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NRI PROFILE
Tina Singh, Lilly’s elder
sister is also a YouTuber. As
a child, Singh has said she
was a tomboy. She attended
Mary Shadd Public School
during her elementary
years, and in 2006, she
graduated from Lester B.
Pearson Collegiate Institute
in Toronto. She was a
member of Girl Guides of
Canada and participated in
their youth programs.
In 2010, she graduated from
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York University in Toronto
with a Bachelor of Arts in
Psychology. Singh developed
a strong connection with her
Punjabi heritage during visits
to India. She struggled with
depression and began making
YouTube videos as a way of
dealing with her feelings. As a
young adult, she lived with her
parents in Markham, Ontario,
and in December 2015, she
moved to Los Angeles to
further her career.
In February 2019, Singh
announced herself as bisexual
to the public via social media.
Career
Prompted by childhood idea,
Lilly Singh, in October 2010
started a YouTube channel
under the pseudonym
‘IISuperwomanII’. In her
videos, Punjabi culture is often
depicted in her videos, which
also comprise satirical takes
on everyday life and people’s
favorite complaints. ‘How Girls
Get Ready’ was her most
popular video and her most
popular series features her
fictional parents, Paramjeet
and Manjeet, both played
by Singh herself, reacting to
trending and debated videos.
She also frequently teams up
with celebrities on her videos,
including Dwayne Johnson,
Selena Gomez, Seth Rogen,
James Franco, Kunal Nayyar,
Noah Schnapp, Priyanka
Chopra, Shay Mitchell, Amber
Rose, Steve Aoki, Caleb
McLaughlin, Nargis Fakhri,
Hasan Minhaj, Phil McGraw,
and Madhuri Dixit. Her channel
currently has over 14 million
subscribers and 3 billion views.
In December 2011, Singh
created a second channel
named SuperwomanVlogs,
where she chronicles her
daily activities and includes
behind the scenes footage
from her videos. She used it
as a second channel to upload
videos until August 2014,
when she began uploading
daily vlogs. Singh has been
uploading daily vlogs ever
since.
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