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Cynthia Gouw
Cynthia Gouw (born May 30, 1963) is an American actress, model, and TV news anchor and host.
One of Gouw's great grandfathers moved from Xiamen, China to Indonesia, where he started a department store chain. Her parents, both Chinese immigrants from Indonesia, went to university in the Netherlands and moved to California in 1961. In 1963, she became the first in her family to be born in the United States.
She grew up with her parents and brother in El Cerrito, California and graduated from the high school there in 1981. She then attended UCLA, where she majored in political science and international relations and minored in Asian American studies. She also edited Pacific Ties, UCLA's Asian-American newspaper and interned for Willie Brown. In 1991, she graduated from UCLA School of Law.
She 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. She won the Spokesmodel competition on Star Search in 1988, the first Asian American to do so.
In 2005, she placed third in the More Magazine and Wilhelmina 40+Model Search. She has been a spokesperson for L'Oréal.
She appeared as Romulan Ambassador Caithlin Dar in the movie Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. She also appeared in China Beach and Matlock.
Throughout her career, Gouw has worked as a reporter and/or news anchor for KTVU, E!, Channel 26, Continental Cablevision, KXTV, KDFW, CBS, KERO-TV, KABC-TV, and NPR San Francisco. She was previously a reporter for Pacific Time and was KDFW's first Asian-American news anchor.
In 1996, while working for Channel 10 in Sacramento, she won a Regional Emmy for her feature Is Your Kid in a Gang?. She won another award the following year with photographer Mike Garza for their work on The Promised Land, a feature about illegal immigration.
Cynthia Gouw
Cynthia Gouw (born May 30, 1963) is an American actress, model, and TV news anchor and host.
One of Gouw's great grandfathers moved from Xiamen, China to Indonesia, where he started a department store chain. Her parents, both Chinese immigrants from Indonesia, went to university in the Netherlands and moved to California in 1961. In 1963, she became the first in her family to be born in the United States.
She grew up with her parents and brother in El Cerrito, California and graduated from the high school there in 1981. She then attended UCLA, where she majored in political science and international relations and minored in Asian American studies. She also edited Pacific Ties, UCLA's Asian-American newspaper and interned for Willie Brown. In 1991, she graduated from UCLA School of Law.
She 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. She won the Spokesmodel competition on Star Search in 1988, the first Asian American to do so.
In 2005, she placed third in the More Magazine and Wilhelmina 40+Model Search. She has been a spokesperson for L'Oréal.
She appeared as Romulan Ambassador Caithlin Dar in the movie Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. She also appeared in China Beach and Matlock.
Throughout her career, Gouw has worked as a reporter and/or news anchor for KTVU, E!, Channel 26, Continental Cablevision, KXTV, KDFW, CBS, KERO-TV, KABC-TV, and NPR San Francisco. She was previously a reporter for Pacific Time and was KDFW's first Asian-American news anchor.
In 1996, while working for Channel 10 in Sacramento, she won a Regional Emmy for her feature Is Your Kid in a Gang?. She won another award the following year with photographer Mike Garza for their work on The Promised Land, a feature about illegal immigration.