Venus Isabelle Palermo[2] better known as Venus Angelic, is a Swiss YouTuber and social media influencer.[3][4] She became known as the "living doll" after her YouTube video "How to look like a doll" became popular in March 2012.[3]

Venus Angelic
Personal information
Born
Venus Isabelle Palermo

8 February 1997
NationalitySwiss
OccupationYouTuber
YouTube information
Also known asVenusAngelic
Channel
Years active2012–2023
Subscribers1.8 million+[1]
Total views257 million+[1]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Last updated: 3 July 2023

Career

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Venus has done several television interviews talking about the "Dolly Style" trend, a makeup and clothing style that she helped popularize on YouTube. She appeared on TV, as herself, in an episode of the reality TV show My Strange Addiction.[5]

Personal life

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In December 2014, Palermo started a romantic relationship with Japanese national Manaki Okada. They married in December 2015, and Palermo subsequently emigrated to Japan in February 2016.[6]

In May 2016, Palermo travelled to the Republic of Korea, where she underwent weight loss surgery, despite only weighing 53 kg (117 lb) at the time of the procedure. Palermo claims she contacted over 50 doctors around the world until she found one willing to proceed with the surgery. After the surgery, she was left with injuries in the stomach and was admitted to hospital, being treated with stomach medication and an IV drip.[7]

In April of 2024, Venus announced via her social media that she was experiencing lack of stable housing due to her struggles with her mental health and alcoholism.[8][9] In October of that same year, she caused online outrage after losing access to most of her social media accounts, and harassing her former friends on X (Twitter) in a series of racist tweets.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About @VenusangelicOfficial". YouTube.
  2. ^ "VenusAngelic". Twitter. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b David Moye (20 March 2012). "Teenager Venus Angelic Is A Real Living Doll (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Venus Angelic, 15-Years-Old, Is A Living Doll; See Her With And Without Makeup [PHOTOS]". International Business Times. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  5. ^ "My Strange Addiction: I'm a Living Doll -- a Must-See, One-Hour Premiere". TLC blog. 12 December 2013.
  6. ^ "The Growing Pains of YouTube's 'Guru of Cute'". www.youtube.com.
  7. ^ "Blogger undergoes weight-loss surgery despite being only 53kg". NZ Herald. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Venus in her homeless era confirmed". Reddit.com.
  9. ^ "I REVEAL My MEDICATION". www.youtube.com.
  10. ^ "Racism". Reddit.com.
  11. ^ "Venus continues to harass Mikan". Reddit.com.