How mysterious influencer Bella Poarch shot to fame with TikTok's most-liked video in just a few months

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To the ##fyp

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While Poarch has become famous under the name "Bella Poarch," her Facebook page, which has over 75,000 follows (but just four friends), is found under a URL ending in "TaylorNariee." As InTheKnow reported, a 2018 photo posted on Poarch's Instagram account shows her in a uniform that bears the name "Taylor." That suggests that "Bella Poarch" may not be her real name, but Poarch doesn't appear to have addressed it on any of her public social media accounts.

Poarch's age is also unclear. PopBuzz reported that, based on Instagram and Facebook posts marking the star's 18th birthday, Poarch should be 19 years old. However, Insider was unable to independently locate the posts in question, and they may have been deleted.

Famous Birthdays, a website that acts as a sort of index for internet-famous celebrities, says that Poarch was born on February 8, 1997 in the Phillippines (Poarch has spoken publicly about being Filipino). If that birthdate was accurate, Poarch would currently be 23 years old.

However, per a September 10 tweet from Poarch's verified Twitter account, the site previously said that she was born in 2001. In that tweet, Poarch did not correct any of the information.

—Bella Poarch (@bellapoarch) September 11, 2020

Poarch has also posted on social media claiming to have served in the United States Navy, with Instagram posts appearing to date back to 2017. Her Instagram bio also reads "US Navy Vet," and Poarch has posted TikTok videos that show her in uniform. If Poarch was born in 2001, she would have been 16 at the time — you must be 17 years old to serve in the Navy.

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##greenscreen Here is a photo of my arm tattoo. I love Korea I would never do anything to hurt anyone.

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As In The Know reported, Poarch was also accused of making a racist statement in a Facebook post that appears to have since been deleted or restricted but is still available via a screenshot she posted on Twitter. The original post shows Poarch and a man she refers to as "Harambe," the name of a gorilla who was killed in 2016 after a 3-year-old boy climbed into his enclosure.

—Bella Poarch (@bellapoarch) September 9, 2020

Monkeys and gorillas have a history of being used as racist pejoratives.

In a Facebook post addressing her original post, Poarch wrote, "y'all really trying to cancel me for calling my friend Harambe! That was his nickname back when we were stationed in Japan." Online commentator Def Noodles posted screenshots that appear to show Poarch replying in the comments of a TikTok video saying that her friend is Samoan and that his military nickname came from him being "big and always very protective."

—Def Noodles (@defnoodles) September 16, 2020

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