MANY teenagers love browsing TikTok – but one 16-year-old’s videos have done so well she can now afford a £300,000 house.
Amelie Hobson, who goes by Ami Charlize, is one of Britain’s most successful social media stars and left school after GCSE to study full-time.
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Although she started making dance videos and lip-syncs at age 13, she now also shows off her fashion and makeup routines.
Ami, from Essex, has amassed more than 3.4 million followers and has already reached seven figures at the age of 13.
Not only does she have a huge following, but she also runs a podcast, is an ambassador for PrettyLittleThing, and is publishing a new book called: My World: Challenges, Changes and Chasing My Dreams.
As reported by MailOnline, Ami’s mother Dawn Hobson, 52, said of her daughter: “She’s leading an incredible life.”
Although she won’t say how much her teenage daughter earns from brand deals and collaborations, Ami could afford a £300,000 house.
Dawn added: “For now we are investing this. We were thinking we could buy her a house for £200,000 to £300,000, but you get stamp duty on your first house, so she should do that when she’s older and buys the house she really wants to live in. . But we didn’t get a dime out of it.”
However, Ami insists she doesn’t consider herself rich and recently told her 346,000 YouTube followers: “Don’t I have £1 million in my bank account? Personally, I don’t think I’m rich.”
His money is currently managed by dad Mark, 53, who retired at 50 thanks to his successful water treatment business, and Dawn, who worked in a city investment bank before becoming a full-time mum after of his second daughter. Georgianow 23 years old, he was born.
As with many influencers, Ami is often bombarded with branded giveaways, but Dawn warned her not to show off everything she gets.
This is because the teenager can earn what people earn in a year with a brand contract.
Unfortunately, Ami’s success made other people jealous of her and bullying her at school.
O TikTok star added: “I was always afraid: ‘Am I going to get beaten up today?’ I saw nasty things written about me on the walls. Once, at netball, the girls started throwing balls at the back of my head. I had my group of friends, but I felt like no one was on my side. I ended up texting my mom: ‘I’m sick, I need to go home.’ Sometimes I would just leave. It wasn’t classes I wanted to miss, it was recess time.”
Although Ami teachers She told her parents that life would be easier if she gave up social media, they didn’t want to take away the only area of her life that she enjoyed.
Before Ami turned 16, Dawn was forced by law to accompany her on meet-and-greet sessions and photo shoots.
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She is now often accompanied by her management team, and if she is at an event with alcohol, she will wear a wristband to show she is under 18.
Due to Ami’s young age on social media, Dawn said she would monitor her accounts and delete any inappropriate photos sent by men.
She often receives more than 200 messages a day.
When Ami turned 16 and finished her GCSEs (she only passed maths, English and sports studies), she decided to drop out of school.
Can children use TikTok?
OFFICIALLY the TikTok app requires users to be at least 13 years old to access it.
The age limit aligns the application with other social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Snapchat – all with a minimum age of 13.
The rules state that anyone under the age of 18 must have the approval of a parent or guardian.
But one BBC Trends The investigation found several accounts run by children under the age of 13 – some as young as nine years old.
The report also found that the video-sharing app failed to remove online predators who sent sexual messages to teenagers and children.
Over the course of three months, the investigation collected hundreds of sexual comments posted on videos uploaded by teenagers and children.
Although the company deleted most of these comments, the users who posted them were able to remain on the platform despite TikTok’s own rules against sexual content directed at children.
The BBC was also able to identify several users who repeatedly approached teenagers online to post sexually explicit messages in their videos.
All comments found by the BBC were reported to TikTok using the same tools available to any user of the app.
Dawn said it was a “difficult decision” for the family as they feared their daughter would miss out on the opportunity to make new friends.
However, she said she understood Ami’s reluctance, as she once tried to join a netball team and people were either “in awe or mean to her”.
Ami’s parents decided to let her have full-time influence, but said authorities called them frequently to check on her.
In the UK, you can leave school on the last Friday in June if you turn 16 by the end of the year. summer holidays.
However, although you don’t have to go to school, you usually have to continue studying, job or training until age 18.
Ami said she has made new friends through her work, but if she “spoils” them “too quickly,” it can get thrown back in her face.
She has also learned to keep any relationships private, as fans were angered when she split from an ex they thought she would marry.
Although Ami got her first phone at the age of 10, many people think there should be a ban on under-16s owning smartphones.
Studies have shown that there may be links between anxiety and loss of concentration with smartphone ownership.
Ami said she thinks 10 is the right age to get one, and said she wouldn’t have enjoyed school as much if she couldn’t watch TikTok.
Dawn added: “We just need to make sure she stays grounded. But I love this little journey I’m taking with her.”
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