company in Sault Ste. Marie. Kim graduated from Sir James Dunn Collegiate and Vocational School and attended

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, graduating from the journalism program, specializing in broadcasting. While at Ryerson, she volunteered at campus station

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as an announcer and

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artist, and worked as an intern at MuchMusic.

Career

After graduating, she worked as a videographer at MuchMusic before joining CTV's ''The Chatroom'' as a music reporter and becoming special correspondent for '' Canadian Idol'' for two seasons. In 2003, she joined etalk, co-hosting the show with

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. On ''etalk'', Kim has worked red carpets at the

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and the

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, and covered special events like

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and

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. In 2009, Kim hosted We Day, in support of Free The Children, for the third year in a row. Kim also hosted ''etalk Playlist'' in 2005, a six-episode chart show/concert mini-series that expanded on ''etalk'''s Playlist segment. The series was broadcast before a studio audience from the Masonic Temple concert hall. The 30-minute shows included live studio performances, interviews, news and chart reviews. In February 2010, Kim joined ''etalk'' host Ben Mulroney along with ''etalk'' reporters

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, Elaine Lui, Susie Wall and

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in Vancouver to cover the

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for CTV. In November 2014, she was laid off by

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, which runs CTV. In 2015 Kim returned to CityTV as host of ''Entertainment City'' and ''Your World This Week''. Kim's departure from

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was announced in August 2017. Aside from her work on ''etalk'', Kim has appeared in ''

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'', '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'', ''

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'', and the film ''

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'' starring Mariah Carey.

Charity work

In November 2008 Tanya Kim announced a partnership with

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, a major humanitarian and international development charitable organization, to promote CARE Canada's ''I Am Powerful'' women's empowerment campaign. She travelled to

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to generate awareness and gain first-hand knowledge of the strength and resiliency of women in the developing world.

References

External links

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