Kristiane Backer | |
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 Kristiane Backer in 2018 | |
| Born | 13 December 1965 [1] |
| Nationality | German, British [1] |
| Occupation(s) | TV presenter, journalist, author |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Kristiane Verena Backer [1] (born 13 December 1965 [1] ) is a German art dealer with a previous career as a television presenter, journalist and author residing in London.
At the age of 15, Backer went to the United States as an exchange student for a year. [2] [3]
From 1987 to 1989 Backer volunteered at the private radio station Radio Hamburg. [4] [5]
In 1989 she moved to London to work at the then Europe-wide, exclusively English-language TV channel, MTV Europe. [5] Backer was the first German to present and VJ there and among the programmes she presented were The Coca-Cola Report, The European Top 20 and Awake on the Wild Side. [6] [5] She remained there until 1996. [3] While still at MTV Europe, she created and moderated the youth program Bravo TV on the German TV channel RTL II from 1993–95. [5]
From 1996 to 1999 she presented the daily cultural programme The Ticket on NBC Europe. [5]
From 2000 to 2009, Backer continued to do TV presenting as well as voiceover work. [5] In 2005 she presented the in-flight music show for Emirate Airlines. [5]
For her work as a television presenter, Backer was awarded a Goldene Kamera award in 1994 [7] and in 1993 and 1994 two Bravo Otto awards. [8] [9]
Backer also hosts and presents conferences, business presentations, and galas throughout Europe. [9]
In 1992, Backer began dating former Pakistani cricketer and now former prime minister Imran Khan. [10] [11] He gave her books on Islam and took her travelling with him through Pakistan. [3] In 1995, she converted to Sunni Islam from Protestantism. The relationship ended after the three years. According to Backer, she and Khan were planning to get married and move to Skardu. [12] [13] [14]
She does not wear a headscarf at all times but insists that "women who cover themselves are not discriminated against but respected." In May 2009 she published the book From MTV to Mecca – How Islam Changed My Life.
On 14 April 2006, she married the Moroccan television journalist Rachid Jaafar. [15] She and Jaafar later divorced. [15] Backer lives in London and works as a fine art consultant. [9]
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