![]() Wan received a diploma from the college, then enrolled at the Central School of Speech and Drama and continued to study performing arts. ![]() ĭuring his teenage years he weighed as much as 21 stone (133 kg, 294 lb) He was drawn to performing arts with aspirations of becoming an actor, and after leaving Babington Community College he began attending a course at the Charles Keene College of Further Education. Wan stood out from his peers from a young age and endured bullying from other children due to the fact that he was mixed race, tall, overweight and gay. He grew up in Whetstone, Leicestershire, where he worked in his parents' restaurant. Gok Wan was born in Leicester, to an English mother, Myra, and a Chinese father, John Tung Shing Wan, who was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Britain at the age of 16. Moving into other genres, he presented a series of documentaries on social problems among young people, drawing on his personal battles with obesity and homophobia, and presented Chinese cooking shows entitled Gok Cooks Chinese and Gok's Chinese Takeaway. In 2006, Channel 4 employed him to present his own television show, How to Look Good Naked, which lasted for seven series, and Say Yes to the Dress Lancashire. ![]() Initially training in the performing arts at the Central School of Speech and Drama, he then entered the fashion business, writing for popular fashion magazines and appearing on various television shows. Kowkhyn Wan MBE ( simplified Chinese: 温国兴 traditional Chinese: 溫國興 pinyin: Wēn Guóxìng Cantonese Yale: Wān Gwok-hīng born 9 September 1974 ), known as Gok Wan, is a British fashion consultant, author, television presenter, actor, DJ, chef and event manager. Television presenter, fashion stylist, author, DJ
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