Hung Huang | |
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Born |
洪晃 1961 (age 55–56) Beijing, China |
Nationality |
American Chinese |
Alma mater | Vassar College |
Occupation | Media figure |
Spouse(s) |
Chen Kaige (divorced) American (divorced) Peng Sai (divorced) |
Children | 1 (adopted) |
Parent(s) | Hong Junyan (father) Zhang Hanzhi (mother) Qiao Guanhua (stepfather) |
Hung Huang (Chinese: 洪晃; pinyin: Hóng Huàng, born in 1961) is an American-Chinese television host, author, actress, blogger, media figure, and the publisher of the fashion magazine iLook. A CNN article stated that she had been referred to as "China's answer to Oprah Winfrey and Anna Wintour." Since early 2012, she has written a weekly column called ChinaFile for Women's Wear Daily.
Hung's mother, Zhang Hanzhi(章含之), worked as a translator and as an English tutor for Mao Zedong. Her mother and her father, Hong Junyan(洪君彦), divorced in 1973. Zhang then married Qiao Guanhua(乔冠华). Qiao, Hung's stepfather, was the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China in the 1970s. Hung's mother was later accused of collaborating with the "Gang of Four" and was placed under house arrest for two years. Hung attended Vassar College. Hung married three times, all of them ended in divorce. Her first ex-husband is film director Chen Kaige. In 2006, Hung adopted one daughter from Sichuan. Hung worked in factories until 1998, when she agreed to take over the publication of Look, a magazine that is now known as I-Look.