User:Madisondloomy/sandbox

= Remi Cruz = Remi Ashten Cruz (born February 7th, 1995) is an American YouTuber, personal vlogger, and beauty guru. With over 2 million subscribers, she is best known for her Youtube channels, "MissRemiAshten" and "RemLife." Cruz began eating healthy and working out in November 2017. She now creates content directed towards healthy lifestyles.

Early Life
Born in Anaheim, California, on February 17th, 1995, Remi Ashten Cruz is of Korean-American descent. She has one brother named Shane Cruz, who is 1.5 years younger than her. The two of them filmed a “Sibling Tag” video on her YouTube channel in 2017. Cruz began taking dance lessons when she was 5 years old. She competed in dance competitions all through her childhood until she was a teenager. In high school, she became a member of the dance team and song team. She was recognized on YouTube in her dance videos. Although she still loves dancing, Cruz’s current videos are most popular for beauty hauls, DIY content, vlogging, and cooking tutorials.

Cruz was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority at the University of California, Riverside, where she studied Psychology. In 2016, Cruz decided take a break from school to focus on YouTube. While she was living off campus, she was banned from college due to a misunderstanding at a party. She then moved into an apartment in Los Angeles, California.

YouTube Career
Cruz launched her career on YouTube by creating a video that showcased items that she bought for camp. On both her channels MissRemiAshten and RemLife, she constantly uploaded additional videos. Cruz became known for filming shopping hauls, Q+As, storytimes, DIYs, cooking tutorials, and workout routines. She began participating in Vlogmas in 2016, on her vlog channel RemLife. Leading up to December 24th, YouTubers will post one video each day of December for Vlogmas.

In 2016, Cruz formed a group called the “AZN Girl Squad” with three other YouTubers: Mia Stammer, Tiffany Ma, and Lauren Riihimaki. The four bloggers have filmed several videos together that include exchanging Christmas gifts and taking a trip to Disneyland together.

Collaborations
Cruz has done collaborations with many companies including Olay, Garnier, Macy's, M&Ms, Walmart, Clinique, Marvel Studios, Google, and Tarte Cosmetics. In March 2018, Tarte sent Cruz to Bora Bora with several other YouTubers including Mia Stammer and Alisha Marie. They stayed at the Four Seasons in a villa on the water.

Body Transformation
On November 6th, 2016, Cruz posted a video called “Fat Shaming.” In the video, Cruz expresses that she has experienced fat shaming multiple times. She shares one story about being referred to as "fat" during a girls' night out. Cruz hopes by sharing her story, she will help other people dealing with body issues realize that they are not alone. Cruz posted her first weight loss video on October 28th, 2017 called “Why I Lost the Weight.” In the video, Cruz explains that a psychic predicted her physical body would not last forever. Following this video, Cruz has posted numerous weight loss videos including workout routines, and healthy recipes for weight loss. Cruz has currently lost over 50 pounds.