Nadya Hutagalung

Nadya Yuti Boru Hutagalung (born 28 July 1974 in Sydney, Australia), has been a model, film actress, was one of the first VJs on MTV Asia (1995), TV host, MediaWorks artiste, painter and most recently, a jewellery designer. Her father, Ricky (b 1951), is Indonesian (Batak), and her mother, Dianne (b 1950), is Australian.

She married Desmond Koh at the Uma Ubud in Bali on 16 December 2006. She is currently expecting a girl with Desmond, (their first child, her third), and is due to give birth in March 2008.

Before that she had a number of relationships, including two marriages. She has 2 sons, Tyrone (b 1994) and Fynn (b 2003), from previous relationships.

Nadya is an eco-activist, eco-centric jewellery designer and well known personality in Singapore and Asia.

Voted one of Singapore's stylish and most beautiful women, there are few stars in Asia who have generated so much interest than Nadya Hutagalung. Well loved as one of the pioneering VJs of MTV, her work brought her incredible success, celebrity and accolades, entertaining over 70 million households across Asia.

But so much more than her amazing start in the entertainment world, Nadya has sustained all her hard work and has risen to become one of the most sought after, multi-faceted, accomplished women in Asia.

She was voted one of Asia's Leading Trendmakers by Asiaweek magazine, alongside the Dalai Lama, Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun Fatt, for her special ability to inspire and fascinate. In this same year, she was also voted Showtime Personality of the Year by Singapore's The New Paper, and Singapore's Most Gorgeous Woman by Female magazine readers. Nadya was also named as one of the top ten "Shining Stars" on Indonesian Television by the Indonesian publication, Bintang.

Nadya is now in the midst of building a green home, is the founder of www.greenkampong.com a website to promote the awareness of environmental issues.

Nadya is the ambassador for the World Wildlife Funds Earth Hour in Singapore and also The Ambassador for Conservation International, championing the green cause to make this truly a better world for everyone.

Her keen eye for colour and style led her on to painting, in part encouraged by her artist mother. A recent exhibition of her artwork helped raise much needed money for the Tsunami Relief Fund, which enabled her to match another passion, that of helping others.

Her creative and impeccable style in both life and fashion has propelled her to a league of her own and was the incentive for her to launch her own sustainable jewelry line called O-Sel meaning "Clear Light" in Tibetan. The name says it all and with Nadya's unique eye she has managed to create timeless pieces that simply take your breath away. They are pieces to treasure.

Passion for life has given Nadya the drive to offer help where and when it is needed; therefore her charity work has taken a front seat too. She divides whatever free time she has between championing the preservation of endangered species, lending her voice to raise awareness for women's issues, painting for charitable art exhibitions for causes such as the Tsunami Relief Fund and volunteering both physical and fundraising aid (for both the Bali bombings and the Jogjakarta earthquake victims).

Nadya Hutagalung has had a beautiful daughter named Nyla. [source : Nadya Hutagalung]

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