VJ Mania

They are lively, perky and beautiful. Meet the ladies and gents of MTV's ethnic channels.

May 1, 2006

Name:

XIAO

SIMON

GREGORY

ANGEL

NIHARIKA

TIM

Channel:

Xiao Wang,

MTV Chi

Simon Yin,

MTV Chi

Gregory Woo,

MTV Chi

Angel Tang

MTV Chi

Niharika Desai,

MTV Desi

Tim Kash,

MTV Desi

Background:

Lived 12 years
in China

A business and
pre-med major

Lived in Round
Rock, TX

Born in Shanghai, raised in NYC

Majored in psych and South Asia
Regional Studies

Born and raised
in the UK, of Sri
Lankan descent

Former Incarnation:

Model with Ford Management

Investment banker, then improv theater
thespian

Extra in music videos for Avril Lavigne and
Jon Bon Jovi

Pharmacy student

Editor for The Isaac Mizrahi Show and
other TV programs

Host of MTV UK News

Special Features:

Learned English
by watching MTV

Voiced six Asian characters on
SeaLab 2021
animated series

He is half Chinese,
half Chamorro

Says, “It’s about time we had a channel that can put Gwen Stefani and Coco Lee on the same show.”

Conversant in

Marathi, can read and write the Devanagari script

Was youngest

MTV VJ when he started at 19

Magazine Section: 
Contributor: 

Momo Chang

Senior Contributing Editor

Momo Chang is the Content Manager at the Center for Asian American Media, and freelances for magazines, online publications, and weeklies. Her writings focus on Asian American communities, communities of color, and youth culture. She is a former staff writer at the Oakland Tribune. Her stories range from uncovering working conditions in nail salons, to stories about “invisible minorities” like Tongan youth and Iu Mien farmers. She has freelances The New York Times, WIRED, and East Bay Express, among other publications.