Alexa Chung, born November 5, 1983 in Hampshire, England, attended Perins Community College, Peter Symonds College of Art and Design as well as the King’s College in London. Although Elite modeling scouts discovered Alexa at age 14, she only entered the world of fashion two years later when the London-based Storm model management approached her at the Reading Festival. Since then, Alexa Chung has appeared on various teen-oriented magazines such as CosmoGirl and Elle Girl, walked the runways, appeared in music videos and has been the face of big companies like Tampax, Sony Ericsson and Sunsilk.

By 2005, Alexa Chung has switched to a career in TV. She landed her first small screen debut in “Shoot Me,” followed by dozens of hosting gigs, mostly for Channel 4 shows such as “Popworld,” “Freshly Squeezed,” “8 Out of 10 Cats,” “Gok’s Fashion Fix,” and several T4 specials. She also appeared on BBC Three’s “The Wall,” T4’s “Vanity Lair,” and T4 Music’s “Frock Me.” In early 2009, Alexa Chung joined the US MTV family in preparation for her own talk show “The Alexa Chung Show.”

Aside from her TV gigs, Alexa Chung also ran her own monthly column for the British magazine “Company” from October 2007 to June 2008. She also writes a weekly column “Girl about Town” for “The Independent” newspaper. Alexa Chung also participates actively on various charities, including Greenpeace, World AIDS Day, Terrence Higgins Trust and The Big Ask, among others.

While modeling, Alexa Chung had a 3-year relationship with photographer David Titlow. From 2006 to late 2007, Alexa Chung has dated artists from the local music scene, including the Horrors frontman Faris Badwan, the Klaxons vocalist James Righton and the Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins. Since October 2007, Alexa Chung has been dating the Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner, whom she currently lives with in Williamsburg, New York.