- Vern Yip
Infobox Person
name = Vern Yip
birth_date = Birth date and age|1968|6|27|mf=y
occupation = TV host andinterior designer
website = [http://www.vernyip.com/index.html vernyip.com]Vern Yip (born
June 27 ,1968 inHong Kong ) is aninterior design er based inAtlanta, Georgia . He periodically appeared on TLC's "Trading Spaces " through its fourth season, and was known for frequently including silk, candles and flowers in the rooms he did. He is one of the panel of judges on HGTV's "Design Star". Currently, Yip is hosting HGTV's showDeserving Design .Cite web|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070909/news_lz1hs09alman.html|title=Vern Yip Solos in Deserving Design|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=September 13|publisher=San Diego Union Tribune|year=2007|author=Cathy Lubenski|language=English] Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/arts/television/12tvcol.html?_r=1&oref=slogin|title=What's on Tonight|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=September 13|publisher=The New York Times|year=2007|author=Kathryn Shattuck|language=English]Early life
Yip went to high school in northern Virginia at McLean High School in the class of 1986. He originally set out with the goal of becoming a
physician , as his parents felt it would be a good career for him. After earning two degrees, just prior to entering his pre-medicine program, he changed his mind, and decided to get into architecture.Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/09/12/2007-09-12_vern_yip_emphasizes_storytelling_on_dese.html|title= Vern Yip emphasizes storytelling on 'Deserving Design'|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=September 13|publisher=New York Daily News|year=2007|author=Richard Huff|language=English] Yip states he would have been quite happy running a design company, and never intended to become a television personality, but he's very pleased with the new show, and he felt it was what he was meant to do.References
External links
* [http://www.vernyip.com/index.html Vern Yip's official site]
* [http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/pac_ctnt_988/text/0,,HGTV_22056_48584,00.html Design Star's "Vern Yip" page]
* [http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/shows_hddsn/0,3172,HGTV_30076,00.html Deserving Design's page]
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