Grace Lee

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name = Grace Lee


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birthname = Lee Kyung Hee
birthdate = October 1982
birthplace = Seoul, South Korea
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occupation = TV host, Radio disc jockey
yearsactive = 2007-present
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Infobox Korean name
hangul=이경희
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rr=I Gyeong-heui
mr=I Kyǒng-hǔi

Lee Kyung Hee ( _ko. 이경희), better known as Grace Lee, is a Korean television host and radio disc jockey working in the Philippines. She is the third Korean expatriate to appear prominently in Philippine television, after Sandara Park and Sam Oh.cite news| first=Bayani Jr.| last=San Diego| title=Kapuso's Korean connection| date=October 14, 2007| publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer| url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=94405| accessdate=2007-11-14] She can speak Tagalog and English in addition to her native Korean.cite news| first=Tinna| last=Bonifacio| title=Amazing Grace| date=February 4, 2008| publisher=Women's Journal| accessdate=2008-02-11]

Biography

Early life

Lee was born and raised in Seoul, but moved to the Philippines at the age of 10 because of her father's business, which involved importing Korean cars. She studied from third grade to senior high school in St. Paul's College in Pasig City and graduated in Ateneo de Manila University, where she obtained her Communication Arts degree. Before becoming a TV host, she has been hosting events for Korean-Filipino communities as well as being an official interpreter for Malacañang.

Career

Lee planned on becoming a journalist. She sent her résumé on major television studios in the Philippines and received a callback from GMA Network. She landed her first Philippine TV hosting job last March 2007 as a segment host in Q Network’s lifestyle-magazine show "The Sweet Life". Among her first assignments include featuring life in Korea where she gets to wear traditional female garbs as well as interviewing prominent Korean celebrities such as Yoon Se Ah of "Lovers in Prague" and "King Sejong the Great" drama series.cite news| first=Walden| last=Sandiri| title=Grace Lee: Living her sweet life!| date=October 15, 2007| publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer| url=http://www.mb.com.ph/archive_pages.php?url=http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/10/15/ENTR20071015105791.html| accessdate=2007-11-14] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7a-B36wAvg Grace Lee interviews Yoon Se Ah on "Sweet Life".] ]

She recently joined Magic 89.9's morning radio show "Good Times With Mo" with Mo Twister and Mojo Jojo as a replacement for Andi-9. Lee is also a Manila correspondent for Yonhap Television News in Korea, as well as teaches at the Manila New Life Church's Sunday school for preschool students and takes part in various outreach programs.

ee also

*Sam Oh
*Sandara Park

References