years_active birth_place awards ethnicity known_for residence article_title education name occupation alma_mater
2009 -- present los angeles , california , united states shorty award 2013 chinese and vietnamese pilates instruction union city , california cassey ho
 bs in biology cassey ho video blogger , social-fitness entrepreneur whittier college
cassey ho

cassey ho is an american social-media fitness entrepreneur with a youtube channel and a website that sells fitness apparel .
she is considered an internet personality and a rising youtube star nationally and internationally .
in 2013 , she received a shorty award in the category of social fitness .
she believes that her role on the internet is more than a pilates instructor ; she believes that she should promote an overall healthy lifestyle and body image .
it was in this context , in 2014 , that she discovered a photo of a model on target corporation 's website with a photoshopped thigh gap and wrote critically about its health implications on her blog .
target subsequently apologized for altering the photo .
in april 2015 , ho responded to negative comments about her body by creating a youtube video called `` the `` perfect '' body '' .
