Signa O'Keefe

Signa is a crowned verified user on the app. Her username is simply ‘_Sig’. Up until a couple of years ago, she was a normal girl with doting parents and homework. It all changed when she posted her first video on musical.ly, with a caption that read, “ha my smiles ugly but #SmileChallenge." It was featured by the app, and she shot to fame almost instantly. As of April 2017, she has accumulated 1.45 million fans, 231.4 million hearts, and 37.1 million emoji loves, and receives thousands of comments on each of her videos. She is followed by 121K and more than 1K people on Instagram and Twitter respectively. Her YouTube account, in comparison, is relatively inactive. However, there are tons of videos of her musical.ly performances uploaded by her fans on YouTube and other video sharing sites.

When Signa was quite young, her older brother Beau passed away. She paid tribute to him with a video set to Skyler Grey’s ‘Coming Home’. Despite having had to endure such a tragedy at an early age, the way she has dealt with the grief that came with it over the years is an inspiration to all her fans. They also love how socially conscious she is, as she often posts videos in support of causes close to her heart. She believes her purpose in life is to entertain people and spread positive vibes. Her zest for life and positivity is contagious! She is on a mission to spread the happiness of her own heart across the world.

Signa O’Keefe was born in Maple Grove, a city in Minnesota, USA on September 18, 2003, to Matt O’Keefe and Shannon Ottmar. Her parents divorced when Signa was three years old. Later on her father married Carrie O''Keefe. She has a younger sister named Sophia and a younger brother named Aaden. She had another brother who died young. Signa is especially close to her mother; her mom is her inspiration and best friend. What you will never guess is that this quiet and seemingly introverted girl is as at ease on a volleyball court as she is in front of a camera. She is a middle blocker for the ‘Minnesota Select Volleyball Club’ from Maple Grove. She wears # 24 jersey and has won various accolades for her sporting acumen. It is quite evident that beyond the circumference of fame, she is still the regular girl that she always was, with all the normal day-to-day issues that teenagers generally face.