Alexa Chung Biography

Fast Facts

• Began modeling at the age of 16 when she signed with the Storm modeling agency
• Began working as a television presenter in 2006 and went on to appear in shows like "Vanity Lair," "Popworld," and "Frock Me․"
• Quote: "(On her diverse style): "I either want to look like an excellently dressed boy or a kitten from the 1960s․""
• Best known as a model, television presenter, and contributing editor for British Vogue magazine
• Joined British Vogue magazine as a contributing editor in June 2009 and appeared on the magazine's cover the following year
• Appeared in the 2008 music video for "My Mistakes Were Made For You" by The Last Shadow Puppets, a band led by Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner, whom she had begun dating the year before
• During her the first four years of her modeling career, she did campaigns for companies like Fanta, Tampax, Sunsilk, and Sony Ericsson