Jenn Im is a Korean-American YouTuber
Jenn Im
@Youtubers, Birthday and Childhood
Sep 22, 1990
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: September 22, 1990
- Nationality: American, South Korean
- Famous: Youtubers, Social Media Stars, YouTubers, Beauty Vloggers, Fashion Vloggers
- City/State: California
- Partners:
- Ben Jolliffe
- Siblings: James (elder brother)
- Universities:
- The Regents of the University of California (2013)
- University of California
- Davis
Jenn Im born at
Los Angeles, California
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Birth Place
Jenn Im was born on September 22, 1990 in Los Angeles, California to South Korean parents. Her father is a worker in the clothing manufacturing industry and her mother serves as a bank teller. Im has an elder brother whose name is James. Jenn began working at the age of 15, starting with a small job at Baskin Robbins.
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Personal Life
She attended a community college before enrolling in University of California, Davis, from where she earned her bachelor's degree in communications. Talking about the YouTuber’s love life, she is currently engaged to Ben Jolliffe, a former drummer of the rock band Young Guns. The couple resides in Los Angeles.
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Personal Life
She is on good terms with the popular Italian beauty vlogger Marzia Bisognin, who also wished Jenn on Twitter on her 23rd birthday.
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Personal Life
Jenn Im, along with her friend Sarah Chu, launched the YouTube channel ‘ClothesEncounters’ in February 2010. Their first video was titled ‘Summer Fashion Haul 2010’. After this, the duo came up with more fashion videos including lookbooks, fashion vlogs, hauls, etc. At the end of 2011, Chu left the channel and Im decided to take the entire responsibility on her shoulders. She went on to create her own videos for the channel and this time, her content was varied.
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Rise to Stardom
Besides fashion videos, the YouTuber came up with makeup tutorials, product reviews, shopping vlogs, festive lookbooks, skin care routines, and lots more. In 2016, Jenn Im released a makeup collection named "Jenn Ne Sais Quoi" in collaboration with the popular cosmetics brand ColourPop. By August 2017, her channel had garnered more than 183 million views. In September that year, the Korean-American vlogger announced that her channel had hit 2 million subscribers!
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Rise to Stardom
Till date, Jenn Im has collaborated with several beauty and fashion brands such as Macy's, Clinique, Levi's, and Calvin Klein, to name a few. In August 2017, she launched her clothing line Eggie. This clothing line incorporates elements of the YouTuber’s Korean heritage and also features gender-neutral clothes. In December 2017, Im came up with her second clothing collection.
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Rise to Stardom