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The Wonderful Wor ld Of Wengie
WHAT DOES ONE TALK ABOUT TO A YOUTUBE GURU WHO MUST’VE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT VIRTUALLY ALL ASPECTS OF BEAUTY, FASHION, LIFESTYLE AND MORE? WE SAT DOWN WITH WENDY AYCHE AKA WENGIE TO SUSS OUT MORE ABOUT THE LADY BEHIND THE MILLION-SUBSCRIBER (AND COUNTING) CHANNEL. BY JOHANNA TEO
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Catch the rest of our interview with Wengie online at www.teenage.com.sg!
She dishes good advice
When asked if she felt pressured by social media expectations like the common ‘Instagram-envy’, Wengie replied, “If you can channel it in the right way – I’d go on Instagram to look at pretty pictures to inspire me to make something beautiful, but I won’t let it inspire me to make me feel bad about myself. It’s about controlling your exposure to it. We are pretty much the result of what we expose ourselves to.” And that was only a tenth of the solid advice she gave us.
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She’s a #Gir lBoss
It’s common knowledge that Wengie had quit a well-paying job to pursue a full-time YouTube career, but
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now that her channel has taken off, it seems like she’s got even bigger things planned. “I really want to talk more about the business side of things and entrepreneurial topics because I feel there’s an emerging trend of females wanting to venture out, and not be [just be] part of work.” Citing Michelle Phan as someone she looks up to, Wengie continues, “She’s shown that you don’t have to just be a YouTuber and there’s much more to the world than just doing YouTube. Michelle has really paved the way and made a lot of male entrepreneurs really notice the power of makeup influencers.”
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She’s totally relatable
Assuring us that her life isn’t “as glamourous as you think it is”, Wengie laughingly described her average day being “spent in front of Premier Pro and my computer editing footage”. She later on adds, “I’m a slob. I’m not as perfect as you think I am, my bedroom looks really nice and pretty but I’m the messiest person alive. I would walk around with food on myself, have salad in my teeth... I know some girls who are pristine all the time and I wish I could be like that, but I’m not.” Shout out to everyone who feels less than perfect – Wengie totally knows how it feels.
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eeting Wendy Ayche (more affectionately known as Wengie to her subscribers) in real life was pretty cool – we’ve been hooked onto her YouTube channel ever since stumbling across it two years back. Even with her huge following, the beauty maven was refreshingly down-to-earth and our hourlong chat thoroughly convinced us she’s one of the sweetest people we’ve met thus far. Here are three things we learned about Wengie, that’ll definitely make you hit subscribe (if you haven’t already).