Social media famous model reveals the dark side to being Instagram famous. “Social media allowed me to profit off deluding people”
Essena O’Neill, from Queensland, Australia, had over 500,000 Instagram followers and more than 250,000 YouTube subscribers when she decided to quit being a “social media celebrity”.
Essena O’Neill said she would spend over 50 hours a week answering questions on Tumblr, posting photos on Instagram, creating YouTube videos and sharing workouts. ‘Social media allowed me to profit off deluding people,’ she added.
After years of working on social media constructing a model like lifestyle, Ms. O’Nell, who will turn 19-years-old today, said she grew tired of creating an illusion her online profile.
In reality, the modeling work left her feeling empty and unfulfilled, she said.
‘Without realising, I’ve spent majority of my teenage life being addicted to social media, social approval, social status and my physical appearance. Social media, especially how I used it, isn’t real,’ she wrote.
‘It’s a system based on social approval, likes, validation in views, success in followers. It’s perfectly orchestrated self absorbed judgement.’
The teen has deleted all of her 2,000 photos from her social media account. She has also vowed to “expose the harsh” and the “reality behind the instafamous culture”
She has revealed how much she made for certain instagram photos, how much make up she was wearing during certain photo shoots, and how much she stopped eating.
In addition, she revealed she would often times purchase formal clothing even though she was not going anywhere. “‘I didn’t pay for the dress, took countless photos trying to look hot for Instagram, the formal made me feel incredibly alone”
It is important to point out that being a instagram celebrity is quite profitable. She explained that she was paid $400to post a dress, $2,000 to support for a certain tea brand.
‘Only reason we went to the beach this morning was to shoot these bikinis because the company paid me and also I looked good to society’s current standards. I was born and won the genetic lottery,’ she wrote on another.
The 18-year-old model revealed that she only posted videos and photos with the ‘sole purpose’ of getting likes and views. And now she decided she didn’t want other young girls from experiencing the same issue.
‘If you find yourself looking at “Instagram girls” and wishing your life was there’s… Realise you only see what they want,’ she wrote.
Essena O’Neil says she hopes to initiaite a movement where an person’s worth is not defined by social media or physical appearance.
H/T: DailyMail.com
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