The most recent personality to gain the hype and take over TikTok is 16-year-old Sienna Mae Gomez! The growing digital star recently celebrated her milestone of 4.1 million followers on her main account @siennamae and has gathered over 2.1 million followers on her spam account @siennamaegomezz.
Sienna, who joined TikTok for fun over the summer, managed to rack up millions of followers and truly spice up the content game! The young influencer’s video that happened to go viral overnight was one where Sienna danced around in her kitchen to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s song ‘WAP’, wearing a crop top and leggings with the waistband pulled down to her hips to show her whole stomach. In the video, she dances comfortably where her stomach jiggles to the moves, which is completely normal!
@siennamae “i just ate” -olivia ponton
She captioned the video, “‘I just ate’ – Olivia Ponton”, referencing to Olivia, who is a relatively lean model, clearly throwing shade at the unrealistic body image standards that are displayed on the app. The sight of body rolls and body fat being on your body is the most natural element of being a human however, it is barely shown in the world of social media and still has a tough time being normalized.
It was all an entertaining and life-changing chaos for Sienna after finding out the video went viral overnight! The TikTok personality duetted the video next day, claiming that the video was originally a joke, meant for her close friends only!
@siennamae ##duet with @see.en.nuh HAHAHAHA I love you guys
One of her iconic videos, where she comfortably shows her belly and captioned it “Professional Catfishing” also went viral, bringing in millions of views and likes, making users interested in this new personality who is perfectly cracking the present beauty standards! Famous TikTok creators, influencers and celebrities including Lizzo instantly became Sienna’s fan!
@siennamae professional catfish
The young TikTok star navigated through the platform with many more fun videos of her dancing and comfortably showing her body, normalizing being human, that is “supposedly not acceptable in the eye of the society.” With a positive experience on TikTok, Sienna also started her own YouTube channel which currently has over 93.2k subscribers.
Although we have witnessed significant progress, “societal beauty standards” still exist on most of the social media platforms. Majority of the audience on the platform, especially the younger users, are influenced to an extent, by most young TikTokers who fall under toxic beauty standards.
Furthermore, even though TikTokers who fit the “standard beauty” are displayed on TikTok, it is also important to recognize that there are various sides to the app, including a positive side where plus sized models inspire the audience to be confident in their unique body and to not be victim to the standards set by society.
As we keep evolving each day, Gen Z, including Ms. Gomez, continue to bring different, unique and original content that is inspiring with hopes to bring real change! With an exuberant personality, Sienna completely exudes confidence and is a growing star you need to keep an eye out for!