I noticed it on the way here; it's called "Munch". Most of her fans are younger teenage girls. "If they want a mention in a caption it's about £500, which is cheap because I know people who charge a lot more," Barker says. She's confident that the Only Way is Essex star (who has less than half Barker's Instagram following) had no idea who she was.Barker already had close to 100,000 followers before being scouted, and it has only fuelled her popularity. "Barker has had self-esteem issues, too, but says she's happy now and has a healthy relationship with Instagram, one of her creative outlets. 108.3k Followers, 13 Following, 955 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Insta Stars (@insta_starss_) She thinks. "I have no idea where they're from, I'd love to know," she says. Some of them boast of a huge fan following and have even earned unbelievable numbers – like a few millions. "What would she think if she could stumble on her Instagram as someone else? Then they ask me and I'm like, I'm 16, and that's the annoying bit with girls. More From Instagram Stars. and OK! Pink, mainly. "I wanted to get a tattoo on the palm of my hand and because it was painful I was like, 'what do I believe in enough to get tattooed on my hand for the rest of my life? Hogging the limelight is exactly what we were hinting at. In this context, a conventional, blank-canvas model wearing or featuring a brand on Instagram is a lot less useful than someone like Barker, assuming the brand fits her style.Barker shows me a pair of studded leather jackets given to her and her girlfriend, Rebecca Fox, aka @foxillaa, a one-time model and aspiring DJ with almost 400,000 followers, by clothing brand Religion. "Some brands who used to just shoot Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer now do a social media campaign as a separate thing," adds Sheldon. They grew up with social media – Barker signed up to Facebook during a sleepover when she was 11 – and are far wiser to its potential and pitfalls than people even a generation older. The list includes many familiar and great female Instagram stars such as Baddiewinkle (Helen Ruth Van Winkle), Quvenzhané Wallis, Skai Jackson, Teala Dunn, Lauren Taylor.The women Instagram stars featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & … Rebecca said they were the shit when she was growing up, and she was born in 1990 so maybe they were a thing at some point. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium.

magazines. So too do Brian Whittaker (@brianhwhittaker) and Olivia Knight-Butler (@livrosekb), whose followings also defy celebrity norms. they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. They exchange hellos. Sorry Amy Childs." "Barker, Whittaker and Knight-Butler move in very different circles but have things in common beyond Instagram, which all three say they joined without a plan or expectation. "I speak to a lot of people, in real life as well, and if we're getting on it means they're older – they can be like 20 or something. My Mum was like, 'you freak!'" {{#sender.isSelf}} The industry website Models.com ranks girls by metrics including social media followings.

I basically had one friend because no one else understood me. Knight-Butler's boyfriend began liking her pictures and they eventually met (he has a modest but growing following on his own account, which is based on his fondness for golf).

"People think I'm, like, psycho, like a psychobitch," she says. try again, the name must be unique