Paige Niemann
Born2003 or 2004 (age 19–20)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationInternet personality
Years activec. 2016–present
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Followers10.5 million
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Last updated: March 1, 2023

Paige Niemann (born 2003/04[1]) is an American Internet personality. In 2019, she went viral on the video sharing app TikTok for her resemblance to the American singer Ariana Grande.[2]

Early life

Paige Niemann was born in 2003 or 2004.[1] She is from California, United States, and was home-schooled. Niemann is half Sicilian and half German.[1] Niemann stated that she was told she resembled American singer, songwriter, and actress Ariana Grande several years before she went viral on TikTok.[1]

Career

At the age of twelve, Niemann started posting selfies and videos of herself dressed as Grande on musical.ly (now TikTok).[1] Starting in 2017, she took a hiatus from the app and subsequently returned in two years later in 2019.[1] That year, Niemann went viral and many TikTok users dubbed her Grande's doppelgänger.[3] By November, she had garnered nearly two million followers.[4][5] Niemann's videos feature her with hair, brows, eyeliner, and makeup — which she refines using online makeup tutorials[1] — that is similar to Grande's.[5] She also emulates that singer's mannerisms.[1] Grande herself responded to a video in which Niemann, dressed as a 2019 version of the singer, lip-synced to dialogue by Cat Valentine (whom Grande portrayed from 2010 until 2014 in the Nickelodeon series Victorious and Sam & Cat). Grande said, "it's definitely bizarre seeing people blend the two worlds".[1][6] In September 2022, Niemann was criticized for starting an OnlyFans account; fans found her account misleading as her posts and profile picture featured her dressed as Grande.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Skinner, Paige (November 27, 2019). "Ariana Grande's Doppelgänger Was "Shocked" the Real Ari Noticed Her". Teen Vogue. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ Stokel-Walker, Chris (2021). TikTok Boom: China's Dynamite App and the Superpower Race for Social Media. Canbury Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-912454-80-8.
  3. ↑ Russo, Gianluca (December 8, 2019). "Ariana Grande Reached Out to Her TikTok Lookalike, Paige Niemann". Teen Vogue. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ Cohen, Jess (November 26, 2019). "Ariana Grande Reacts to Her 'Bizarre' TikTok Look-Alike". E! Online. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Ariana Grande's new doppelganger and other celebrity lookalikes from 2019". CBC.ca. November 28, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  6. ↑ Aubrey, Elizabeth (November 28, 2019). "Ariana Grande responds to uncanny TikTok lookalike: 'it's definitely bizarre'". NME. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Ariana Grande impersonator Paige Niemann cops heat for starting OnlyFans as star". The New Zealand Herald. September 6, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ Amorosini, Alessia (September 12, 2022). "Ariana Grande e OnlyFans: cosa sta succedendo?" [Ariana Grande and OnlyFans: What's going on?]. Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved March 1, 2023.
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