This is a list of people who have been VJs on MTV, the
music video
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channel in the
U.S.
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and around the world.
Originally hired to represent a wide array of musical tastes and personal
ethnicities
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, VJs eventually became famous in their own right. Initially, they were nothing more than on-air personalities, but as the popularity of MTV grew, they began to branch out past just introducing music clips. Soon, they were considered by many to be full-fledged music journalists, interviewing major music
celebrities
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and hosting their own
television shows
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on the channel.
MTV U.S.
MTV News
A list of current and former MTV News on-site personalities. Current ones are marked with an asterisk.
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Serena Altschul
Serena Altschul (born October 13, 1970) is an American broadcast journalist, known for her work at MTV News and CBS.
Early life and education
Altschul was born in New York City, a daughter of author and botanist Siri von Reis and Arthur Altsc ...
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Sway Calloway
Sway Calloway is an American journalist, radio personality, executive producer and former rapper. Known as Sway, he is known for hosting music, news, and culture programming. He was the co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show ''The Wake U ...
Ana Marie Cox
Ana Marie Cox (born September 23, 1972) is an American author, blogger, political columnist, and critic. The founding editor of the political blog '' Wonkette'', she was also the Senior Political Correspondent for MTV News, and conducted the "Ta ...
Josh Horowitz
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Tim Kash
Tim Kash is a British television presenter best known for formerly presenting ''Top of the Pops'' in the United Kingdom, and '' MTV News'' on MTV UK and Ireland. He appeared on the U.S. edition of ''MTV News'', and as a presenter on E! Network's ...
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Yoonj Kim
Yoonj Kim is an American journalist, television correspondent, and writer. She is a correspondent at MTV and was a correspondent and producer at Playboy, where she hosted the documentary show ''Journalista''. She was also a former on-air talent an ...
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Kurt Loder
Kurtis Loder (born May 5, 1945) is an American entertainment critic, author, columnist, and television personality. He served in the 1980s as editor at ''Rolling Stone'', during a tenure that ''Reason'' later called "legendary". He has contribute ...
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Brian McFayden
Brian McFayden (born October 1, 1976) is an American television personality. He has worked as an MTV News anchor and an MTV VJ. He worked at KGW, the NBC affiliate station in Portland, Oregon, from December 2016 to October 2017.
Biography
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SuChin Pak
SuChin Pak ( ko, 박수진, born August 15, 1976) is a South Korean-born American television news correspondent and podcaster, best known from her early days working for MTV News. She joined MTV News as a correspondent in May 2001.
Life and car ...
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Heather Parry
Heather Parry (born 1971) is an American television and film producer. She is best known for ''Pixels'' (2015), ''The House Bunny'' (2008), and '' A Star Is Born'' (2018).
Background and early career
Heather Parry grew up in Macungie, Pennsylv ...
Tabitha Soren
Tabitha Soren (born August 19, 1967) is an American fine art photographer and former reporter for MTV News, ABC News and NBC News.
Early career
As a 19-year-old college student at NYU, Soren appeared in the 1987 music video for " (You Gotta) Figh ...
Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart (born July 4, 1966) is an American journalist and author. Stewart first gained widespread visibility as a political correspondent for MTV News in the 1990s.
Early life and education
Stewart was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
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Kim Stolz
Kimberly Lynn Stolz (born June 8, 1983) is an American fashion model, television personality, author, and financial executive. Stolz was a correspondent for MTV News, and served as video jockey and host for ''The Freshmen'', an emerging artist sh ...
Gideon Yago
Gideon Yago (born February 19, 1978) is a writer and former correspondent for MTV News and CBS News though he is most recognized for his contributions to MTV.
Background
Yago was born in Madison, Wisconsin to a German-born, Roman Catholic moth ...
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Nick Zano
Nick Zano (born March 8, 1978) is an American actor. Zano is known for having played Vince in The WB's sitcom '' What I Like About You''. He hosted MTV's former infotainment program about the film industry, ''Movie House'', and briefly worked a ...
Adam Curry
Adam Clark Curry (born September 3, 1964) is an American podcaster, announcer, Internet entrepreneur and media personality, known for his stint as a VJ on MTV and being one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer Web site ...
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Adrienne Bailon
Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghton (née Bailon () ; born October 24, 1983) is an American television personality, singer, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls. From 2013 to 2022, Bailon was a co-host of ...
Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart (born July 4, 1966) is an American journalist and author. Stewart first gained widespread visibility as a political correspondent for MTV News in the 1990s.
Early life and education
Stewart was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
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Ananda Lewis
Ananda Lewis (born March 21, 1973) is an American television host, carpenter, former model, and social activist. She was an MTV veejay from the late 1990s until 2001, when she left the network to host her own broadcast syndicated television tal ...
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Andrew Daddo
Andrew Dugald Daddo (born 18 February 1967) is an Australian actor, author and television and radio personality.
Early life
Daddo was born in Melbourne on 18 February 1967. He began his education at Mt Eliza Primary School and in year seven mo ...
Ashlee Simpson
Ashley Nicolle Ross ( Simpson; born October 3, 1984), known professionally as Ashlee Simpson, is an American singer and actress. The younger sister of singer and actress Jessica Simpson, she began her career as a back-up dancer for her sister ...
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Aurelia Bilen Aurelia may refer to:
People
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* Aurelia Browder, American civil rights activist
* Astrud Aurelia, American drag queen
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Bill Bellamy
William Bellamy (born April 7, 1965) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Bellamy first gained national notoriety on HBO's Russell Simmons' ''Def Comedy Jam'', where he is credited for creating or coining the phrase "booty call", descri ...
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Brian McFayden
Brian McFayden (born October 1, 1976) is an American television personality. He has worked as an MTV News anchor and an MTV VJ. He worked at KGW, the NBC affiliate station in Portland, Oregon, from December 2016 to October 2017.
Biography
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Carmen Electra
Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), known professionally as Carmen Electra, is an American actress, model, singer, and media personality. She began her career as a singer after moving to Minneapolis, where she met Prince, who produced h ...
China Kantner
China Wing Kantner is an American actress in television, theatre and film. She is also a former MTV VJ, sometimes credited on-screen as China Slick Kantner.
Biography
Kantner was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of two Jeffers ...
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Chris Booker
Chris Booker (born May 20, 1971) is an American radio and TV personality.
Career
Booker has worked as a correspondent for TV Guide Channel covering red carpet events such as "Live at the Grammys with Joan and Melissa Rivers," and "Live at th ...
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Cipha Sounds
Cipha Sounds (born Luis Diaz; on April 19, 1976) is an American DJ, comedian, and radio and television personality of Puerto Rican descent. He is mostly known for his work as a DJ, a VJ for MTV and as a comedian.
Biography
Radio career
In 19 ...
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Colin Quinn
Colin Edward Quinn (born June 6, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Quinn first gained widespread attention for his work as a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 2 ...
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Daisy Fuentes
Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966) is a Cuban-American actress, comedian, model, television host and former weather presenter. Fuentes broke barriers as MTV's first Latina VJ (signed to MTV and MTV Latin America simultaneously) and as Revlon ...
Dave Kendall
Dave Kendall is a British-born journalist, editor, producer and VJ. He was first known to the public as the creator and host of MTV's ''120 Minutes'', an alternative music program that played Sunday nights at midnight from 1986 through the 199 ...
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DJ Clue
Ernesto Shaw (born January 8, 1975), better known as DJ Clue, is an American disc jockey (DJ), record producer, radio personality and record executive.
Early life
DJ Clue was born in Queens, New York City to Panamanian and Jamaican immigran ...
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DJ Skribble
Scott Ialacci, professionally known as DJ Skribble (born October 10, 1968) is an American DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and actor.
In the early 1990s, he teamed up with Kamron, ATA, Firstborn and Tommy Never in Young Black Teenagers ...
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Doctor Dré
André "Doctor Dré" Brown (born December 5, 1963) is an American rapper, radio personality and former MTV VJ.
Early life
André Brown was born and raised in Westbury, New York, on Long Island. Career
In the early 1980s, Doctor Dré was a DJ ...
Fab 5 Freddy
Fred Brathwaite (born August 31, 1959), more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American visual artist, filmmaker, and hip hop pioneer. He is considered one of the architects of the street art movement. Freddy emerged in New York's downtown ...
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Funkmaster Flex
Aston George Taylor Jr. (born August 5, 1968), professionally known as Funkmaster Flex, is an American DJ, rapper, record producer, and host on New York City's Hot 97 radio station. In 1992, he became host of the first hip hop radio show on Hot 9 ...
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Hilarie Burton
Hilarie Ros Burton (born July 1, 1982) is an American actress, businesswoman, author and producer. A former host of MTV's ''Total Request Live'', she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The WB/ CW drama '' One Tree Hill'' for six seasons (2003–2009). Po ...
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Idalis DeLeon Idalis may refer to:
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* Idalis DeLeón (b. 1966), an American actress, singer, and television host
* Idalys Ortiz (b. 1989), a Cuban judoka (judo practitioner) and Olympic medal winner
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Jim Shearer
Jim Shearer (born January 3, 1974) is a VJ and was host of the ''VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown'' and was the "music expert" on VH1's morning show ''Big Morning Buzz Live''. Currently, Shearer is a host on Sirius XM's VOLUME channel.
Shearer was hire ...
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John Ales
John Ales (born January 3, 1969) is an American actor best known for appearing in '' Spy Hard'', '' The Nutty Professor'', '' You Wish'', and other films and television series.
Filmography
Film
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Julie Brown
Julie Ann Brown (born August 31, 1958) is an American actress, comedian, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter, and television director. Brown is known for her work in the 1980s, where she often played a quintessential valley girl charac ...
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Karen Duffy
Karen "Duff" Duffy (born May 23, 1961) is an American writer, model, television personality, and actress. She is a certified hospital chaplain, a former Coney Island Mermaid Queen, and one of ''People'' Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in ...
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Kari Wührer
Kari Samantha Wuhrer (born April 28, 1967) is an American actress, model, and singer. Wuhrer began her career as a teenager, and is best known for her time as a cast member on MTV's ''Remote Control'', as well as her roles as Maggie Beckett in ...
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Karyn Bryant
Karyn Elaine Bryant (born December 23, 1968) is an American actress, writer, and television personality.
Early life
Bryant was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. While in Massachusetts, she completed secondary school at Lawrence Academy ...
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her debut single, "Candy (Mandy Moore song), Candy", which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Her de ...
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Maria Sansone
Maria Grace Sansone (born February 26, 1981) is an American television personality. Sansone is the former co-anchor of ''Good Day LA'' on KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles until January 2017 and is a former field reporter for WNBC 4 New York, appearin ...
Martha Quinn
Martha Conrad Quinn (born May 11, 1959) is an American actress and radio and television personality, best known as one of the original video jockeys on MTV (along with Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and J. J. Jackson).
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Matt Pinfield
Matthew Pinfield (born May 28, 1961) is an American television host, disc jockey, and music executive. He first reached national prominence as VJ on MTV. He served two stints as the host of the alternative music program ''120 Minutes'', from 19 ...
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Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappa (born Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa; September 5, 1969) is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Dweezil deve ...
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Nadya Hutagalung
Nadya Yuti Hutagalung is an Indonesian-Australian model, actress, and presenter. She is known as the host and judge of the first two cycles of '' Asia's Next Top Model'', one of the first VJs on MTV Asia, and a VJ on American MTV.
She was bor ...
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Nina Blackwood
Nina Blackwood is an American disc jockey and music journalist, who was the first of the original five MTV VJs (along with Mark Goodman, J. J. Jackson, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn). She has been an actress and model.
Early life and career
Bl ...
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Pauly Shore
Paul Montgomery Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker best known for his roles in 1990s comedy films. Shore began as a stand-up comedian at the age of 17, before becoming an MTV VJ in 1989. This led to a sta ...
Riki Rachtman
David Alan "Riki" Rachtman (born June 15, 1962) is an American television and radio personality. He is best known for his association with the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s hard rock and heavy metal scene, hosting MTV's ''Headbangers Ball'' f ...
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Serena Altschul
Serena Altschul (born October 13, 1970) is an American broadcast journalist, known for her work at MTV News and CBS.
Early life and education
Altschul was born in New York City, a daughter of author and botanist Siri von Reis and Arthur Altsc ...
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Simon Rex
Simon Rex Cutright (born July 20, 1974), is an American actor, rapper, comedian, and former model. Rising to fame as an MTV VJ, Rex later became an actor known for '' What I Like About You'', starring in three films of the ''Scary Movie'' f ...
Tim Sommer
Timothy Andrew Sommer (born March 5, 1962 in New York City) is an American music journalist, musician, record producer and former Atlantic Records A&R representative. Sommer was the bass player for the slowcore/dreampop band Hugo Largo.
Mu ...
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Toby Amies
Toby Amies is a filmmaker and broadcaster who specialises in making programmes about art, music, and travel with an emphasis on fringe culture and alternative perspectives. He is best known for his feature-length documentary ''The Man Whose Mind ...
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Tyrese
Tyrese Darnell Gibson (born December 30, 1978) is an American actor and singer. He released his self-titled debut album in 1998, which featured the single " Sweet Lady", peaking at number twelve on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. His second ...
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Vanessa Minnillo
Vanessa Joy Lachey (née Minnillo; born November 9, 1980) is an American actress, beauty pageant titleholder, fashion model, and television host. She was named Miss Teen USA in 1998. She has been a New York–based correspondent for ''Entertain ...
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Chris Booker
Chris Booker (born May 20, 1971) is an American radio and TV personality.
Career
Booker has worked as a correspondent for TV Guide Channel covering red carpet events such as "Live at the Grammys with Joan and Melissa Rivers," and "Live at th ...
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DJ Envy
RaaShaun Casey (born September 3, 1977), known professionally as DJ Envy, is an American disc jockey (DJ), record producer, and radio personality.DJ Envyat AllmusicBaker, Al (May 13, 2006D.J. Is Arrested Over His Threat to Rival's Child ''The ...
Jim Shearer
Jim Shearer (born January 3, 1974) is a VJ and was host of the ''VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown'' and was the "music expert" on VH1's morning show ''Big Morning Buzz Live''. Currently, Shearer is a host on Sirius XM's VOLUME channel.
Shearer was hire ...
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Kris Kosach Kris Kosach is an American television host and radio personality, producer, and writer. She is best known for her work as one of the first VJs on MTV2 and as a Music Host for TechTV. She has also hosted multiple shows for Travel Channel.
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Kim Stolz
Kimberly Lynn Stolz (born June 8, 1983) is an American fashion model, television personality, author, and financial executive. Stolz was a correspondent for MTV News, and served as video jockey and host for ''The Freshmen'', an emerging artist sh ...
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Angel Tang
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Niharika Desai Niharika Desai (born c. 1977) is a television editor and a VJ on MTV Desi.
She grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania
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Tim Kash
Tim Kash is a British television presenter best known for formerly presenting ''Top of the Pops'' in the United Kingdom, and '' MTV News'' on MTV UK and Ireland. He appeared on the U.S. edition of ''MTV News'', and as a presenter on E! Network's ...
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Utkarsh Ambudkar
Utkarsh Ambudkar ( ; born December 8, 1983), also known by his stage name UTK the INC, is an American actor, rapper, and singer. He is known for his film roles including '' Pitch Perfect'' (2012), ''Game Over, Man!'' (2018), ''Blindspotting'' (20 ...
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Jeremy Bloom
Jeremy Bloom is an American former skier and American football player. As a skier, he is a one-time world champion, two-time Olympian, and 10-time World Cup gold medalist. He was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2013.
Bloom was a fr ...
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Ray Cokes
Ray Cokes (born Raymond Christopher Cokes on 24 February 1958) is an English television presenter.
Career
Early life
Ray's father was an officer in the Royal Navy, who was stationed at various navy bases around the world. When Ray was 15 the ...
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Simone Angel
Simone Angel (born Simone Engeln, 25 December 1971) is a Dutch TV host.
MTV
Born in Woerden, Netherlands, Angel moved from there to London, UK, when she was 18.Paul King
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Marcel Vanthilt
Marcel Céline Gerard Edgard Vanthilt (; born 24 August 1957) is a Belgian singer and television presenter.Heerema,Y.Marcel Vanthilt – Presentator Marcel Vanthilit NCRV-gids 1, 5 till 11 January 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
Early life
Mar ...
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Enrico Silvestrin
Enrico Silvestrin (born 30 May 1972) is an Italian actor, television and radio presenter and musician.
Life and career
Born in Rome, after a supporting role in Michele Placido's '' Close Friends'', in 1994 Silvestrin started working as a VJ ...
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Chris Salewicz
Chris Salewicz ( ) is a journalist, broadcaster and novelist who lives in London.
He was as a senior features writer for the ''New Musical Express'' from 1975 to 1981, where under tutelage of editor Neil Spencer he and other journalists were s ...
Terry Christian
Terence Christian (born 8 May 1960) is a British broadcaster, journalist and author. He has presented several national television series in the UK including Channel 4's late night entertainment show '' The Word'' (1990–1995) and six series o ...
Rebecca de Ruvo
Rebecca Anna de Ruvo (born 6 December 1969 in Stockholm), is a Swedish TV presenter, actress, artist and model who is best known as host of the then new MTV Europe during the early 1990s. De Ruvo became known as the first Swedish VJ on MTV.
Car ...
Kristiane Backer
Kristiane Verena Backer (born 13 December 1965) is a German art dealer with a previous career as a television presenter, journalist and author residing in London.
Biography
At the age of 15, Backer went to the United States as an Student exchan ...
Davina McCall
Davina Lucy Pascale McCall (born 16 October 1967) is an English television presenter. She was the presenter of the reality show '' Big Brother'' during its run on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2010. She also hosted Channel 4's ''Streetmate'' (199 ...
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Lisa I'Anson
Lisa I'Anson (born 31 May 1965) is a British radio presenter, television presenter, and VJ.
Career
I'Anson first started as a broadcaster on the then pirate radio station Kiss FM, and through to its legal licence, presenting the magazine sho ...
Carolyn Lilipaly
Carolijn "Carolyn" Lilipaly (born July 22, 1969) is a Dutch news anchor and actress.
Dutch-Moluccan Carolijn Lilipaly was born in Middelburg. Her father was former Dutch Labour Party parliament member John Lilipaly (1943-2022). After studying law ...
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Miles Hunt
Miles Stephen Hunt (born 29 July 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He fronts the alternative rock band The Wonder Stuff.
Early life
His father was a union official for the TGWU. In the 1970s, his father was based at Derby, a ...
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Toby Amies
Toby Amies is a filmmaker and broadcaster who specialises in making programmes about art, music, and travel with an emphasis on fringe culture and alternative perspectives. He is best known for his feature-length documentary ''The Man Whose Mind ...
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Eden Harel
Eden Harel ( he, עדן הראל; born Adva Harel, February 10, 1976) is an Israeli actress. She was an MTV Europe VJ during the 1990s.
Biography
Early life
Harel was born in Eilat. Growing up, she went to the boarding school of WIZO Hadasi ...
Lars Oostveen
Lars Oostveen (born 6 September 1976 in Heiloo, Netherlands), also known by his pseudonym Lawrence Ray, is a Dutch presenter, producer and actor. He is best known for his stint as a VJ at MTV Europe, and his role as Vico Maesland in the Dutch TV se ...
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Katja Schuurman
Katja Schuurman (born 19 February 1975) is a Dutch actress, singer and television personality.
Early life
She grew up as the eldest daughter of a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother, born in Curaçao. Her sister Birgit is also a singer and a ...
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Melanie Sykes
Melanie Ann Sykes (born 7 August 1970) is an English television and radio presenter. She is best known for co-hosting '' Today with Des and Mel'' with Des O'Connor and '' Let's Do Lunch'' with Gino D'Acampo. She also co-hosted '' Going Out with ...
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Cat Deeley
Catherine Elizabeth Deeley (born 23 October 1976) is an English television presenter and actress. From 1998 to 2002, she hosted the ITV children's show '' SMTV Live,'' for which she won a BAFTA Children's Award, and its spin-off chart show '' ...
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Trevor Nelson
Trevor Ricardo Nelson, MBE (born 7 January 1964) is an English DJ and presenter.
Early life
Born in the London Borough of Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, Nelson attended Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School (now known as Centr ...
Kelly Brook
Kelly Ann Parsons (born 23 November 1979), known professionally as Kelly Brook, is an English model, actress, and media personality. She is known for her modelling work in the UK, and in the US for her role as Prudence on the NBC sitcom '' On ...
Becky Griffin
Rebecca "Becky" Griffin (Hebrew: רבקה "בקי" גריפין, born 27 December 1977) is an Israeli model, TV presenter and actress.
Early life
Rebecca (Becky) Griffin was born in Givatayim, Israel. Her mother, Ariela, was an accountant for th ...
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Jason Danino-Holt
Jason Danino-Holt ( he, ג'ייסון דנינו-הולט; born 17 January 1987) is an Israeli television presenter and former MTV Europe presenter. He also presents "The Tube" on i24news English.
Life and career
Danino-Holt was born in Tel A ...
Laura Whitmore
Laura Whitmore (born 4 May 1985) is an Irish media personality and model based in London. She was a video jockey for MTV in 2008, and has since presented television shows, such as ''This Morning'' (2014), '' Survival of the Fittest'' (2018) ...
Charlotte Thorstvedt
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David Wu
David Wu (born April 8, 1955) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
As a child of immigrants from Taiwan, Wu was the first Taiwanese American to serve ...
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Angela Chow
Angela Chow (周瑛琦 Zhou Yingqi; 5 August 1972) is a Taiwanese-Canadian actress and TV host best known for hosting Miss World 2003 until Miss World 2011 and back again in Miss World 2015to Miss World 2018 .
Her family moved to Canada when she ...
(Taiwan) – later moved to Channel V
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Nadya Hutagalung
Nadya Yuti Hutagalung is an Indonesian-Australian model, actress, and presenter. She is known as the host and judge of the first two cycles of '' Asia's Next Top Model'', one of the first VJs on MTV Asia, and a VJ on American MTV.
She was bor ...
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Kamal Sidhu
Kamal Sidhu (born February 24, 1968) is a Canadian model, VJ, TV anchor and actress. She won the Miss India–Canada title in 1991, she has a successful career as presenter and show host.
Early life
Sidhu was born in an Indian Sikh family who ...
(India) - Originally from Channel V later moved to MTV Asia/MTV India
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Rahul Khanna
Rahul Khanna (born 20 June 1972) is an Indian actor, VJ and writer who works in Bollywood. He is the older son of actor turned politician Vinod Khanna and the older brother of Akshaye Khanna.
Early life and background
Khanna was born and rai ...
Donita Rose
Donita Rose Cavett (born December 5, 1974) is a Filipino-American actress, TV host and former MTV Asia VJ.
Early and personal life
Donita Rose Cavett was born in Utah on 5 December 1974 and moved to the Philippines when she was five years old. ...
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Sally Yeh
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Utt Panichkul
Greg Uttsada Panichkul ( th, อัษฎา พานิชกุล; ; born September 3, 1973) is an American-born Thai actor, television presenter and model. He was a VJ for MTV Asia for over 15 years, making him one of Asia's longest running ...
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Cyrus Broacha
Cyrus Broacha is an Indian TV anchor, theatre personality, comedian, political satirist, columnist, podcaster and author. He is also a prankster, best known for his show ''Bakra'' on MTV and his show ''The Week That Wasn't'' on CNN-News18 (for ...
Jamie Aditya
James Adityavarman Graham (born 10th March 1970 in Canberra), known professionally as Jamie Aditya, is an Indonesian-Australian video jockey, presenter, actor, radio host, and singer.
Family
Jamie Aditya is the grandson of Achdiat Karta Mihar ...
(Indonesia)
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Mike Kasem
Michael C. Kasem (born August 24, 1973) is an American television presenter, actor, and radio DJ on Mediacorp Radio's Gold 905FM ''Live with Mike & Vernetta'' with co-host Vernetta Lopez.
Early life and family
Born in Los Angeles County, Cal ...
Francis Magalona
Francis Michael Durango Magalona (October 4, 1964 – March 6, 2009), also known by the moniker Francis M, was a Filipino rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, actor, and television personality. Born in Manila, He became a significant influ ...
Cindy Kurleto
Cynthia Kristina Kurleto is an Austrian model, actress, and a former MTV VJ in the Philippines. She is known for being a commercial model and an FHM model in the Philippines and also for playing the role of Cassiopea in the hit series ''Encantadi ...
(Philippines)
*Sarah Meier (Philippines)
* Jeff Enos (Thailand)
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Holly Graberak
''Ilex'' (), or holly, is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. ''Ilex'' has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The species are evergreen o ...
(Singapore)
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Colby Miller
Colby Miller (born February 19, 1980) is an MTV VJ for MTV Asia. He began his career as an MTV VJ after winning the Philippine MTV VJ Hunt 2005.
Biography
Early life
Miller was born in Spanaway, Washington. He graduated in 2004 from Central Was ...
(Philippines)
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May Wan
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May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May ...
Belinda Panelo
Belinda Jay Panelo is a Filipino American actress and former commercial model who became an MTV VJ after winning the MTV VJ Hunt in 1999, along with K. C. Montero. She is the daughter of U.S. vet, Salvador Sauza Panelo (not to be confused with t ...
Sophiya Haque
Sophiya Haque (14 June 1971 – 17 January 2013) was an English actress, singer, video jockey and dancer. She is best known for playing the role of Poppy Morales in '' Coronation Street'' between 2008 and 2009.
Early life
Haque was born Syeda ...
(UK)
*Jamie Wilson (Philippines)
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Mariel Rodriguez
Maria Erlinda Lucille Termulo-Padilla (born Maria Erlinda Lucille Sazon Termulo; August 10, 1984) professionally known as Mariel Rodriguez-Padilla or simply Mariel Rodriguez (), is a Filipino-born American commercial model, endorser, televis ...
Daniel Mananta
Daniel Mananta (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 14, 1981) is an Indonesian actor, presenter and television host of mixed Chinese and Javanese descent --sometimes known as VJ Daniel Mananta. He is an Indonesian entertainer whose name emer ...
(Indonesia)
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Belinda Lee Xin Yu
Belinda Lee Xin Yu (, born 8 Jul 1977) is a Singaporean television host and actress.
Career
Lee was formerly a MTV Asia VJ in 1998.
She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2002 to 2016. She has hosted shows including ''Find Me a ...
(Singapore)
*Danny McGill (USA) Original VJ of the first Incarnation of MTV Asia, moved to Channel V and moved back to MTV Asia/MTV India (Second Incarnation)
* Anu Kottoor (India)
MTV Australia
Former VJs
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Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Dalton Sandilands (born 10 June 1971) is an Australian radio host and television personality. He is currently the co-host, with Jackie O, of the weekday morning radio program '' The Kyle and Jackie O Show'' on Sydney's radio station KIIS ...
Jason Dundas
Jason Dundas (born 25 July 1982) is an Australian-born television presenter, actor, producer and director, known for his roles as special correspondent for CBS's '' Entertainment Tonight'', the host of ''The X Factor Australia'' in 2016, host ...
Ruby Rose
Ruby Rose Langenheim (born 20 March 1986) is an Australian model, actress, disc jockey and television presenter. Rose was a presenter on MTV Australia (2007–2011), followed by several high-profile modelling gigs, including Maybelline New Yor ...
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Erin McNaught
Erin McNaught (born 22 May 1982) is an Australian model, actress, presenter, television personality and beauty pageant titleholder. McNaught grew up in Australia alongside her older brothers and began playing in a band named "Short Straw" in her ...
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Keiynan Lonsdale
Keiynan Lonsdale (; born 19 December 1991) is an Australian actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter. He is known for roles such as Oliver Lloyd in the ABC series ''Dance Academy'' (2012–2013), Wally West/ Kid Flash in the CW series ''The Flash' ...
MTV India
Current VJs
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Anusha Dandekar
Anusha Dandekar (born 9 January 1982) is an Indian-Australian MTV VJ, actress and singer, who is best known as a VJ and a host who has hosted several shows.
Early life
Dandekar was born in Sudan on 9 January 1982 into a Marathi family of Sh ...
* Benafsha Soonwalla
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Baseer Ali
Baseer Ali is an Indian model and television personality known for winning '' Splitsvilla 10'' and participating in '' Roadies Rising'' and '' Ace Of Space 2'' where he emerged as the runner-up in both the shows.
Early life
Ali finished his sch ...
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Gaelyn Mendonca
Gaelyn Mendonca is an Indian actress, model and VJ for MTV India. She is best known for hosting WWE Now India and MTV Hustle.
Early life and education
Gaelyn Mendonca was born on 5 November 1988 in Mumbai, India, and grew up in Orlem. She ...
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Nikhil Chinapa
Nikhil Chinapa is an Indian DJ, host and festival curator, often credited with popularizing EDM among the youth in India. He is also known as the Father of Indian Dance Music for his various contributions towards revolutionising the outlook of ...
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Rannvijay Singh
Ranvijay Singh Singha is an Indian actor, television personality and VJ. Ranvijay is known for his appearance in MTV Roadies, where he won the show. He was a part of the show from 2004 to 2020, earlier as a gang leader and then as a host. He als ...
* Varun Sood
Former VJs
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Amrita Arora
Amrita Arora Ladak (born 31 January 1978) is an Indian actress, model, television presenter and video jockey (VJ), who primarily appears in Hindi-language films.
Personal life and education
She completed her secondary education from Swam ...
Cyrus Broacha
Cyrus Broacha is an Indian TV anchor, theatre personality, comedian, political satirist, columnist, podcaster and author. He is also a prankster, best known for his show ''Bakra'' on MTV and his show ''The Week That Wasn't'' on CNN-News18 (for ...
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Cyrus Sahukar
Cyrus Sahukar (born 6 August 1980) is an Indian VJ and Bollywood actor. He is known for his comic wit in shows like ''Semi Girebaal'' and other such satirical comedy shows, hosting, and spoofs.
Early life and education
Cyrus Sahukar was b ...
* Deepti Gujral
*José Covaco
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Malaika Arora
Malaika Arora (born 23 October 1973) is an Indian actress, dancer, model, VJ and a television personality who appears in Hindi-language films. She made her debut as a film producer in 2008, with her former husband Arbaaz Khan, founding the co ...
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Maria Goretti
Maria Teresa Goretti (; October 16, 1890 – July 6, 1902) is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized. She was born to a farming family. Her father died when she was nine, and the family ...
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Mia Uyeda
Mia Evonne Uyeda is a Canadian actress, model, columnist and VJ. She gained fame in India as a Kingfisher Calendar model and later as a VJ for shows like MTV India's show ''Saturday Night Shuffle''.
Early life
Mia Uyeda was born on 25 May 1980 ...
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Mini Mathur
Mini Mathur (born 21 August 1975) is an Indian television host, actor and model. She was the host of the Indian reality singing contest '' Indian Idol'' for 6 seasons. Earlier, she was a VJ on MTV India where she hosted many shows. She has a b ...
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Nafisa Joseph
Nafisa Joseph (28 March 1978 – 29 July 2004) was an Indian model and MTV video jockey. She was the winner of Femina Miss India Universe 1997 and was a finalist in the Miss Universe 1997 pageant in Miami Beach.
Early life
Nafisa Joseph wa ...
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Raageshwari Loomba
Raageshwari Loomba is an Indian singer, actress, television personality, mindfulness speaker.
Biography
Raageshwari attended the Auxilium Convent High School.
As a teenager, Raageshwari signed her first film as an actor, ''Zid'' (released in ...
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Rhea Chakraborty
Rhea Chakraborty (born 1 July 1992 is an Indian actress and VJ who primarily appears in Hindi films. She started her career as a VJ on MTV India. She made her acting debut with the 2012 Telugu film ''Tuneega Tuneega'' and later appeared in the ...
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Shenaz Treasury
Shenaz Treasurywala (born 29 June 1981) is an Indian actress.
Career
Discovered by a photographer during her first year in college, her first modeling assignment was for the soft drink Gold Spot. She also did advertising work for Akai and ...
Sophie Choudry
Sophie Choudry (born 8 February 1982) is a British singer and actress based in India. She has been active primarily in Hindi-language films and is also a former MTV India VJ and occasional model, and television presenter.
Early life
Sophie Ch ...
* Sunanda Wong
MTV Netherlands
Former VJs
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Sander Lantinga
Sander Lantinga (born 27 September 1976 in Biddinghuizen) is a Dutch program maker at BNN, and a radio-DJ at radio station 3FM from 2006 till 2015, in August 2015 he is one of the co host of the Coen en Sander Show on Radio 538. Lantinga drew ...
Tooske Breugem
Antonia Grietje "Tooske" Ragas-Breugem (; born 3 June 1974), is a Dutch actress and television host. She played a stewardess in '' 06/05'', a movie by Theo van Gogh about the murder of Pim Fortuyn. She was video jockey (VJ) at TMF Netherlands ...
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Katja Schuurman
Katja Schuurman (born 19 February 1975) is a Dutch actress, singer and television personality.
Early life
She grew up as the eldest daughter of a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother, born in Curaçao. Her sister Birgit is also a singer and a ...
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Simone Angel
Simone Angel (born Simone Engeln, 25 December 1971) is a Dutch TV host.
MTV
Born in Woerden, Netherlands, Angel moved from there to London, UK, when she was 18.Sylvie Meis
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Johnny de Mol
John Carel "Johnny" de Mol (born 12 January 1979 in Laren) is a Dutch actor and presenter. He is the son of John de Mol Jr. and Willeke Alberti
Willeke Alberti (born 3 February 1945) (real name: Willy Albertina Verbrugge) is a Dutch singer a ...
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Erik de Zwart
Erik de Zwart (born 16 June 1957 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch broadcaster, former D.J., former Music Box, The Music Factory and MTV V.J. and media entrepreneur.
He was co-founder and shareholder of Radio 538 (1992) and The Music Factory (1995).
P ...
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Carolyn Lilipaly
Carolijn "Carolyn" Lilipaly (born July 22, 1969) is a Dutch news anchor and actress.
Dutch-Moluccan Carolijn Lilipaly was born in Middelburg. Her father was former Dutch Labour Party parliament member John Lilipaly (1943-2022). After studying law ...
Mawra Hocane
Mawra Hussain (born 28 September 1992) Known professionally as Mawra Hocane is a Pakistani actress and model who primarily works in Urdu television. She made her acting debut with A-Plus's serial '' Khichari Salsa'' in 2011. Hocane is best ...
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Urwa Hocane
UrwaTul Wusqua Hussain, better known by her stage name Urwa Hocane (born 2 July 1991) is a Pakistani actress, model and VJ (media personality), media personality. She made her acting debut with ''Khushboo Ka Ghar'' as Rukhsana in 2012. Hocane is ...
Mahira Khan
Mahira Hafeez Khan (; born 21 December 1984) is a Pakistani actress. She started her career as a VJ in 2006. Khan is best known for portraying the role of Khirad Hussain in the romantic-drama ''Humsafar'' for which she received numerous acco ...
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Faizan
Faizan ( ar, فائزن ''romanised: Faizan,'' bn, ফাইজান ''romanised: Faijan,'' ur, ''romanised: Faizan''), also spelt Faizan, Faydhan, Faizon, Faidhan, Faizaan, and Fayzan, a variant of Faiz, is a male given name and a surname. I ...
Ali Safina
Ali Safina (born 18 December 1983) is a Pakistani actor. He has starred in sitcoms such as ''Takkay Ki Ayegi Baraat'' and in 2015 made his film debut with ''Jalaibee.''
Personal life
Ali Safina was born in Multan, Pakistan then he moved to Om ...
Victor Basa
Victor Emmanuel Basa (born June 6, 1985) is a Filipino model, actor, radio V.J., television host and former ex-housemate of '' Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition 2''.
Victor is the middle child of three, with a younger brother and older sis ...
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Anne Curtis
Anne Curtis-Smith(; born 17 February 1985) is a Filipino-Australian actress, model, television host, entrepreneur and recording artist. She is dubbed as the "''Multimedia Superstar''" for her talent and influence.
Curtis has received numerou ...
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Margaret Nales Wilson
Margaret Nales Wilson, known as Maggie Wilson (born March 15, 1989), is a Filipino-British beauty queen, TV personality, actress, model and entrepreneur.
Early life
Wilson was born in Bacolod City and raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. One of t ...
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Kat Alano
Katherine Anne Alano is a Filipino-British model, actress and television presenter/ VJ in the Philippines.
Early life
Kat Alano was born to an English mother and a Filipino father. She was educated at Gresham's School, Norfolk, England, and ...
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Sib Sibulo
Jonathan Solomon Salva Sibulo, more popularly known as Sib, is a Filipino television personality. He was the host of Jack TV’s The Sib Show (later renamed The Jackyard). He had previously won the hosting gig, along with Sam Oh (of ETC’s Rated ...
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Andi Manzano
Andrea Bianca Martin Manzano (born March 29, 1987), more popularly known by her screen name Andi Manzano, is a Filipino radio jockey, television host, and actress. Andi rose to fame as a discjockey at FM radio station Magic 89.9 as a co-host ...
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Marc Abaya
Ramon Marcelino Diaz Abaya (born November 6, 1979), known professionally as Marc Abaya, is a Filipino singer, actor, musician, TV host, and VJ. He appeared in the 2009 Philippine release of ''Tinker Bell''.
He is the son of actor/director Mano ...
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Paolo Bediones
Paolo Antonio Barba Bediones (born March 17, 1974) is a Filipino television host, newscaster, radio commentator and actor.
Bediones started his career as a commercial model, and later transitioned to television show hosting. He is best kno ...
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KC Concepcion
Maria Kristina Cassandra "KC" Cuneta Concepcion (; born April 7, 1985) is a Filipino actress, singer, dancer, TV host, entrepreneur, socialite and humanitarian. She has had lead roles in Philippine films '' For The First Time'' (2008) and ''Whe ...
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Maike Evers
Maike Evers (born 1980) is a real estate professional in Vancouver, Canada. She is also a local TV personality, having been involved with Novus TV as a community channel presenter for a number of years while also engaged in her real estate work. ...
Cindy Kurleto
Cynthia Kristina Kurleto is an Austrian model, actress, and a former MTV VJ in the Philippines. She is known for being a commercial model and an FHM model in the Philippines and also for playing the role of Cassiopea in the hit series ''Encantadi ...
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Francis Magalona
Francis Michael Durango Magalona (October 4, 1964 – March 6, 2009), also known by the moniker Francis M, was a Filipino rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, actor, and television personality. Born in Manila, He became a significant influ ...
*Sarah Meier
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Colby Miller
Colby Miller (born February 19, 1980) is an MTV VJ for MTV Asia. He began his career as an MTV VJ after winning the Philippine MTV VJ Hunt 2005.
Biography
Early life
Miller was born in Spanaway, Washington. He graduated in 2004 from Central Was ...
Belinda Panelo
Belinda Jay Panelo is a Filipino American actress and former commercial model who became an MTV VJ after winning the MTV VJ Hunt in 1999, along with K. C. Montero. She is the daughter of U.S. vet, Salvador Sauza Panelo (not to be confused with t ...
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Derek Ramsay
Derek Arthur Ramsay Jr. (born December 7, 1976) is a British-Filipino model, actor, and host. As of 2019, he is an exclusive talent of GMA Network. In 2021, he file for indefinite leave and is currently inactive in showbiz to attend personal li ...
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Mariel Rodriguez
Maria Erlinda Lucille Termulo-Padilla (born Maria Erlinda Lucille Sazon Termulo; August 10, 1984) professionally known as Mariel Rodriguez-Padilla or simply Mariel Rodriguez (), is a Filipino-born American commercial model, endorser, televis ...
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Giselle Toengi
Giselle Anne Töngi-Walters (born June 14, 1978) is a Swiss-Filipino actress, dancer, singer, host, VJ and model.
Early life and education
Töngi was born on June 14, 1978 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France to a Swiss father, Erich, and Filipina m ...
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Yassi Pressman
Yasmin Isabel "Yassi" Pressman(born 11 May 1995) is a Filipino-British model, actress, television personality, singer, and dancer. As a power dancer, she was given a break in her career for portraying antagonist roles before rising to prominen ...
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Andre Paras
André Alonzo Forster Paras (born November 1, 1995) is a Filipino actor, model, dancer, singer, and former professional basketball player. He is the son of former PBA player Benjie Paras and brother of Kobe Paras. He is the best known for his r ...
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Shy Carlos
Schirin Grace Sigrist (born March 16, 1995),''VIVA Entertainment''Schirin Grace Sigrist retrieved 16 September 2012. known professionally as Shy Carlos, is a Filipino actress and recording artist. She is a former member of the all-female group ...
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Sam Pinto
Sam, SAM or variants may refer to:
Places
* Sam, Benin
* Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso
* Sam, Iran
* Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place
People and fictio ...
Katarina Rodriguez
Katarina Sonja Rodriguez (; born August 1, 1992) is an American-born Filipino actress, athlete, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Philippines 2018. She represented the Philippines at the Miss World 2018 pageant bu ...
Ben Kasyafani
Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right.
Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( ...
Daniel Mananta
Daniel Mananta (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 14, 1981) is an Indonesian actor, presenter and television host of mixed Chinese and Javanese descent --sometimes known as VJ Daniel Mananta. He is an Indonesian entertainer whose name emer ...
Jamie Aditya
James Adityavarman Graham (born 10th March 1970 in Canberra), known professionally as Jamie Aditya, is an Indonesian-Australian video jockey, presenter, actor, radio host, and singer.
Family
Jamie Aditya is the grandson of Achdiat Karta Mihar ...
Millane Fernandez Millane is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:
* Darren Millane (1965–1991), Australian-rules football player
* Grace Millane (1996–2018), English tourist murdered in New Zealand
* Rick Millane, New Zealand engineer
See also ...
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Nadya Hutagalung
Nadya Yuti Hutagalung is an Indonesian-Australian model, actress, and presenter. She is known as the host and judge of the first two cycles of '' Asia's Next Top Model'', one of the first VJs on MTV Asia, and a VJ on American MTV.
She was bor ...
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Nirina Zubir
Nirina Raudatul Jannah Zubir or better known as Nirina Zubir (born in Antananarivo, Madagascar on March 12, 1980) is an Indonesian actress and Television presenter of Minangkabau descent.
Early life and career
Nirina was Born in Antananarivo, M ...
Michele Waagaard
Michele Waagaard (Thai มิเชล วอกอร์ด, born 1980) is a Norwegian-Thai model, pop star, actress, MTV VJ, and radio host. In 1995 she won the title as Model of the Year for the Thai teen magazine ''The Boy''.
Michele studie ...
Seorak
Seorak Park (; born December 26, 1981), also known by her stage name SeoRock, is a South Korean singer and former VJ for MTV Korea. She currently lives in Manhattan, New York and studies law. Seorak is one of the first Korean singers to success ...
MTV Taiwan
Past VJs
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Linda Liao
Linda Liao (, now known as 廖語晴; born 24 May 1981) is a Taiwanese singer, actress, VJ and professional gamer. She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-ea ...
MTV Brasil
Current VJs
* Beatriz Coelho
* Spartakus Santiago
Past VJs
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Fernanda Lima
Fernanda Cama Pereira Lima (; born 25 June 1977) is a Brazilian television presenter, actress, and model. In spite of a short career in film and telenovelas, she has established herself in popular culture, as a host to a variety of shows on MTV ...
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Marcos Mion
Marcos Chaib Mion (born June 20, 1979 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian TV host, actor, voice actor, author and businessman (Partner of V.Rom). Mion studied Philosophy at Universidade de São Paulo, and later graduated in Communication and Body Arts ...
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Marina Person
Marina Person (born 15 February 1969) is a Brazilian actress, filmmaker and former MTV Brasil, MTV VJ (media personality), VJ. She hosts the TV shows ''Top Top MTV'', with Leo Madeira, and ''MTV+''.
In 2007, Marina Person released the Documentar ...
Adriane Galisteu
Adriane Kelemen Galisteu Iódice (born April 18, 1973) is a Brazilian actress, TV host and former model.
Biography
Galisteu was born in the city of São Paulo, daughter of Alberto Galisteu and Emma Kelemen, and lived until she was 18 years old ...
Babi Xavier
Babi Xavier (born Anna Bárbara Xavier; 6 July 1974, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian television actress, Playboy model, singer and TV hostess.
Television
*'' Perdidos de Amor'' (Band, 1996) – Ivea, actress
*'' Por Amor'' ( Globo, 1 ...
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João Gordo
João Gordo (born João Francisco Benedan on 13 March 1964) is a Brazilian vocalist and TV host. He is the lead singer of the hardcore punk band Ratos de Porão, also known simply as RxDxPx. He participated in many seminal punk events in Brazi ...
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André Vasco
André Vasco (born September 8, 1984) is a Brazilian actor and television presenter. He is best known as the host of '' Qual é o Seu Talento?'', the Brazilian version of the ''Got Talent'' series.
Biography
André was born on September 8, 1984, ...
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Mariana Weickert
Mariana Müller Weickert (born February 17, 1982) is a Brazilian model represented by Ford Models. She was chosen by the German ''Vogue'' magazine for a 25-page editorial with major New York stylists. Lately she has been following a career as a T ...
Marcelo Tas
Marcelo Tristão Athayde de Souza (born November 10, 1959), better known as Marcelo Tas, is a Brazilian director, writer, actor and television presenter.
Host of PROVOCA and commentator for Jornal da Cultura of TV Cultura. He works as a speaker and ...
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Kid Vinil
Kid Vinil, stage name of Antônio Carlos Senefonte ( Cedral, 10 March 1955 – São Paulo, 19 May 2017), was a Brazilian singer, radio broadcaster, composer and journalist. He became famous in the Brazilian rock of the 1980s.
Biography
Kid Vinil ...
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Maria Fernanda Cândido
Maria Fernanda Cândido (born May 21, 1974) is a Brazilian actress, television presenter, and former model.
Biography
Maria Fernanda Cândido lived in Curitiba from the age of four to twelve, when she moved to São Paulo with her family. Her ...
Fernando Meligeni
Fernando Ariel Meligeni (born April 12, 1971), nicknamed ''Fininho'' (diminutive form in Portuguese for ''thin''), is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He won 3 singles titles and reached the semi-finals of both the 1999 French Ope ...
Luana Piovani
Luana Elídia Afonso Piovani (, born 29 August 1976) is a Brazilian actress, TV host, and former model.
Career
Piovani started her career as a Ford Models Agency model in 1990 and a year later spent some time working in Japan.
Piovani's first ...
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Rita Lee
Rita Lee Jones (; born 31 December 1947) is a Brazilian rock singer, composer and writer. She is a former member of the Brazilian band Os Mutantes and is a popular figure in Brazilian entertainment, where she is also known for being an animal ...
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Fernanda Tavares
Fernanda Tavares (born September 22, 1980) is a Brazilian model.
Biography
Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, Tavares was appearing in local shows at the age of nine, and at just 13 she won the "Elite Look of the Year" contest. A yea ...
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Rodrigo Leão
Rodrigo Costa Leão Muñoz Miguez (born 15 October 1964), known professionally as Rodrigo Leão, is a Portuguese musician and songwriter. He became known in the 1980s as a member of the Portuguese groups Sétima Legião and Madredeus. In the 1990 ...
Leo Madeira
Leo or Léo may refer to:
Acronyms
* Law enforcement officer
* Law enforcement organisation
* ''Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky
* Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
Arts an ...
Nasi
Nasi may refer to:
Food Dishes
Nasi Goreng is an Indonesian and Malay word for ''cooked rice'', featured in many Southeast Asian dishes
*Nasi goreng, a popular rice dish often simply called ''nasi''
*Other Southeast Asian ''nasi'' dishes:
**Nasi ...
Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes (, born Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho, September 2, 1960) is a Brazilian musician, writer, and composer. He was a member of the rock band Titãs, which he co-founded in 1982 and left ten years later. After 1992, he embarked ...
Bento Ribeiro
Bento Ribeiro is a middle-class neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a suburban area in the vicinity of Marechal Hermes and Oswaldo Cruz and Vila Valqueire, Rio de Janeiro. Bento Ribeiro owes its name to Bento Manuel R ...
Dani Calabresa
Daniella Maria Giusti Barra (born 12 November 1981), known professionally as Dani Calabresa, is a Brazilian comedian, actress, screenwriter, and television presenter. She is best known for being a cast member of the APCA award winner show '' Co ...
Marcelo Adnet
Marcelo França Adnet (born September 5, 1981, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actor, comedian and former VJ. He has been on many TV shows such as ''Adnet viaja'' ("Adnet travels") (2012), ''Adnet ao vivo'' ("Adnet live") (2011) and ''Comédia ...
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Tatá Werneck
Talita Werneck Arguelhes (born 11 August 1983), known professionally as Tatá Werneck, is a Brazilian actress, television presenter, comedian, musician, and former VJ.
Career
She began her acting studies at the age of 9 and subsequently ap ...
Didi Effe
Didi may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* "Didi" (song), a song by Khaled
* Didi, the principal character in ''Didi's Comedy Show'', a German comedy television show
* Didi Pickles, mother of Tommy and Dil in the cartoons ''Rugrats'' and ''All ...
Nenny B
Nnenna Egwuekwe (born September 22, 1992), known professionally as Nenny B, is a Nigerian media personality. She is currently a VJ for MTV Base Africa.
Early life and education
Nenny B is from Imo State and was born in Lagos State, Nigeria. ...
Tshego Wolf Koke (South Africa)
Nomuzi Mabhena (South Africa)
Ehiz (Nigeria)
Joko Winterscheidt
Joachim "Joko" Winterscheidt (born 13 January 1979) is a German television host, producer and actor. He became known as part of the duo ''Joko & Klaas'' alongside Klaas Heufer-Umlauf in TV programs like ''Circus HalliGalli''.
Winterscheidt grew ...
Klaas Heufer-Umlauf
Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (born 22 September 1983 in Oldenburg) is a German television host, producer, actor and singer. He is best known as part of the duo Joko & Klaas, alongside Joko Winterscheidt.
Biography
Heufer-Umlauf is a trained hairdresse ...
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Palina Rojinski
Palina Rojinski ( Rozhinskaya, russian: Палина Рожинская; born 21 April 1985) is a Russian-German television presenter and actress based in Germany.
From 2009 to 2011, she hosted ''MTV Home'' on MTV Germany, and since 2011 has hos ...
Past VJs
* Patrice Bouédibéla
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Sarah Kuttner
Sarah Kuttner (born 29 January 1979) is a German television presenter and author.
Biography
Kuttner was born in Berlin. Her father is famed radio host Jürgen Kuttner. She has regularly appeared on the music television channel VIVA since Nove ...
Nora Tschirner
Nora Marie Tschirner (born 12 June 1981) is a German film actress, musician and former television and radio presenter.
Early life
Nora Tschirner was born in East Berlin (then East Germany) to the documentary film director and the radio journa ...
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Anastasia Zampounidis
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Climb to Fame
After graduating from high school, Zampounidis spent time in Los Angeles as an au pair, Go-Go dancer, and language ...
Simone Angel
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Born in Woerden, Netherlands, Angel moved from there to London, UK, when she was 18.Claudia Hiersche
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Jana Pallaske
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Partial filmography
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Tom Novy
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Biography
Tom Novy lived in Munich in his youth and attended the Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich. In the mid-1980s he started to DJ and got his first residency at the ...
Max von Thun
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Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre
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Christoph Schlingensief
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Daniel Budiman
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Ivan Urgant
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Yana Churikova
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Alessandro Cattelan
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Carmen Electra
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Elena Santarelli
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Life and career
Born in Latina, the niece of footballer Ubaldo Righetti, Santarelli started her career as a model, and she made her television debu ...
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Elisabetta Canalis
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Early life
Canalis was born in Sassari, Sardinia in Italy. Her father, Cesare, is a radiologist in University of Sassari's clinic, and her mother, Bruna, was a te ...
Victoria Cabello
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She was born in London to an Italian father and an English mother, and grew up in Valsolda, a small town in the province of Como, just a few kilometers ...
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Zero Assoluto
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History
Their first sin ...
Ambra Angiolini
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She made her film debut in Ferzan Özpetek's '' Saturn in Opposition'' (2007) for which she won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress as well as the N ...
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Fabio Volo
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Career
Fabio Bonetti was born in Calcinate, Italy on 23 June 1972. After a ...
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Gemelli Diversi
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Biography
Gemelli DiVersi formed in 1997 in Milan when two Italian rap crews, La Cricca and Rima Nel Cuore, merged. Their first single was 1998's "Un attimo anc ...
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Giorgia Surina
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Giorgio Pasotti
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Life and career
Born in Bergamo, Pasotti started performing martial arts at a very young age, practicing karate and kobudo and became European and World ...
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Valeria Bilello
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Biography
Valeria Bilello was born in Sciacca, in Sicily, Italy, on 2 May 1982, and grew up in Milan. During her high-school studies in foreign languages, she made her debut i ...
Daisy Fuentes
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Tonka Tomicic
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Best known for televisions shows on TVN and Canal 13 as Buenos Dias A Todos, Viña's International Festiv ...
Ilana Sod
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Daryn Jones
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Career
He began his career in stand-up comedy clubs at the age of 17, receiving formal training in a private training school.
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Nicole Holness
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Johnny Hockin
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''MTV News'' is hosted by Aliya-Jasmine Sovani, along with correspondents Johnny Hockin an ...
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Early days
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Gilson Lubin
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Jessi Cruickshank
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Lauren Toyota
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Toyota was born in Mississauga, Ontario. She earned ...
Irena Karpa
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Biography
Born in Cherkasy (Central Ukraine), Karpa grew up in Subcarpathian region ( Prykarpattia).
Since 1999 she has bee ...
MTV Estonia
Current VJs
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Piret Järvis
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Born to Maire and Enno Järvis she has an older sister and a younger brother. After ...
MTV Vietnam
Current VJs
*Đoàn Ngọc Nhi
Former VJs
*Misoa Kim Anh
*Nguyễn Đỗ Quỳnh Chi
*Nguyễn Tấn Đăng Khoa
*Jackie Njine (Tiêu Chấn Huy)
*Kaylee Tú Linh
*Nina
*Dustin Phúc Nguyễn
*Nguyễn Sỹ Anh Vũ