Marja Vongerichten
Sept 17, 2014 23:54:00 GMT -8
Post by Admin on Sept 17, 2014 23:54:00 GMT -8
Marja Vongerichten
Television Host/Model/Actress
Marja Vongerichten is the host of the 2011 PBS television series about Korean food and culture titled Kimchi Chronicles.
Marja was born in Korea to a Korean mother and an African American soldier. She was later adopted at the age of 3 by a Virginia family in 1979. Later in life, she reunited with her birth mother in New York.
She was Miss District of Columbia Teen USA 1991 (as Marja Allen) and has worked as an actress and model.
Marja’s husband is world renown chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
Source: halfkorean.com