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Gok Wan at an event for John Carter (2012)

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Gok Wan

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  • Born
    October 9, 1974 · Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
  • Birth name
    Kowkhyn Wan
  • Height
    6′ 1″ (1.85 m)

Biography

    • Gok Wan, born Kowkhyn Wan, in Leicester, 9 September 1974, is a fashion stylist, award-winning TV presenter and author. He is renowned for helping women feel more confident about their looks, as well as championing high street fashion.

      His TV latest TV show is Gok's Style Secrets (2012), built on the success of How To Look Good Naked and Gok's Clothes Road Show, offering styling and dating advice to women who had lost their confidence.

      Gok has explored more personal issues in factual TV shows. His Anglo-Asian roots inspired Made In China and Gok Cooks Chinese. And Too Fat Too Young and Gok's Teens explored modern day issues faced by teens including sexuality, online-bullying and eating disorders.

      In 2013, Gok launched his sixth collection of his own UK fashion range for Sainsbury's Tu.
      - IMDb mini biography by: Gok Wan

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  • Sister Oilen is a childcare lawyer. Brother Kwoklyn is a martial arts instructor. Father John Tung Shing hails from Hong Kong and mother Myra is English.
  • He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2020 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to fashion and social awareness. He was a television presenter in Greater London NW1, England.

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