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British TV presenter and former model Alexa Chung will be hosting a new show on MTV starting June 15. “The Alexa Chung Show” replaces “TRL” and will include audience interaction via Facebook and Twitter. But most of us in the US aren’t familiar with the girl who is going to do her best to save MTV. Here’s a primer.

1. Chung, 25, was raised in Hampshire, England. Her mother is English; her father is Chinese.