Hayden Kho

Kho was born on May 20, 1980. His father, Hayden Kho Sr., is a Chinese doctor, while his mother, Irene dela Santa, is a Spanish-Filipina businesswoman. He attended the Grace Christian School in Binondo.[1] Kho went on to study at the University of Santo Tomas, where he earned his bachelor's degree in medical technology in 2001, and his medical degree in 2005.[2] He completed his internship at the Makati Medical Center where he was the president of the interns association.[3]

At the age of 16, Kho started his career in ramp modeling while pursuing his bachelor's degree. This stint brought him to places like New York City, Singapore, South Korea and Japan. Kho also completed his training in anti-aging medicine through the European Anti-Aging Medicine Society (Paris). In Manila, Kho practiced specific cosmetic dermatology and surgery procedures under the organization of the Belo Medical Group, owned by Vicki Belo.

In 2007, Kho started appearing on Philippine national television as an actor. His career in show business was interrupted when it was reported that Kho had tried to commit suicide in December 2008. In 2009, sex videos of himself with other local and foreign celebrities were distributed over the internet without his knowledge and consent. Shortly thereafter, Kho was brought to a senate hearing and was tried publicly on national television.[4] Attention towards the controversy lasted for years and resulted to criminal and civil cases filed against Kho by one of the involved parties, Filipina actress Katrina Halili.[5] CNN tagged this incident as the most controversial sex scandal in Asia.[6] The Philippine Board of Medicine revoked Kho's license to practice medicine and cited unethical behavior as the basis for his expulsion from the medical society.[7] In December of the same year, Kho tried to commit suicide for the second time..

In 2011, Kho launched his own eponymous brand of fragrances called, "HAYDEN".[8] He was tapped as the endorser of the Filipino fashion brand MALDITA MAN [9] and also by the cosmetic giant Ever Bilena, Inc. He also hosted the defunct Filipino showbiz oriented talk show Paparazzi,[10] which was aired on TV5. Kho was also director of the skin care distribution brand ZO Skin Health in the Philippines.[11]

In 2013, Kho met with Christian philosopher and apologist Ravi Zacharias in an event hosted by some leaders of the Christ's Commission Fellowship (CCF) in Manila and later became a devout Christian.[12] He is being mentored by Zacharias and by the CCF movement founder, Pastor Peter Tan-Chi.[13]

In 2014, Kho went to the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics to study Christian apologetics, where he met and was tutored by Christian sociologist and author Os Guinness; scientist, mathematician, and philosopher John Lennox; theologian and author Alister McGrath; and anti-Islam polemicist Jay Smith, among others.[14]

While Kho was studying in Oxford, the Professional Regulation Commission reinstated his medical license.[15] The same year, all cases against Kho were dismissed.[16] Kho and Halili reconciled thereafter.[17] With respect to his conversion to Christianity, Kho confirmed that he had been practicing faith-based abstinence.[15] It has been reported that Vicki Belo and Hayden Kho conceived their first child, Scarlet Snow Belo, via In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) who was born on March 3, 2015 - when Belo was 59 years old - through surrogacy with an American-Mexican female.[18]

Kho resumed his medical practice in 2016 at the now-defunct Sexy Solutions clinics. He owns and runs a real estate website called ZoneListing, Inc.[19] He is also invested in various software companies that create apps such as Pocket Market and Paylance.[20] Currently, Kho sits in the board of a non-profit organization called Right Start.[21] He also leads the product and services development department of the Belo Medical Group.

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