Jessica Vanessa
{{short description|American dancer and internet personality}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jessica Vanessa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|04|13}}
| occupation = Dancer, Actress, Internet Celebrity
}}
Jessica Vanessa DeLeon (born April 13, 1992) is an American internet personality and actress. DeLeon rose to prominence posting comedic videos to the social media application Vine and when Cosmopolitan Magazine wrote a feature naming her "The Woman Who Makes Six Figures Being A Professional Twerker".{{Cite news|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/interviews/a32138/the-real-story-about-the-teacher-who-became-a-professional-twerker/|title=The Real Story About the Woman Who Makes Six Figures Being a Professional Twerker|last=Moore|first=Lane|date=2014-10-15|work=Cosmopolitan|access-date=2017-07-24|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/news/a17174/best-latinas-on-vine/|title=6 Latinas You Should Definitely Be Following On Vine|last=Ramirez|first=Tanisha|date=2013-12-17|work=Cosmopolitan|access-date=2017-07-24|language=en}}
Career
Vanessa was a teaching assistant in Florida when she began to post videos of her dancing on Vine. Vanessa quickly amassed 1.9 million followers and began to receive payment from advertisers to promote products.{{Cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/10/teacher-quits-to-twerk-jessica-vanessa|title=Meet the Girl Who Quit Schoolteaching to Become a Pro Twerker|last=Gruttadaro|first=Andrew|website=Complex|language=en|access-date=2017-07-24}} Vanessa has stated, "What I make in six seconds would take me four months to make as a teaching assistant".{{Cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/587491/a-teacher-quit-her-job-to-become-a-professional-twerker-and-now-she-s-making-bank|title=A Teacher Quit Her Job to Become a Professional Twerker|last=Nessef|first=Bruna|work=E! Online|access-date=2017-07-24|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://fox2now.com/2014/10/14/teacher-quits-to-twerk-for-living-now-making-six-figures/|title=Teacher quits to "twerk" for living, now making six figures|date=2014-10-14|website=FOX2now.com|access-date=2017-07-24}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.barcroft.tv/professional-twerker|title=Professional Twerker: Jessica Vanessa - Vine's Most Famous Booty Shaker|last=Howlett|first=Daniel|website=Barcroft TV|language=en|access-date=2017-07-24}} Her brother helped her out by being her camera person.{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/careers/vine-celebrity-jessica-vanessa-quit-her-job-as-a-kindergarten-teacher-now-makes-six-figures-from-twerking/news-story/b96f07e622782e355e5ceed55b0861dc|title=Vine celebrity Jessica Vanessa quit her job as a kindergarten teacher, now makes six figures from twerking|last=Chung|first=Frank|date=17 October 2014|work=NewsComAu|access-date=2017-07-26|language=en}} On Instagram, DeLeon began creating viral videos to popular hip-hop songs such as "Coco" by O.T. Genasis and "Don't Sleep" by Dorian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BSKHfRSAJqE/|title=Instagram post by Jessica Vanessa • Mar 27, 2017 at 10:19pm UTC|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2017-08-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BSUjGkxARYH/|title=Instagram post by Jessica Vanessa • Mar 31, 2017 at 11:32pm UTC|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2017-08-04}} While most of the responses to her work online has been positive, she shared with Jezebel that she has had two major "breakdowns" over abusive online comments she's received.{{Cite news|url=http://jezebel.com/teaching-assistant-quits-to-twerk-makes-buckets-and-bu-1645216669|title=Teaching Assistant Quits to Twerk, Makes Buckets and Buckets Of Money|last=Shrayber|first=Mark|work=Jezebel|access-date=2017-07-26|language=en-US}}
In 2016, Vanessa transitioned her internet fame into acting as she landed roles in the Chris Stokes-directed projects Only For One Night and Til Death Do Us Part.{{Cite web|last=Dey|first=Brihasi|date=2021-07-09|title=Jessica Vanessa - Amazing Transformation from a Teacher to a Professional Twerker|url=https://fabsmag.com/jessica-vanessa-amazing-transformation-teacher-professional-twerker/|access-date=2021-07-28|website=FabsMag|language=en-US}}
Filmography
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