Kiaraakitty
| Kiaraakitty | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cheng Wing Yee 1991 (age 32–33) Hong Kong |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Singaporean |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Cheng Wing Yee (Chinese: 郑咏仪; pinyin: Zhèng Yǒngyí; born c. 1991),[1] better known by her online pseudonyms Kiaraakitty[lower-alpha 1] or Kimchi Cheng,[3] is a Singaporean Twitch streamer and YouTuber.
Career[edit]
Streaming and video editing[edit]
Following the collapse of her father's business, Cheng dropped out of university and began a career in marketing, while intermittently streaming on Twitch.[1] In around 2016, after close to three years in marketing, she decided to pursue a full-time career as a Twitch streamer.[1] She has filmed numerous solo travel vlogs in countries like the United States, Japan, China, Vietnam, and Mexico,[1] and has also streamed herself playing video games.[4] Up till November 2017, she also was a video editor for the Taiwanese Facebook page Food Hypers, although their working relationship ended when she permanently deleted all their vlogs. According to the China Times, she did so because she was dissatisfied with the quality of the vlogs.[5][6]
Social media suspension[edit]
In November 2018, Kiaraakitty was indefinitely banned from Twitch for a live stream in which she called a stranger a "white devil".[7] She later apologised for her antics and stated that she should not have called him a "white devil" when he was just a "nice man sitting down".[8] In March 2021, she was again banned from Twitch for an apparent "wardrobe malfunction" during a jacuzzi stream; she was unbanned less than a day later.[9][10]
Fraud allegations[edit]
On 4 June 2021, Instagram user @ourfallenwarriors accused Kiaraakitty of having targeted "several guys, specifically the more vulnerable and desperate" in a series of romance scams; among her alleged victims included an army regular as well as a physically disabled individual.[11][12] In an hour-long recording uploaded to YouTube, a voice allegedly belonging to Kiaraakitty boasts of not getting caught for scamming some seven men.[13] In a statement posted on Instagram, she denied all allegations, calling them "so ridiculous" and "false and staged".[14]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lin, Yijun (10 December 2019). 女生弃大学梦当起旅游主播 [Girl gives up university dream to become a travel vlogger]. Shin Min Daily News (in Chinese). p. 8.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Bennett, Connor (13 April 2020). "IRL streamer stunned as police officer 'stream snipes' her". Dexerto.
- ↑ "Twitch streamer's vapidly offensive attempt at an Indian accent gets turned into an EDM banger". Coconuts Singapore. 23 March 2018.
- ↑ Fun With Dumb (27 September 2019). "Kiaraakitty & Cooksux - Fun With Dumb - Ep. 55". YouTube. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ↑ Zheng, Yuru (28 November 2017). 火爆辣小編嫉妒女同事 怒刪粉專所有影片 [Jealous of female colleague, video editor deletes all vlogs in a rage]. China Times (in Chinese).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 辣妹小編嫉妒心爆發 毀滅粉專所有影片 [Video editor deletes all vlogs from channel]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). 28 November 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Banned Twitch streamer Kiaraakitty drops the worst diss track ever known to man". Yahoo! News. 26 November 2018.
- ↑ Kiaraa Kitty (8 November 2018). "My Final Words (Apology to Twitch/Everyone), I deserve this". YouTube.
- ↑ Bergin, Lauren (17 March 2021). "Twitch streamer Kiaraakitty banned again after jacuzzi stream "wardrobe malfunction"". Dexerto.
- ↑ Hearing, Alice (8 June 2021). "Twitch streamer Kiaraakitty denies rumors she scammed seven men in money-making scheme". Dexerto.
- ↑ "Leaked phone call allegedly captures Twitch streamer 'Kiara' confessing love scams". Yahoo! News. 4 June 2021.
- ↑ Lam, Min Lee (4 June 2021). "Popular Singapore live-streamer said to have scammed 7 men of over $30,000 in leaked phone call". AsiaOne.
- ↑ Huang, Luo (4 June 2021). "我骗过七个男人，从没被逮到。" ["I scammed seven men and was never caught."]. Zaobao (in Chinese).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Leston, Ryan (9 June 2021). "Twitch streamer denies conning vulnerable men in love scam". NME.
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