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Who is Meghan Asha?

Blurry ID Meghan Parikh A curiousity in our inbox: Meghan Asha, the Silicon Valley heiress who formerly dated TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington, may not actually be Meghan Asha. A tipster says Asha's last name is actually Parikh, and her father is Mihir Parikh, a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. One piece of evidence that suggests Asha is actually Parikh: A friend congratulated Asha on running the New York Marathon last fall. But no one by the name of Asha ran in the marathon. Instead, a Meghan Parikh did. Asha's — rather, Parikh's — close friend Julia Allison also changed her name. But one wonders if Parikh was doing more than just following a friend's fashion. Update: More evidence, courtesy of the enigma herself:

In this picture of Parikh with YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley in Davos, look closely at "Asha"'s name tag:

3:47 AM on Sun Mar 9 2008
By Owen Thomas
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Lolerskates08 at 05:20 AM on 03/09/08
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Still does not change the fact that she uses her parents money like it were a bottle of disgusting tasting Fiji water...

She has 0 to little net worth of her own..
Zoo at 05:45 AM on 03/09/08
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That is the creepiest fucking picture ever..
Dweezil at 06:43 AM on 03/09/08
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Julia Allison was fucking Harold Ford? Are you fucking kidding me? I never saw that thing on Gawker. She went from Harold Ford to fucking Jakob Lodwick and fucking Kevin Rose? Fuck, what the fuck? Harold Ford, at one point or another, is probably going to end up a senator and if he keeps his work with the DNC up a presidential nominee. How do you go from Harold Ford to fucking one-bedroom apartment living college dropouts who run websites that don't make any money?

My mind is blown.
$Image of Let\'s Form Voltron$ Let's Form Voltron at 07:45 AM on 03/09/08
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Eh, not a big deal. Tom Cruise's name isn't really Tom Cruise -- shocker! If Meghan's looking to make it as broadcast journo/talking head personality, it would make sense that she'd want to use a middle name as a last name (which is what I assume Julia does) even for purposes of pronunciation and spelling alone.

Don't Rudy Giuliani's kids use a different last name?
Dweezil at 07:52 AM on 03/09/08
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Rudy Giuliani's kids hate him.
whizkid at 08:41 AM on 03/09/08
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Aren't there any cute girls in the valley to obsess about? I mean, c'mon! This chick is like a 5.5 on a good day.
Patricia2 at 09:04 AM on 03/09/08
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@Dweezil, oh he gets around with the NY girls. I know of another tv correspondent he's bagged....
Dweezil at 09:58 AM on 03/09/08
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@whizkid: E-male spotted. She's well above a 5, and the fact that she's rich (whether she worked for it or not) makes her more attractive to gold diggers like me. You like my body it. You want to touch it. Men can be gold diggers too!

@Patricia2: That's amazing, for someone who has a pretty strong background in politics he sure is stupid as hell to be going for women who specifically want the spotlight. He needs to start shtupping interns like the rest of congress.
sample032 at 10:42 AM on 03/09/08
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@Dweezil: Don't forget Robert "Kevin" Rose.
Patricia2 at 11:35 AM on 03/09/08
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@dweezil, i think he was dating the girl i'm referring to though. nothing bad :)
babyjesus at 12:03 PM on 03/09/08
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I think I'm going to change my name to Karl Hungus.

-mike
Benoit at 01:59 PM on 03/09/08
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A friend of mine works for the FBI and I asked him to run the Davos picture through their face recognition software. It's the stuff they use at airports to spot the bad guys. He managed to clear up some of the areas of interest:
[i49.photobucket.com]

The plot thickens...
meowmeow at 02:00 PM on 03/09/08
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Another mystery: why is this person newsworthy?
sample032 at 11:10 PM on 03/09/08
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@Benoit: She has his eyes...