Ashley Liai

About

Dancer who gained fame after a video of her husband proposing to her during a choreographed dance demonstration went viral in 2017. She is an actress as well as a dancer who has appeared in Around the Way Girls and Await. She has worked at the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio, a Beverly Hills tea shop, and has danced for Cocotiki. Her Samoan heritage has been a major influence as a dancer, having studied Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, and Maori styles. 

Before Fame

She learned to dance from her grandmother as well as from watching dancers at her uncle's rehearsals. 

Trivia

At the age of nine, she won first place in a dance competition, which led to her becoming a performer at the MaiKai restaurant. She began dancing for the Polynesian group CocoTiki in 2013. Her group has performed for several major organizations, including NAMM, Viva Las Vegas, Tiki Oasis in San Diego and Warner Brothers.

Family Life

She married Phil Wright. She was raised by her single mother who is Samoan, Japanese and Italian. 

Associated With

Her proposal dance was done to the song "You and I" by John Legend.