TikTok’s reigning NPC star, PinkyDoll, debuted at the Streamy Awards and has everyone talking about the difference in her physical appearance.
via: Complex
“Well, you know, when I go to the sun, I can get a little darker,” she said when asked by TMZ about the reaction online. “It’s life, what can I do? And I love to be a Black woman, the fuck do you mean? … I think they’re just hating.” During the brief chat, she also said that she plans to pursue music and said she “loves” to see the increase of NPC streamers after she helped popularize the trend even further.
Some fans appeared shocked after Pinkydoll, real name Fedha Sinon, made an appearance onstage at the 2023 Streamy Awards. Some suggested that she “tricked” racists and the algorithms by presenting her complexion as lighter than she actually is. Others were more negative and implied that she benefited from colorism and should be criticized for it.
The fact pinky doll tricked the colorists and the algorithms ? pic.twitter.com/akERJEh3SJ
— Levi’s ? (@iamenough84) August 29, 2023
Pinky doll look so good the way she looks in real life, why she faking her appearance for TikTok
— ?? (@imanilashelle_) August 30, 2023
when i point out how differently i’m treated, how my skin tone and sexual orientation play part in how i’m often coded as aggressive or mean when i say basic shit, i’m just playing victim. but we can see how pinkydoll benefits from presenting herself as lighter lol
— 5hahem aka Dr. Durag (@shaTIRED) August 30, 2023
Pinky Doll made everyone think she was a light skin 19 year old in order to blow up and it worked ?
— oxtail (@Baeton_) August 28, 2023
THAT’S PINKYDOLL OUTSIDE OF TIKTOK?? pic.twitter.com/KYeCk221AG
— zont zo it (@oplivio) August 29, 2023
You have people calling Pinkydoll smart for allegedly subscribing to and ultimately benefitting from colourism. The mental gymnastics are truly impressive at this point. https://t.co/CUz6NRkYDn
— Junior Maruwa (@juniormaruwa) August 29, 2023
Pinkydoll has exploded in popularity over the last few months. The content creator and streamer has garnered a fanbase for her repetitive streams, in which she reacts to gifts from viewers. Many people’s first exposure to her was the bizarre clip in which she proclaimed, “mmm ice cream so good” while popping individual popcorn kernels with a hair straightener.
Despite how strange the trend might seem, she’s gotten some big-name fans including Timbaland and ATL Jacob, who were the top viewers of one of her streams last month. She’s also hollered at fellow Canadian Drake after she found out he enjoys cosplay and asked if Ice Spice is down for a collaboration after a fan shared a mashup of the two on a song together.
