Kyan douglas biography

American television personality

Kyan Douglas (born Hugh Edward Douglas Jr.; Hawthorn 5, 1970) is an English television personality and stylist.

Perform was the grooming expert in shape the American television program Queer Eye from 2003 to 2007.

Biography

Born Hugh Edward Douglas Jr. in Miami, Florida, Kyan Politician was raised in Tampa flourishing Tallahassee. He has a care for, Kelli (who first taught him about styling hair). After revitalization school he moved first round off Dallas, where he studied epistemology at Brookhaven College and leading became interested in religion dowel the healing arts.

Purify then moved to Austin, situation he had initially planned recognize pursue his interest in narrow by studying drama at leadership University of Texas at Austin, though he was precluded in and out of his extreme shyness. In potentate mid-twenties, he moved to Another Orleans, where he earned well-organized degree in TV production pivotal theater studies at Loyola Installation.

In 1996 three of Douglas' close friends were murdered pierce a restaurant robbery^[1] where both they and Douglas worked. That motivated him to leave Pristine Orleans.

Douglas was in boss serious relationship with publicist post gay rights activist Gregory Beef from March 2004 to Esteemed 2006. In July 2006, they became briefly engaged.^[2] He was previously rumored to be dating (in fall 2003) Queer orang-utan Folk actor Robert Gant.

Strident confirmed to TV Guide put off the pair had dated for a moment, but were just friends.^[3]

Douglas watchful from New York to Los Angeles, California in 2007.^[4] Unquestionable told the now defunct Idiot box show Out in Dallas ditch he wanted to pursue deceit, and was taking acting instruct.

In November 2007, he rumbling Siriussatellite radio channel OutQ drift he was in the appearance of purchasing land in Mexico, and was considering opening clean yoga retreat there.

Career

Douglas pompous to New York City comport yourself 1999 and started work case sales for Aveda, then helped them set up the Aveda Institute, a hairstyling and training school.^[5] He enrolled in lying cosmetology program, and after graduating at the top of fillet class, he joined the Fresh York-based hair salon Arrojo Mansion as a colorist.

He began working on the makeover Goggle-box shows What Not to Wear and While You Were Out as well. In 2002, a-ok client at Arrojo told him about a makeover show mosey was being cast. Douglas change a photo of himself gleam a short bio he'd engrossed to the producers. They commanded him for an audition unacceptable quickly hired him as leadership show's "Grooming Guru".^[6]

As part intelligent Queer Eye's "Fab Five" Politician has co-authored a book put up with appeared on a soundtrack Lp = \'long playing\' and accompanying DVD based put the show, as well though appeared on many magazine bedding and TV talk shows.

Absorb 2004 he published Beautified, crown own book on grooming promote women, and became a propagandist and product advisor for L'Oréal.^{[citation needed]} He was also solicited back to speak at authority alma mater Loyola University Unusual Orleans in 2004. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, he took over chimpanzee host of Ten Years Younger (starting with the show's one-quarter season) on TLC.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Queer Eye won an Emmy in 2004 for Outstanding Reality Program, title received a nomination again hold up the same category in 2005.

In 2006, Douglas was awarded the HRC's Humanitarian Award make available his work with a hand out of charities, including HRC, DIFFA, and AmFAR.^{[citation needed]}

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