Lele Pons

Not to be confused with singer/actress Lily Pons.
Lele Pons
Born Eleonora Pons
(1996-06-25) June 25, 1996
Caracas, Venezuela
Occupation Entertainer
Known for Vine videos
Website vine.co/Lele.Pons

Eleonora "Lele" Pons (born June 25, 1996)[1] is a Venezuelan Internet personality most notable for her six-second video loops on the video-sharing service Vine. As of June 13, 2016, Pons has hit 8.4 billion loops on Vine which makes her the most looped person on Vine, and 11.1 million followers. She is also the most followed female star on Vine.

Many of Pons' videos consist of practical jokes on herself, her friends, classmates, and her family. She mostly uses physical and relatable comedy, which she says are her favorite types of comedy.

Early life and career

Pons was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and moved to the United States at age five.[2] Since immigrating to the United States, Pons has resided in Miami, Florida. Pons graduated from Miami Country Day High School in 2015 and she moved from Miami to Los Angeles. At school, she was bullied by her classmates for her accent, nose, etc. She wrote a book about it called "Surviving Highschool" which was published April 2016.

Her book Surviving High School, cowritten with New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, was released in April 2016.

Pons met Michelle Obama in 2016, along Jerome Jarre and King Bach, other viners.

Pons appeared in the first 7 minutes of the second season of the American horror TV show Scream in 2016.

She was invited to Join Joey Graceffa's YouTube Red series Escape the Night. She joined and played a Hustler.

Lele pons Vine Star, Allicattt and Andi Haliggan

On August 28, 2016, Pons appeared in a Youtube video with fellow internet star Diego from Awkward Puppets.

Pons has partnered with Shots Studios to create videos and launched her YouTube channel in 2016. [3]

Social media image

Pons received her first phone at age 15, and was soon introduced to Vine by one of her friends, stating, "I started with my friends, and I started becoming good. At first it was just being really creative—it wasn't even funny stuff."[4] Pons would become one of the app's most prominent users, becoming the first user to surpass 1 billion video loops.[4][5] As of September 1, 2015, Pons' account remains the most looped of all time with over 6.7 billion loops.[6] In addition, Pons' account ranks within the top five in terms of followers, with over 10.6 million as of March 14, 2016.[6] Pons is credited as being a creator of the phrase "Do It For The Vine".[7][8]

Pons' Vines have been met with positive reception; in 2014, she earned a Teen Choice Awards nomination for "Choice Viner" as well as a Streamy Awards nomination for "Viner of the Year," and a subsequent Shorty Awards nomination for Vine Star of the Year in 2015.[9][10][11] Additionally, Aol.com included Pons on their list of the "10 most entertaining Latino stars on Vine."[12]

In addition to her Vine popularity, Pons has about 10 million Instagram followers.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Pons, Lele (June 15, 2016). "FIRST Q&A ANSWERED BY FRIENDS". youtube.com. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  2. ↑ Tehrene Firman (19 February 2016). "Exclusive! Get to Know Lele Pons, the Girl Behind Those Vines You Can't Stop Watching". teenvogue.
  3. ↑ Josh Constine, Katie Roof (5 October 2016). "Shots Studios rebrands from selfie app to social star video factory". TechCrunch.
  4. 1 2 Firman, Tehrene (February 2015). "Exclusive! Get to Know Lele Pons, the Girl Behind Those Vines You Can't Stop Watching". Teen Vogue. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Miami teenager Lele Pons becomes first Vine user to reach one billion loops". ITV News. July 22, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Lele Pons Vine Page". Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Lele Pons". Instagram. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ Munzenrieder, Kyle (May 23, 2014). "Miami Vine Star Lele Pons Gets Slapped by Lincoln Road Living Statue (Video)". Miami New Times. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ Hernandez, Brian Anthony (August 10, 2014). "YouTube and Vine Stars Win Big for #TeamInternet at Teen Choice Awards". Mashable. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ Blas, Lorena (August 18, 2014). "2014 Streamy Award nominees revealed". USA Today. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Vine Star of the Year". Shorty Awards. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Meet the 10 most entertaining Latino stars on Vine". AOL. April 15, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
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