Cynthia Gouw was born on May 30,1963 and is an American actress, model, and TV news anchor and host.
14 Facts About Cynthia Gouw
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Cynthia Gouw grew up with her parents and brother in El Cerrito, California and graduated from the high school there in 1981.
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Cynthia Gouw then attended UCLA, where she majored in political science and international relations and minored in Asian American studies.
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Cynthia Gouw edited Pacific Ties, UCLA's Asian-American newspaper and interned for Willie Brown.
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Cynthia Gouw entered Miss LA Chinatown on an assignment for Pacific Ties in 1984 but ended up winning the pageant and moving on to win Miss Chinatown USA the following year.
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Cynthia Gouw won the Spokesmodel competition on Star Search in 1988, the first Asian American to do so.
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Cynthia Gouw appeared as Romulan Ambassador Caithlin Dar in the movie Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
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Cynthia Gouw was previously a reporter for Pacific Time and was KDFW's first Asian-American news anchor.
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Cynthia Gouw won another award the following year with photographer Mike Garza for their work on The Promised Land, a feature about illegal immigration.
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Cynthia Gouw has won 4 Society of Professional Journalism Awards and was honored with a "Best TV Talk Show Series in the State" nod from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters.
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In Philadelphia, Cynthia Gouw hosted Asian Outlook, a half-hour talk show focused on the affairs of the Pacific Rim for WYBE.
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Cynthia Gouw was named Member of the Year by the Chinese American Council and Honoree of the Year by the Asian Bar Association of Sacramento.
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Cynthia Gouw has been recognized by the California State Legislature, and is on the Advisory Board of Stanford University's "Grade the News".
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Cynthia Gouw's husband Doug Alexander is a businessman and one of the original board members of Actua Corporation, and has been in senior management positions in a number of start-ups and Actua spinoffs.