Yuya (YouTuber)

Mariand Castrejón Castañeda (born March 13, 1993), better known as Yuya, is a Mexican beauty vlogger and YouTuber.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castrejón and the second or maternal family name is Castañeda.
Yuya
Yuya in 2018
Personal information
BornMariand Castrejon Castañeda
(1993-03-13) March 13, 1993
Cuernavaca, Mexico
NationalityMexican
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Websiteyuyaoficial.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2009–present
GenreBeauty
Subscribers24.6 million+
(July 2020[1])
Total views2.5 billion+
(July 2020[1])
100,000 subscribers 2014
1,000,000 subscribers 2015
10,000,000 subscribers 2016
Updated: July 3, 2020

Career

Yuya created her YouTube channel, called "lady16makeup," in 2009 after winning a YouTube make-up contest when she was 16 years old.[3]

In March 2016, she was one of seven female YouTube creators who joined the United Nations' Sustainable Development Action Campaign, aiming to "achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls."[4]

Yuya has written two books: Los secretos de Yuya (2015) and Las confesiones de Yuya (2016).[5] She released a perfume called #True in July 2015 and a makeup collection in October 2017.[6][7]

Personal life

Yuya was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. Her given name, Mariand, is a combination of her parents' names, Maribel and Andrés. She has a brother, Sergio, who also has a YouTube channel.[2] Her uncle gave her the nickname Yuya after the Mexican TV character Yuya, la gorda.[3] She was in a relationship with Beto Pasillas, also a YouTuber, but broke up in June 2019.

References
  1. "Yuya YouTube Channel statistics". socialbakers.com.
  2. "La biografía de Yuya". Cyzone (in Spanish). 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  3. Rey, Patricia (2015-02-16). "PROFILE: 'Yuya', Mexico's most profitable YouTuber". BNamericas. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  4. Addady, Michael (2016-03-02). "Female YouTube Creators Are Joining the United Nations". Fortune. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  5. Díaz Zeledón, Natalia (2016-08-19). "La mexicana Yuya alborotó a sus fans más devotos en Multiplaza Escazú". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  6. "Cyzone presenta la nueva fragancia True". La República (in Spanish). 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  7. "Yuya ya tiene una línea de cosméticos ¡y estos son nuestros preferidos!". InStyle México (in Spanish). 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2017-11-23.


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