Avani Kiana Gregg (born November 23, 2002) (@avani) is a TikTok user and a makeup artist who is well known for her fashionable makeup and for uploading comedy, dance, challenge, and transition videos. She has earned over 33 million fans on the platform.[1][2]
Personal life[]
Avani was born and raised in Brownsburg, Indiana.[2][3] Shanti and Priya are Avani's two siblings.[2] Her father is of African descent, and her mother is of Indian-Mongolian descent. Anisha (mother) and Lewis Gregg (father) are her parents.[2]
According to reports, Avani is dating Quewin Maritz .[4] The couple can be seen in a number of TikTok videos.[2] She began her career at the age of 14 by posting make-up-related videos on TikTok.[2] She lived in the Midwest with her family before becoming famous on TikTok.[2]
Career[]
Gregg used to be a competitive gymnast but had to stop due to a back injury.[3][5] She was a level 10 training gymnast when she suffered a stress fracture in her back.[2] Gregg defied advice to quit the sport and continued to compete, which is when she "really, really injured it." She doesn't go into much more detail, but in her vlog post titled "Vlog day 1!!/ BROKE MY BACK AND LOVE IT" it appears that the injury was severe enough to force her to retire from the sport.[2]
During an interview with Gregg, she stated that she wanted to do act, so she tried it on TikTok.[2] After one of her make-up videos went viral, she gained over millions of TikTok followers in just three weeks.[2] At VidCon 2019, she met Payton Moormeir.[2] The actress will appear in the upcoming season of Chicken Girls, which will air on Brat TV.[2] In the upcoming season, she will be seen in the role of Gemma. Aside from that, she owns the clothing app Depop.[2]
TikTok[]
Avani's first viral TikTok video was a video in which she transforms from a natural-looking woman into a creepy Harley Quinn-like character.[4] The "Clown Check" video quickly racked up over three million views in the following weeks, cementing her place as the internet's coolest "Clown Girl" Avani told HollyW ire that she thought the nickname was "not really a good thing to be known for," but she does credit the post with helping her social media career get started.[4]
On TikTok, Gregg has over 24.6M million followers and 1.6 billion likes (as of July 23, 2021).[2] She also sells her own products. On TikTok, she uploads dancing and cute videos. She's also worked with her boyfriend.[2] One of her videos on the app was of her boyfriend, in which she was applying makeup to his face.[2] She is also a member of The Hype House, a social group that includes Charli D'Amelio, Daisy Keech, and Chase Hudson. Avani was named a "TikTok Style Guru".[2] The actress has also worked with her sister Shanti.[2]
YouTube[]
Gregg has approximately 1.31M subscribers on her YouTube channel (as of July 23, 2021).[2] She has also received over 3 million views on YouTube.[2] Her most popular video on YouTube is a Q&A she recently posted.[2] The video has received over a million views (as of May 14, 2020). The actor posts vlogs, question and answer videos, and prank videos in general.[2]
Instagram[]
Avani has over 17.8m million Instagram followers (as of July 23, 2021).[2] She has shared some adorable photos of herself and her boyfriend, Quewin Maritz, on social media. Her Instagram is full of pictures of her wearing various make-up looks.[2] Avani also enjoys coloring her hair on a regular basis.[2]
Relationship with Quewin Maritz[]
Avani explained her decision to keep her relationship with Maritz, 17, private in a new interview with Seventeen.[5]
"I've been watching social media relationships my entire life and I'm just seeing people getting together, then breaking up over Twitter, and then getting back together and breaking up in a YouTube video," she said. "Putting your drama out on platforms isn't necessary, because then that's allowing them to give feedback on your relationship."
Gregg met Maritz nearly three years ago on Instagram, but they did not make their relationship public until April 2020, after months of fan speculation.[5] "When we started talking, we just didn't feel the need to post," she told Seventeen. "It's like, 'No, we actually like each other, guys.' We don't care if you care. We like each other and we're going to deal with it our way."
Trivia[]
- Avani's makeup fantasies aren't confined to TikTok. The beauty expert has big plans for her creative abilities, and she revealed in an interview with HollyWire that Billie Eilish would be her ultimate celeb canvas.[4]
- Gregg is aiming for more than just TikTok fame. In that same interview with Entertainment Tonight, she stated that she hopes to one day launch her own makeup and clothing lines.[4]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/avani-gregg.html
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 "Avani Gregg Biography" - republicworld.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Avani Gregg" - Forbes.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kori Williams, "Here's Everything You Need to Know About TikTok Star Avani Gregg" - Seventeen.com (April 28, 2020)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Jodi Guglielmi, "TikTok's Avani Gregg on Keeping Anthony Reeves Relationship Private: 'We Don't Care If You Care'" - Yahoo (January 13, 2021)