Peet Montzingo
{{Short description|American entertainer}}
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Peter "Peet" Montzingo (born 1990) is an American-based internet personality, musician and writer. He is known best for his YouTube and TikTok videos showcasing a variety of content, which includes his family, all of whom have dwarfism.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-26 |title=TikToker Soundtracks Mom's Life With Trombone, And It's Hilariously Wholesome |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tiktoker-soundtrack-mom-trombone-peet-montzingo_n_60ff0503e4b00c1de0a49760 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Mkhize |first=Lesego |title=Why this normal-sized young man longed to be a dwarf like the rest of his family |url=https://www.news24.com/you/news/international/why-this-normal-sized-young-man-longed-to-be-a-dwarf-like-the-rest-of-his-family-20201019 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=You |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-10 |title=TikTok star Peet Montzingo shares the beauty of |url=https://wjla.com/good-morning-washington/celebs-and-special-guests/tiktok-star-peet-montzingo-shares-the-beauty-of-little-imperfections-with-new-book |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=WJLA |language=en}}
Biography and career
Montzingo is the third child of Darrel and Vicki Montzingo. In a piece published by The Seattle Times in January 1991, when he was several months old, it was stated "Everyone but Peter, who they aren't sure about yet, is a dwarf" and that "genetically, there's a 75 percent chance Peter will be, too. 'If he's going to be a dwarf, he had better start dwarfing soon,' Darrel says. 'At seven months he's only three pounds behind Andrew, who is about half the size of a normal 4-year-old.' Or maybe he'll take after the rest of Darrel's family, where the average height of the other four brothers hovers above 6 feet."{{cite web |title=Family Portrait -- The Montzingo Family |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19910127&slug=1262910 |website=The Seattle Times |access-date=24 June 2024 |date=Jan 27, 1991}}
After completing his degree in film at Central Washington University, Montzingo studied acting.{{cite web |title=Peet Montzingo|url=https://app.castingnetworks.com/talent/public-profile/b7fe0592-9157-11ea-9bfa-0291f623b406 |website=Casting Networks |access-date=24 June 2024}}
Montzingo has 24 million followers across his social media platforms.{{Cite web |title=How Peet Montzingo brought his debut children's book to life with YouTube Shorts |url=https://blog.youtube/creator-and-artist-stories/peet-montzingo-interactive-picture-book-youtube-shorts/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=blog.youtube |language=en-us}} His YouTube channel was ranked 17th among the "Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels" by Tubefilter.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-03 |title=Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 10/02/2022 |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2022/10/03/top-50-most-viewed-us-youtube-channels-week-of-10-02-2022/ |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}} His videos show what it is like to be a tall person raised by a dwarf mother,{{Cite web |title=Mother And Son Reveal 'How To Talk To A Short Person' Correctly With Hilarious Video |url=https://www.unilad.com/news/mother-and-son-reveal-how-to-talk-to-a-short-person-correctly-20220209 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=UNILAD |date=9 February 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Peet Montzingo advocates for little people through his TikTok videos |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/peet-montzingo-advocates-little-people-214448246.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.yahoo.com |date=4 May 2021 |language=en-US}} besides serious videos tackling mental health awareness and fascination with the supernatural, as he formerly lived across the street from the Cecil Hotel, which has been the site of numerous incidents of deaths and violence. He also records and shares his experiences on TikTok.{{Cite web |title=TikToker captures ghostly encounter at haunted hotel |url=https://news.yahoo.com/tiktoker-captures-ghostly-encounter-haunted-161500518.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=news.yahoo.com |date=14 July 2022 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=March 9, 2022 |first=Victoria |last=Montalti |title=Photos: The Cecil Hotel's eerie history and what it's like today |url=https://www.insider.com/cecil-hotel-history-what-its-like-today-photos-2022-3 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Insider |language=en-US}}
In 2019, as a recording artist with the band 5WEST, he toured South Africa and Europe. They did their first arena tour as the supporting act for Boyzone in the autumn of 2019.{{Cite web |title=Music Week Presents: 5West |url=http://www.musicweek.com/music-week-presents/read/music-week-presents-5west/079313 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.musicweek.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-06-11 |title=Boyband 5WEST Return With The Remix For "Anything Can Happen" |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2021/06/11/new-noise-5west/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Wonderland |language=en-GB}}
In 2022, Montzingo co-authored a picture book titled Little Imperfections: A Tall Tale of Growing Up Different, along with Rockwell Sands.{{Cite web |title=Peet Montzingo & Rockwell Sands On Their New Book 'Little Imperfections,' Importance of Self-Worth (Exclusive) |url=https://toofab.com/2022/10/28/peet-montzingo-rockwell-sands-new-book-little-imperfections-self-worth-exclusive/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Toofab |language=en}} The book covers the theme of being different, and is told through the perspective of Montzingo himself.{{Cite book |title=Little Imperfections: A Tall Tale of Growing Up Different |via=Amazon |date=November 2022 |publisher=Ginger With A Soul LLC in partnership with RBS Projects LLC |isbn=9798986283616 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Little-Imperfections-Tall-Growing-Different/dp/B0B4HZYC6B}}
Selected work
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Credits !Year !Title !Role !Reference |
| 2010
|iCarly's Biggest Fan |
| 2010
|Meadowoods |Ryan's Friend |
| 2011
|The X Factor |Auditionee |
| 2013
|The Homecoming |Jonas |
| 2016
|Breaking Free |Calum |
| 2021
|Jeff Lewis Live |Peet Montzingo |
| 2022
|Jax Writes Songs |Peet Montzingo |
Bibliography
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2788930/ Peet Montzingo @ IMDb]
- [https://www.youtube.com/c/PeetMontzingo/ Peet Montzingo @ YouTube]
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Category:American television personalities