Zara Martin is a TV presenter, actress and model

Model (person)

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 based in London

London

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After graduating from University College London

University College London

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 with a degree in Economics

Economics

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 and Business

Business

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 with Eastern European Studies, she moved to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 where she trained with director Jack Garfein

Jack Garfein

Jack Garfein, born July 2, 1930 in Mukacevo, Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia, now Mukacheve, Ukraine, is an acting teacher and former motion picture and theater director....

. There she worked for various production companies and broadcasters

Broadcasting

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, before returning to London where she took up a job at MTV

MTV

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 Base. Whilst there she presented various segments of the show THE LICK WITH TREVOR NELSON.

Zara had her own show on Current TV

Current TV

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, an award-winning independent media channel led by former-US Vice President Al Gore

Al Gore

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. She hosted ZARA'S SHOW, whilst also still contributing to MTV IGGY on MTVOne. During that time she interviewed numerous talents including Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...

 and Matthew Williamson

Matthew Williamson

Matthew Williamson is an English fashion designer. His collections often have an Indian influence, perhaps related to the time Williamson spent working in India for the clothing store Monsoon...

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Glamour Magazine

Glamour magazine

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 asked her to host all coverage of their annual Women Of The Year 2010 awards during which she interviewed stars including Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...

, Cheryl Cole

Cheryl Cole

Cheryl Ann Cole is an English pop and R&B recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actress and model. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals on ITV. The programme announced that Cole had won a place as a member of the girl group, Girls...

, Nicole Richie

Nicole Richie

Nicole Camille Richie is an American fashion designer, author, actress, singer and television personality. Her father was Peter Michael Escovedo, a musician who played for a brief time with Lionel Richie, and her mother Karen was the executive assistant for Sheila Escovedo...

, Florence Welch

Florence Welch

Florence Leontine Mary Welch is an English singer-songwriter, best known worldwide as the lead singer of Florence and the Machine...

, Aaron Johnson

Aaron Johnson

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, Piers Morgan

Piers Morgan

Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan , known professionally as Piers Morgan, is a British journalist and television presenter. He is editorial director of First News, a national newspaper for children....

, Alexandra Burke

Alexandra Burke

Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke is a British R&B and pop recording artist who rose to fame after winning the fifth series of British television series The X Factor in 2008...

 and Rachel Stevens

Rachel Stevens

Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter, dancer, television personality and model. She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005...

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She maintains a blog on art, fashion and culture.

Zara is of mixed Indian

India

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 and British

British people

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 descent. She is also a UK ambassador for Elephant Parade

Elephant Parade

Elephant Parade is the world’s largest open-air exhibition dedicated to saving the Asian elephant from extinction. During a couple of months, hundreds of brightly coloured elephants swarm the streets of the city. Each elephant is a unique art object, painted by local and international artists...

, a charity founded with an aim to raise attention for the Asian elephant

Asian Elephant

The Asian or Asiatic elephant is the only living species of the genus Elephas and distributed in Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east. Three subspecies are recognized — Elephas maximus maximus from Sri Lanka, the Indian elephant or E. m. indicus from mainland Asia, and E. m....

, along with other ambassadors including the Rajmata of Jaipur.

In September 2010 Zara Martin hosted London Fashion Weekend, where she was interviewed by fashion presenter Emmanuel Ray

Emmanuel Ray

Emmanuel Ray is a London-based presenter and socialite. He won Fashion Icon of the Year award at Fashions Finest Awards UK, 2011. He was named Britain’s First 'It Boy' by BBC entertainment correspondent Paul Conway....

, for the World Fashion Channel.

External links

• http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/archive/2010/07/27/zara-martin--one-to-watch.htm
• http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/dress-code-zara-martin-mtv-presenter-1941821.html
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2592985/
• http://showmeyourwardrobe.blogspot.com/2009/05/zara-martin-tv-presenter.html
• http://www.independenttalent.com/presenters/zara-martin