Janet Hsieh

Janet Josephine Hsieh (; born January 20, 1980) is a Taiwanese-American television personality, model, and violinist based in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the host of the Discovery Travel and Living Channel's long-running series Fun Taiwan. The program is currently in its 16th season and has expanded to include Fun Asia, Fun Taiwan Challenge ,Fun Taiwan All Stars, and Aquachallenge. She has been nominated four times and won once for the Taiwanese Golden Bell Awards as Best Host of a Travel Program, and once for Best Host of a Variety Program. Early life and education Hsieh was born on January 20, 1980, in Houston, Texas, where she was raised. Her father hails from Kaohsiung and her mother from Taipei. She has one elder sister. She graduated from Bellaire Senior High School in 1997. In 2001, Hsieh graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Spanish. During her time at MIT, she was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega women's fraternity and served on the university's Ring Committee, the group responsible for designing the MIT class ring. She also ran the Boston Marathon during this time. She also studied at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina and at the University of California, Los Angeles in California.