Paige Niemann
{{short description|American internet personality}}
{{use mdy dates|date=April 2023}}
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| name = Paige Niemann
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|15|2019|11|27}}
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| nationality = American
| occupation = Digital Influencer, content creator
| years_active = {{circa|2016}}–present
| module = {{Infobox TikTok personality|embed=y
| followers = 10.2 million
| likes = 155.7 million
| page = paigeniemann
| stats_update = January 30, 2025
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Paige Niemann (born 2004{{cite web |last1=Skinner |first1=Paige |title=AG's Doppelgänger Was "Shocked" the Real Ari Noticed Her |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ariana-grande-doppelganger-paige-niemann |website=Teen Vogue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506185831/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ariana-grande-doppelganger-paige-niemann|archive-date=6 May 2023 |access-date=March 1, 2023 |date=November 27, 2019}}) is an American Internet personality and OnlyFans creator. In 2019, she went viral on the video sharing app TikTok.{{cite book |last1=Stokel-Walker |first1=Chris |title=TikTok Boom: China's Dynamite App and the Superpower Race for Social Media |date=2021 |publisher=Canbury Press |isbn=978-1-912454-80-8 |page=110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I15uEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT110 |language=en}}
Early life
Paige Niemann was born in 2004 or 2003. She is from California, United States, and was home-schooled. Niemann is half Sicilian and half German. At the age of twelve, Niemann started posting selfies and videos of herself dressed as Ariana Grande on musical.ly (now TikTok).
Career
In 2019, Niemann went viral for her attempts to impersonate Grande and many TikTok users dubbed her Grande's doppelgänger.{{cite web |last1=Russo |first1=Gianluca |title=Ariana Grande Reached Out to Her TikTok Lookalike, Paige Niemann |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ariana-grande-dm-tiktok-lookalike-paige-niemann |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506185434/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ariana-grande-dm-tiktok-lookalike-paige-niemann|archive-date=6 May 2023|website=Teen Vogue |access-date=March 1, 2023 |date=December 8, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Jess |title=Ariana Grande Reacts to Her 'Bizarre' TikTok Look-Alike |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1097245/ariana-grande-reacts-to-her-bizarre-tiktok-look-alike |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506190115/https://www.eonline.com/news/1097245/ariana-grande-reacts-to-her-bizarre-tiktok-look-alike|archive-date=2023-05-06|website=E! Online |access-date=March 1, 2023 |date=November 26, 2019}}{{cite web |date=November 28, 2019 |title=Ariana Grande's new doppelganger and other celebrity lookalikes from 2019 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/ariana-grandes-new-doppelganger-and-other-celebrity-lookalikes-from-2019 |access-date=March 1, 2023 |website=CBC.ca}} In her videos, Niemann attempted to dress and style herself similar to Grande, and also tried to emulate Grande's mannerisms.
Grande responded to a video in which Niemann, dressed as a 2019 version of the singer, lip-synced to dialogue by Cat Valentine (whom Grande portrayed from 2010 until 2014 in the Nickelodeon series Victorious and Sam & Cat). Grande said, "it's definitely bizarre seeing people blend the two worlds".{{cite web |last1=Aubrey |first1=Elizabeth |title=Ariana Grande responds to uncanny TikTok lookalike: 'it's definitely bizarre' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/ariana-grande-responds-to-uncanny-tiktok-lookalike-2579941 |website=NME |access-date=March 1, 2023 |date=November 28, 2019}} Niemann has received criticism for her efforts to profit from her resemblance to Grande, with the singer describing her impersonators as "degrading" after Niemann attempted to recreate her wedding photos for an Instagram post.
In September 2022, Niemann was criticized for starting an OnlyFans account; fans reportedly found the account misleading and distasteful for attempting to impersonate Grande.{{cite web |title=Ariana Grande impersonator Paige Niemann cops heat for starting OnlyFans as star |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/ariana-grande-impersonator-paige-niemann-cops-heat-for-starting-onlyfans-as-star/35D3RAPRFNCFPABACO2PHUK5IM |website=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=March 1, 2023 |language=en-NZ |date=September 6, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Amorosini |first1=Alessia |title=Ariana Grande e OnlyFans: cosa sta succedendo? |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/ariana-grande-e-onlyfans-cosa-sta-succedendo |website=Vanity Fair Italia |access-date=March 1, 2023 |trans-title=Ariana Grande and OnlyFans: What's going on? |language=it-IT |date=September 12, 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{tiktok|paigeniemann}}
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Category:21st-century American women
Category:American people of German descent
Category:People from California
Category:People of Sicilian descent