As someone who has built a profession off of poking a laugh on the international of influencers - by way of taking at the persona of a sugarbaby lifestyle coach, no less - Mia Dio is not any stranger to controversy.
However, where many a content material author would flinch in horror at online hate and negativity, Mia simplest revels in it.
We sat down with our favourite S.T.E.M teacher (that is Sugarbaby Training Education in Money) to hear the place her confidence comes from - plus, she stocks why being canceled has transform a personal objective.
Mia Dio Has Been Creating Content For Years
Asked if she's at all times had a thick pores and skin, Mia Dio smiles.
As we briefly be told, her sugarbaby character is not her first rodeo.
"I've technically been making content since I was 14-years-old and my dad got me a camera."
Mia explains that whilst she wasn't allowed to go out (a reality she attributes to her older brothers, who examined the boundaries - and persistence - of their oldsters), she was allowed to paintings as a YouTuber ... and she jumped on the opportunity.
One of her first ports of name, as a novice content writer?
"I went to a meet and greet with two YouTubers I didn't even know at the time."
It used to be the Dolan twins.
"They reacted so well that I posted pictures of us together on Twitter, and those got a couple thousand likes. Then, I decided to make an entire YouTube video on my experience ... and angered enough people that it got to 650k views."
"All of a sudden," she laughs, "I went from being lame in high school, to being lame - but also having clout. I don't know how that balanced out, but it did."
... And She's Been Dealing With Haters Since Day One
Having clout used to be just one aspect of Mia's newfound visibility.
With such a lot of eyes on her, Mia now additionally had haters.
"When I uploaded the video, I said some controversial things - like that I forgot to hug the one twin. That caused a shi**storm in their fanbase, which was all teenage girls who were crazy obsessed with them."
As a end result, she recounts that she were given round 3000 hate feedback - "And they were all attacking my appearance."
"Those comments were very hard for a girl to hear. I was in high school, being bullied in real life by a girl who, I guess, my presence rubbed up the wrong way. She was also one of the popular girls, so that was great - now all the popular kids are talking badly about me!"
After a while, the mix of getting hate from either side became too much to undergo.
"I sank into a depression for a while, and I stopped making content. I was tired of not being liked - all while I was trying to do the one thing I knew I should be doing."
Mia Reveals How She Got Back On Her Feet
That feeling of understanding she will have to be making content in the end served because the spark Mia wanted.
After a hiatus, one morning, she aroused from sleep feeling more determined than ever before.
"I was like, 'At the end of the day, this is an opportunity.' I just got up and kept going."
"Now," she continues, "You could look me in the face and tell me you hate my content, and I wouldn't feel a thing."
There's every other section to that, she provides.
"I've completely separated my character from me. It's kind of a defense mechanism: I'm deflecting off of her."
"Plus," she jokes, "She's funny and her accent sounds expensive!"
So, Why Does She Want To be Canceled?
Given everything she went via in her early teenagers, one could be forgiven for considering Mia was hoping to keep away from being canceled in any respect costs.
However, that couldn't be further from the truth.
"I love to almost cancel myself once a month," she laughs.
Her reasoning? She's not a position model.
"Being an influencer is such a ridiculous job. I'm not a role model, and I don't take myself seriously - but I feel like a lot of influencers do, and I'm pretty good at calling things out as I see it."
One of the high examples of a newer almost-cancelation is a post poking amusing at the Lensa controversy - and the influencers who went forward and were given their AI portraits achieved, anyway.
"I saw a bunch of influencers post their portraits, and the top comment would always be, 'Don't support this company, they're stealing from independent artists' ... but do you think that stopped any other influencer from posting AI portraits of themselves to fuel their narcissism? No."
Mia went forward, left a highly spiced caption, and called it a day.
Asked about the resulting controversy in her feedback segment, she chuckles, "People seem to forget that I'm a satire page - and I'm not and shouldn't be your hero."
So, simply what should she be, to fans?
"I'm supposed to be your hologram bestie on social media that will make you laugh, and then fade into oblivion when you scroll away."
Mia ends off our conversation on a decidedly humble note, worlds clear of the oblivious personality she pokes a laugh at.
"I think anyone could do my job. It's just about consistency," she quips.
Consistency could also be key, but we have to disagree.
Mia Dio is a satirist to watch, a hologram bestie to make us think - and the OG sugarbaby way of life trainer and S.T.E.M trainer.
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