Chung was a cast member on The Real World: San Diego, the fourteenth season of MTV's long-running reality TV show, The Real World, which first aired in 2004. According to her mtv.com biography page, Chung is a second-generation Korean-American woman raised by "traditional" parents in San Francisco, with a tendency to "tell it like it is." At the time she was selected to be on The Real World: San Diego, she was a hard-working student who worked two jobs to pay her tuition, but also enjoyed partying. She was also described by her friends as not having the best taste in men, and although she is very picky when choosing her dates, they feel she tends to overlook obvious signs of trouble.
Six months after Chung and her castmates left the Real World house, they appeared to discuss their experiences both during and since their time on the show on 2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion, which premiered on July 9, 2004, and was hosted by Vanessa Minnillo.
After appearing on The Real World, Chung appeared on its spinoff game show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, as a cast member in that show's 2005 season, Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II, during which she was a member of the "Good Guys" team, which squared off against the "Bad Asses". By the end of the season, after several cast members had been eliminated during the competition, Chung remained, along with her fellow Good Guys teammates Darrell Taylor, Landon Lueck, and Mike Mizanin. Chung and her teammates were victorious against the remaining members of the Bad Asses in the final event, and won the competition.
