Everything was not always pink for Wendy Nguyen. Today followed by 1.1 million subscribers on Instagram, she fought to succeed in life. A unique success story that she takes advantage of today to help others.
Wendy Nguyen Said that her life started when her family emigrated to the United States when she was 8 years old. Coming from Vietnam, she has practically no memories of her childhood. But very quickly, her daily life changes from joy and light towards sadness when at the age of 15 she was placed in a home because her family daily life became too dangerous. She lives in a host family until her majority.
- Date of birth: born in 1986
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Wendy Nguyen’s dreams of cinema
At that time, the need to study higher. “”During a visit to my social worker, she said to me: 30 % of children who leave their host family become homeless, 30 % of women get pregnant, 30 % land in prison and only 10 % get out of it. And out of these 10 %, only a handful will go to university. And you, what do you want to do Wendy?“The lesson is tough and Wendy takes the leadership of the University of Berkeley, for fear of being SDF, and obtains a baccalaureate in psychology. After her studies. After her studies, she becomes a banker and in parallel, she spends her nights at the San Francisco miners’ detention center in order to help young people succeed in their end of secondary school exams. With her lover of the time, James, they nourish. Dreams.
Birth of a blog
Wendy Nguyen Then has an agent and begins to audition for advertising spots. James postulates and is accepted at the USC film school. In 2010, they then had the idea of launching their own fashion chain. James has fun filming Wendy combining different fashion pieces together. This is the birth of the YouTube channel Wendy’s Lookbook. Success was there in 2011 with one of their videos, entitled “25 Ways to build a scarf”. Become viral, it is viewed to Brazil where it is even taken up by the magazine Marie Claire Brazil. Result: more than 29 million views!
Wendy Nguyen, a committed woman
Will quickly follow the launch of the blog of the same name and, in 2015, the creation of Wendy’s Lookbook Foundation. This provides emergency accommodation, medical, educational and financial support for young adults affected by the justice system for minors. “”As long as I can, I will fight to support the young people who are placed or come out of foster families, those who are in prison and have no support. We can all help weave hope and love to encourage those who need it“, Recalls the influencer on her blog. In parallel, she is a member of the Council of Insideout Writers, a non -profit organization based in Los Angeles which gives weekly writing lessons in the prisons for minors of the County of Los Angeles. A huge heart we tell you!
Life to the fullest
Since then, installed in New York and separated from her youthful love since 2014, she has fun transmitting the joy of life. His blog and his channel speak of fashion, travel, beauty, offer tutorials and give advice. She strives to share and build a strong emotional link with her fans, in the good as in the most difficult moments of her life. Wendy Nguyen is like a big sister, more attached to feelings than luxury bags and that is undoubtedly what makes her so different from other influencers. Today, she even found great love with Colin Gardner (writer and actor). They have been in a relationship for three years already. She has also just inaugurated her own shop in New York in New York Artemicthe first CBD Shop, including a product shop around hemp (@Artemishousenyc).
