Bella Poarch

Bella Poarch is a Filipino born to biological Filipino parents. She was born February 9, 1997. Bella's mother lived in the slums in Manila until she turned three. The family she adopted is up of one Filipino adoptive mother and a white American army veteran. She alleges that she, her adopted brother and their mother were abused as children until she entered the military. The family lived with her uncle living in San Francisco for several months prior to moving back home Texas to celebrate her 13th birthday due to the requirement for her father to undergo bypass surgery. Although the physical violence subsided, she claims to have still suffered psychological abuse from her father at her home. Poarch enlisted in the United States Navy when she was 18 years old. Poarch began her TikTok account around April of 2020 quickly gaining fame amassing more than 40 million fans in less than eight months. She uploaded various videos but her most popular hit was a video for Millie B's hit song Soph Aspin Send. She lip-synced and jumped rhythmically to the tune in a zoomed-out video. In the months after joining TikTok she launched an account on YouTube and Twitter account to take advantage of her fame. Poarch's rising fame peaked in the month of December 2020. She reportedly piqued the interest of two big professional Esports teams. FaZe Clan and 100 Thieves were interested in her hiring as a content creator under the respective brand names.