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Tiara [my demand] ([info]mydemand) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-08-02 21:46:00


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gala darling: trust fund visionary?
Gala Darling is a self-described "visionary" who is famous mainly for having pink hair, being an "international playgirl", starting the Things I Love Thursday meme, and writing articles about living a fabulous life and being fashionable. Her audience consists mainly of young teenage/young adult girls who swarm her comments both on GalaDarling.com and on her personal site.

Gala's story is that she quit the 9-5 life to be a full-time blogger, and that almost all her income comes from blogging professionally through ad sales and sponsorships, as well as freelance writing. However, lately there's been a rash of comments on articles mentioning her claiming she is a fraud and really is a trust fund kid with rich parents. People who bought one of her podcasts about starting a business were disappointed at the lack of information on how Gala earns her money exactly.

It all comes to a head on her cover article on Cut Out + Keep, where various people - including someone claiming to be Gala's former good friend, speculate that she is either a trust fund kid, uses boyfriends for money, or is a high-class prostitute. In the meantime, Gala's devoted fans stand by their idol, claiming that "it's illegal to post untruths on the Internet" and that her critics are negative people with no lives. Meanwhile, Gala's denied the trust fund story; her only comment on her income currently is "it's none of your business".

(disclaimer: I'm in the comments of the Cut Out + Keep article as Tiara.)
edit: added a couple more links, including a direct link to the "illegal to post untruths" comment.


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[info]stella_polaris
2009-08-02 09:58 pm UTC (link)
I suppose it says more about my fashion sense, but I don't think her outfits are all that fantastic, she's not that pretty, and she doesn't see that awesome a writer.

So.

Why is she famous, again?

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[info]stella_polaris
2009-08-02 09:59 pm UTC (link)
*seem

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[info]mydemand
2009-08-03 04:52 am UTC (link)
That's what I want to know. How did she become famous? good marketing?

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[info]amxjm
2009-08-03 05:45 am UTC (link)
She's famous?

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[info]silrana
2009-08-03 12:02 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, this is the first time I've heard of her. Though from what has been posted here, I'm not surprised, since that sort of person isn't interesting to me.

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