Nadya Hutagalung

Nadya Hutagalung at the LG New Chocolate Phone launching event, in Hong Kong, November 2009

Nadya Yuti 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 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^[1] in Bali on 16 December 2006. They have a daughter named Nyla born in March 2008. She has 2 sons, Tyrone (b 1994) and Fynn (b 2003), from previous relationships, and was married twice before.

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

She was voted one of Asia¹s Leading Trendmakers by Asiaweek magazine for her special ability to inspire and fascinate. In this same year, she was also voted Showtime Personality of the Year by Singapore¹s The New Paper, and Singapore¹s Most Gorgeous Woman by Female magazine readers. Nadya was also named as one of the top ten ³Shining Stars² on Indonesian Television by the Indonesian publication, Bintang.

Nadya is the ambassador for the World Wildlife Funds Earth Hour in Singapore and also The Ambassador for Conservation International, championing the green cause.

She launched her own sustainable jewelry line called OSEL meaning ŒClear Light¹ in Tibetan and is a practicing Buddhism.^[2]

References

1. ^ The Uma Ubud - Como Hotels and Resorts The Uma Ubud
2. ^ Leong Su-Lin (3 April 2007). "Against all odds". The Star. http://ecentral.my/services/sprinterfriendly.asp?file=/2007/4/3/tvnradio/17308142&sec=tvnradio. Retrieved 2010-08-13. 

External links

• Nadya Hutagalung Official Site
• Nadya Hutagalung at the Internet Movie Database
• "Asia's top 20 heartbreakers" The Asian Pacific Post, 22 Sept 2005
• "Against all odd" eCentral, The Straits Times, 3 April 2007. (copyright)
• http://www.o-sel.com/ Jewellery designed by Nadya
• Pictures of Nadya
  • http://star-ecentral.com/archives/2007/4/3/tvnradio/f_pg20huta.jpg (copyright)
  • http://star-ecentral.com/archives/2007/4/3/tvnradio/f_pg19nadya.jpg (copyright)
  • http://www.nadyahutagalung.com/images/Splash_01.jpg
  • http://www.asianpacificpost.com/portal2/file?fileId=402881820799fed201079b147e940053

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Name	Hutagalung, Nadya
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Date of birth	28 July 1974
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