Casey Beau Brown (née Reinhardt; born July 1, 1986) is an American

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, and

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. Born in

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, she competed in numerous

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s as a teenager, and later rose to prominence in 2005 after being cast in the

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series '' Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County''. The show documented the lives of her and her friends as they attended

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. In 2009, Brown opened the bakery "Casey's Cupcakes" in the historic Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, located in

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. After winning an episode of the competition series ''

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'' in 2011, she opened additional locations throughout the region.

Personal life

Brown was raised in

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and

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by her mother, Kelly Roberts, her late father, John Reinhardt, and step father, Duane Roberts, with her older brother Doug Reinhardt. She studied Psychology and Pre-Law at

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, and is a member of the

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sorority. Brown graduated from Pepperdine University in 2010 with a degree in Psychology. Casey was engaged to Sean Brown on August 12, 2015, and married him in February 2016.http://www.people.com/article/oj-simpson-kids-attend-casey-reinhardt-wedding O.J. Simpson's Rarely Seen Children Justin and Sydney Attend Cousin's Wedding to Laguna Beach Star The wedding was attended by the children of OJ Simpson, who are first cousins with Sean Brown, through their late mother

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. They have three children together. Their daughter, Kensington Kelly, was born in August 2016, their sons, Sean Duane, born in January 2018, and Conrad Sean, was born in July 2023.

Business ventures

She started her own lip gloss named "Kiss By Casey", marketed on her website, in 2007. Brown is the owner of Casey's Cupcakes, a boutique cupcake shop with store locations

and

. She opened the first Casey's Cupcakes in 2009 at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside, California. She won the "Walk of Fame" episode on Food Network's "

" in 2011 and opened the Laguna Beach store shortly before the episode aired. Brown has said being on the show "was such a great experience, and really put me and my business on the map." In November 2020, Brown launched the lifestyle websit
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Pageants

Brown has appeared in numerous beauty pageants. In 2003, she participated in the

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, the Miss Orange County Teen USA (in which she was named Miss Congeniality and Miss Laguna Beach Teen USA) and the Hawaiian Tropic Teen Miss 2003 (in which she won Front Cover Girl, Photogenic Award, Personality Plus Award, Most Beautiful Hair Award, Most Beautiful Eyes Award, Best Smile Award, Best Model Award) pageants. In 2006 she competed in Miss Malibu (in which she won Most Photogenic).

Charity work

In 2002, Brown founded the C.A.S.E.Y. Foundation (Children's Alliance for the Success and Education of Youth in Need), which helps promote the importance of education and the positive effects it has on building success. Brown speaks to children annually about self-esteem, education, and staying focused on their academics and extracurricular activities. She has also worked with other charities such as the Orangewood Children's Foundation, Olive Crest Children's Foundation, the Make-a Wish Foundation, the Kelly J. Roberts Private Foundation and the Riverside Humane Society Pet Adoption Center. In April 2006, she was the Honorary Youth Chair at the Black and White Ball for the Olive Crest Children's Foundation.

Filmography

Film

Television

Commercials / music videos

*Fun Facter, LLC commercial *Head Automatica Music Video

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reinhardt, Casey 1986 births Living people Participants in American reality television series American female models Miss Hawaiian Tropic delegates 21st-century American women