Paige Niemann

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]

Paige Niemann
Born2003 or 2004 (age 18–19)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationInternet personality
Years activec. 2016–present
TikTok information
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Followers10.5 million
Likes149.7 million
Last updated: March 1, 2023

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. 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. "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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