July Hwang

July Emily Hwang born July 4th, 1991, is the host of Sims Big Brother. After winning the 13th season of SBB July's popularity with the fans grew exponentially, rising to the point where she eventually replaced Julie Chen as the host after season 18.

Big Brother 13
Cast as one of the jock females for Big Brother 13: Cliques, July Hwang slid under the radar for the first few weeks of the game. Quickly she put herself in a very good position socially during the pre-jury stage and was a popular pick to win the game. However, as jury hit she soon became the houses number one target for the remainder of the game due to her game being blown up by Chel and Julian. Through social skills and comp wins at the right time July became one of Sim Big Brothers only underdog winners and the first Asian American winner.

July's The Target
One moment that propelled July to fame is the infamous "July's The Target" veto episode. During a veto during one of the weeks July was intentionally targeted by nearly all the house guests, everyone's goal being to not let July win the veto and save herself. Although they succeeded, July stayed in the vote. The targeting of July in this comp started a trend on twitter called #JulysTheTarget which trended for over a week nationally.

Controversy
During Big Brother 13 many racist comments where made towards July. Several of the house guests would make fun of her for her Asian heritage and constantly barraged her with insults. July wasn't aware of most of the comments until after the season where she then responded to the comments. "Racism is alive. Recognize the flaws in the ways you perceive and speak of others or risk being a part of the problem." - July Hwang via twitter.

After the shocking death of Vixen Bloom on the live finale of season 23, July's nonchalant and rather displaced reaction caused many viewers to speculate the host had something to do with Vixen's sudden death. Just a few days before she died, Vixen and July got into a heated altercation on live television which may have been the motive if July was the one responsible for killing her.

Trivia

 * July is the first Asian American to win Big Brother (Ming Ming following her respectively)
 * July is the second winner to have been in minority for most of the game (first being Samantha)
 * July is Chinese American
 * July is the third player to win in a season featuring new and veteran players
 * July won at the age of 24
 * July is the third house guest who had to win the final HOH to get to the end and win the game (following Sam and Vixen respectively)
 * July is the only house guest to become an official part of production (becoming the host season 19)