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Gok Wan (born Ko-Hen Wan; Chinese: 溫國興; Cantonese Jyutping: Wan1 gwok3 hing3; 9 September 1974) is an English fashion consultant, author and television presenter, perhaps best known for his Channel 4 television programme How to Look Good Naked.
Initially training in the performing arts at the Central School of Speech and Drama, he then entered the fashion business, writing for popular fashion magazines and appearing on various television shows. In 2006, Channel 4 employed him to present his own television show, How to Look Good Naked, which lasted for three series. Moving into other genres, he presented a series of documentaries on social problems among young people, drawing on his personal experiences with obesity and homophobia, and presented a Chinese cooking show entitled Gok Cooks Chinese.
Gok Wan was born Ko-Hen Wan in Leicester, England, to an English mother, Myra, and a Chinese father, John Tung Shing Wan, who was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to England at age 16. He grew up in Whetstone, Leicestershire, where he worked in his parents' restaurant. Wan stood out from his peers from a young age and endured bullying from other children due to the fact that he was mixed race, tall, overweight and gay.
Actors: Kyle MacLachlan (actor), Rich Hall (actor), Ricky Gervais (actor), Noel Fielding (actor), Derren Brown (actor), Alan Carr (actor), Bill Bailey (actor), Jimmy Carr (actor), James Corden (actor), James Corden (actor), Jack Dee (actor), Johnny Depp (actor), Rob Brydon (actor), Kevin Eldon (actor), Stephen Merchant (actor),
Genres: Comedy,