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Instant Instagram celebrity, Anok Yai shares story on her rise to recognition

October 25,2017
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By Patricia Uyeh,
19-year-old  Anok Yai, who is a student of Biochemistry at Plymouth State University, has risen to fame instantaneously on Instagram.
From being an everyday girl to becoming an Instagram celebrity, Anok’s story has become viral.
It all started at the Howard University’s homecoming when a photographer began taking photos of her.
Speaking to Yahoo, Anok said:

“A friend of mine and I decided to travel to Washington, D.C., to attend Howard University’s Homecoming,” 

She and the friend attended Yardfest – the homecoming concert – and on her way to the dorms, the photographer TheSUNK randomly starts taking photos of her. She said:

“After Yardfest ended, I began walking toward the dorms, when a photographer that goes by the name Steve ‘theSUNK’ Hall randomly started taking photos of me.”

“While he was taking down my information, he said, “Today was a good day, and a couple of these photos have the potential to go viral.” I didn’t really think much of it, so I just smiled and went on about my day.”

According to Anok Yai, she had no idea that her photo would indeed go viral. TheSUNK went ahead to post her photo on his Instagram and, in no time, it gathered almost 10,000 likes with people commenting either assuming she was a model, or demanding someone gave her a modelling contract.
Speaking on this, Anok Yai, who has amassed up to 25000 followers already, said:

“It wasn’t until later that evening that I picked up my phone and found hundreds of Instagram notifications piling in,” 

“Before all this happened, I had around 150 followers and was getting about 20 to 30 likes on each photo, and then suddenly, these numbers skyrocketed in a matter of hours.”
Photo credit: Instagram @anokyai
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