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Cassey Ho (born January 16, 1987) is a designer in fashion and gym apparel, as well as Youtube sensation in the Health and Fitness field. Ho also serves as CEO and head designer of oGorgeous Fashions and is the founder of blogilates.com, a blog that focuses on all facets of fitness. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California, to Bach Ho and Cuu Ho, the family moved to San Fransico after the arrival of Cassey's youngest sibling, Jackelyn Ho. During her teen years, she started up a baker's company with her mother called Cooplex Cookies & Candies. Cooplex Cookies & Candies would run from 2001 to 2005. Her career began to flourish when she landed a job as a fashion designer's assistant at Effie's Heart. Cassey went on to work as a Pilates instructor at 24 Hr Fitness, Town Sports International, and Equinox before becoming the CEO of oGorgeous, a fitness wear fashion company, and the founder of blogilates.com. Education After graduating from James Logan High School, Cassey attended Whittier College in 2006. She received the John Greenleaf Whittier Full Tuition Scholarship, causing her to turning down her offer with the University of San Francisco (USF) and University of California, Berkley (UCB). In 2009, she graduated. Career In 2008 Cassey launched oGorgeous, a fashion company based on designing gym accessories and apparel. The company has successfully sold thousands of their products across North America. These products were featured on The Wendy Williams Show in 2011. During this time, she started blogging about health and fitness, and started posting her exercise videos on YouTube, most of which have gained more than 450,000 viewers. She gained the title of YouTube's Fitness Guru due to her work on blogilates.com Personal achievements Cassey was given the title of Miss Teen Chinatown in 2003, according to her farewell address in 2004. "As I have learned: Today’s opportunity is yesterday’s dream and tomorrow’s memory. With the memory of pride, responsibility, and public serving spirit, it is time for me to say goodbye. Please remember that when faith and hope reach their limitations, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, which is love in action. We must speculate no more on our duty, but simply do it. Whatever the outcome may be, perhaps destiny will show us why. Thank you all for your support." During San Francisco Fashion Week 2007, she was given the title "Emerging Star" in the fashion design category.
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