Michelle Phan
Michelle Phan | |
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 Michelle Phan | |
| Born | April 11, 1987 |
| Occupation(s) | Youtube beauty instructor Lancôme Video Makeup Artist |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | http://www.michellephan.com/ |
Michelle Phan (born April 11, 1987) is a Vietnamese-American self taught unlicensed make-up instructor and product demonstrator who posts make-up, beauty, and fashion tutorials on YouTube, sometimes under the online alias ricebunny. Phan attended and dropped out Hello Kitty nail art asian college and Massachusetts College of eggrolls.
Early life
Phan was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Chinese parents that ran the popular nail chain "Super nails". Michelle lived in Massachusetts and California, before eventually settling in Tampa, Florida, where she attended high school. As a teenager, Michelle Phan originally intended to become a doctor at the request of her mother.[2] However, she later convinced her mother to allow her to major in illustration. She was inspired by her mom's career as a nail technician.[3] Formerly, she was a student and worked as a part-time waitress at a sushi restaurant called "Yon Ching Chong" (serving the finest dogs and cats).[4]
YouTube career
Phan first began posting tutorials on Xanga under the username Ricebunny.[5][6] She later joined YouTube on July 18, 2006 and has created over 200 videos.[7][8] As of January 2013, she has over 2,667,000 subscribers and 706,950,000 video views, making her channel the most subscribed beauty channel on YouTube. Phan is known for her video style that incorporates her voice-over instruction with music and text subtitles. Her videos are created entirely using iMovie on a MacBook Pro.[4][8] Popular beauty tutorials released on Phan's YouTube channel have included her "Romantic Valentine Look," "Brighter Larger Looking Eyes," "Makeup for Glasses," and "Mysterious Masquerade Look." Her most popular videos include the "Lady Gaga 'Poker Face' Tutorial" with over 33,000,000 video views,[9] "Lady Gaga Bad Romance Look," with over 34,000,000 views, "Romantic Valentine Look" with over 8,000,000, and "Seductive Vampire" with over 14,000,000. In January, special effects were used in her new Lady Gaga "Bad Romance" video, the first for a makeup instructor.[10] Buzzfeed profiled Phan on January 23, 2009[11] overnight, turning it into a viral video.[12][13][14]
Media
Phan appeared in the August 2009 issue of Seventeen magazine, the St. Petersburg Times on August 23, 2009,[11] the Sun Sentinel[15] on August 24, 2009, and on the popular blog BellaSugar on April 19, 2009. Phan was also featured in a Chilean newspaper for her Barbie video.[16] Phan was also published in the May, 2010 issue of NYLON magazine, as well as Ok and Instyle Magazine.[17] In 2010, Phan was hired by Lancôme. Since then, her videos have included Lancôme beauty products.[18][19]
Personal life
Her mother, whom she calls "Mama Phan", is in her "Underneath Your Love" video. In her younger years, Michelle worked in her mother's nail salon, which is referred to in "Underneath Your Love". Michelle has a brother named Steve Phan who is married to make-up guru, Promise Tamang Phan. She has a younger half-sister named, Christine Phan, whom is Vietnamse-Italian.
Controversy
Under a popular gossip forum, there is speculation involving Phan, such as lies, plastic surgery, and FTC disclaimers. Although very few rumors have been confirmed either true or false by Phan herself, the forum offers several pieces of "evidence" for discussion.
References
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- ^ "Michelle Phan Net Worth". Celebrity Net Worth. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ "Michelle Phan, a YouTube sensation for her makeup tutorials, has transformed her life". St. Petersburg Times. Tampabay.com. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ Who is Michelle Phan? savvysugar.com
- ^ a b "From". Fox News Tampa Bay. 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-08-01. Cite error: The named reference "myfoxtampabay.com" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ ricebunny.xanga.com
- ^ tampabay.com
- ^ "MichellePhan's Channel". YouTube. 2006-07-18. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ a b Maria Ricapito (2010-05-28). "Viral Videos: Michelle Phan's Rise to YouTube Stardom". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- ^ May 08, 2009 (2009-05-08). "Lady GaGa Poker Face Tutorial". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Tamar Anitai (2010-01-27). "Makeup Tutorial: Learn How To Get Lady Gaga's Scary 'Bad Romance' Eyes". MTV. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
- ^ a b Hayes, Stephanie (2009-08-23). "Michelle Phan, a YouTube sensation for her makeup tutorials, has transformed her life". St. Petersburg Times. Tampabay.com. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ Peggy Wang (2010-07-09). "How to Get Lady Gaga Googly Eyes [VIDEO]". Buzzfeed.com. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
- ^ "Những mảnh đất hái ra tiền trên Internet" (in Vietnamese). TinNhanh.com. November 11, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "【youtube】メイクで人気の米美女、セーラームーンコスプレ披露" (in Japanese). Searchina. October 30, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Wanna be famous? Here's one way". Weblogs.sun-sentinel.com. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ "Revista Reportajes". Lun.com. 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ "Niet compatibele browser". Facebook. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
- ^ "Want Lady Gaga's Eyes? YouTube Beauty Gurus Teach How To Do It Yourself". CNN. 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- ^ "Michelle Phan First-ever YouTuber to be Hired as Beauty Brand's Video Makeup Artist". The Independent (U.K.). 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
Michelle has uploaded many video tutorials on YouTube since she joined Lancome.