Woah Vicky, popularly known as Icky Vicky, is a famous American social media sensation, known widely for posting her meme-inspired images and other lifestyle details on the internet. She caught the public’s attention for claiming to be of African-American descent despite her light skin and long straight hair, as she determined through an ancestry test.
Age, Early Life, Education Background
Born Victoria Waldrip in Atlanta, Georgia, under the Leo zodiac sign on 7 March 2000, Woah Vicky is 21 years old as of 2021. She was born to Steve Waldrip, a mentor at the Georgia-based Marietta High school (he is an alumnus of University of Georgia) who is currently in the home building and real estate business, and his wife Carla Johnson, who works as a professional storyteller. She hails from an upper-middle class family, and was raised opposite her elder sister, Stephanie Waldrip who is now in her early 30), and is currently a designer.
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She attended Savannah Art and Design College and currently resides in New York.
Victoria went for her early education at John McEachern High located in Powder Springs, before going to Marietta High School. Later, she transitioned to homeschooling and was enrolled into an online school, Penn Foster High, and earned a diploma. Since she was a child, Woah dreamt of becoming a socialite and being very popular.
Interesting Facts and Hobbies
Despite claiming to hail from Zone 6, which is reputedly one of the most dangerous areas of Atlanta, Papi JJ, her previous boyfriend, revealed that she is from a wealthier part of the city – Buckhead district. Several famous celebrities and rappers such as Gucci Mane, Future, and 21 Savage come from Zone 6.
Woah likes dancing, and has mentioned on Instagram that her favourite dance style is ‘twerking,’ considered by some as one of African-American people’s popular dance moves. Most of her followers compliment her curvy shape, which has fueled her interest in dancing; she frequently posts her alluring dance moves on Instagram.
The Atlantic sensation has adopted an unoriginal ‘black’ accent and mannerisms. She likes rapping, and refers to herself as ‘Melanin Queen.’
During her free time, Woah likes watching films and TV series and listening to music. Her favourite actor and musician are Brad Pitt and Jennifer Lopez respectively.
She previously opened an account on Instagram for her baby doll, and she frequently posted the doll’s pictures as she took care of it, treating it like a real child, together with her ex-boyfriend.
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Career
YouTube Career
After matriculating, Vicky got her first job at a food joint, but quit a few days later to begin her career as a social media personality, since she wanted to be self-employed. In 2013, she opened a YouTube channel, but only began posting her videos regularly four years later; her first video “The Lotion Challenge,” featured her friends and herself eating a spoonful of lotion. Woah shares vlogs, pranks, and music on her YouTube channel. Some of her most watched videos include “Meet My New Boyfriend,” “Cloud Nevva,” and “My Crush D6 Did My Hair.”
Rapping Career
Woah is famous for her rapping skills, and on 31 October 2019 she released her first song, “Went Out Bad, Bhabie” on the music-sharing website named SoundCloud – the song has close to 27,000 plays.
She has also released several other songs, including “Big Vick,” “Cash App,” and “Don’t Like Me.” The latter has over 300,000 plays in the SoundCloud App.
Additional Works
On top of her entertainment career, Vicky is a successful businesswoman who has a line of merchandise, with which she reaches out to her customers through her website. She distributes T-shirts featuring a photo of her cartoon version, blinged-out chains, rhinestone-encrusted grills, ski masks, and many other products.
In addition to her self-titled YouTube channel, which has more than a million subscribers, Woah is active on Instagram with more than 3.1 million followers, which she uses to promote brands such as Gucci. She is also active on Facebook and Twitter, with around 300,000 and 23,000 followers respectively.
Personal Life
In 2017 Woah was dating Papi JJ, and their romantic life was frequently in the spotlight, as she regularly posted their pictures and home-made videos on her Instagram page. Moreover, they were involved in several scandals together – for instance, they were arrested together in Greensboro, so the subject of many controversies. They drifted apart gradually in 2018, and Vicky thereafter accused him of cheating, which saw them break-up later that year.
She also dated Instagram star Lil Rot for a while in 2019. As of 2021, she’s presumably single, doesn’t have childred despite her previous announcement that she was pregnant, which turned out to be fake news.
According to sources, Woah is not very close to her sister Stephanie, perhaps due to their huge age gap of more than 10 years).
Stephanie is an established Fashion Designer, who works with Shopbop, and boasts of designing clothing for popular celebrities such as Lady Gaga and Gigi Hadid.
Controversy
Woah has been the subject of controversy on several occasions, which has ironically increased her popularity. She had a feud with Danielle Bregoli, famously known as the ‘Cash Me Ousside How Bah Dah’ girl or Bhad Bhabie, after they bumped into each other in Los Angeles. In a video posted on Instagram by social media sensation and rapper Lil Tay, bodyguards are seen trying to separate Woah and Danielle who come very close to exchanging blows in public.
According to sources, the source of their conflict began in 2018, when Danielle disclosed through a tweet that she was looking forward to confronting Vicky as she – together with Lil Tay – had made provocative racial comments about Danielle’s friend online. Bhad also accused her of allegedly attacking her due her cosmetic surgery, the number of men she had sexual relationships with, and her drug use. They were seen fighting again in a studio in a video that went viral in 2019 – as of now, their feud hasn’t died down, and they often criticize each other in the public.
A few weeks before celebrating her 18th birthday, Woah was arrested at a mall in Greensboro, North Carolina, after she defied orders to exit the premises by the police when they had shown up in the mall in response to a call about an active gunman.
According to The Blast, which covers news regarding celebrity entertainment, she resisted arrest and kicked one of the officers who was trying to restrain her – she was charged with assaulting a police officer, trespassing, obstructing or delaying an officer, and resisting. The calls about the gunman were later found to be unfounded, and no weapon was discharged during the incident.
Physical Appearance, Height, and Weight
In contrast to her claims of being 25% Afro-American, Vicky has natural straight blonde hair and dark brown eyes. She has an hourglass shape, with vital statistics of approximately 33B-27-35, is 5ft 5ins (1.65m) tall and weighs around 120lbs (54kg). Her shoe size is 5(US).
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Net Worth
Woah is a controversial social media personality who has interestingly amassed fame and gained a modest fortune from all of her public appearances. She earns from her merchandise and uses her online fame to promote brands and black culture-related content. As of 2021, she is estimated to be worth close to $1 million, according to authoritative sources. She appears to be living an affluent lifestyle judging by her Instagram page, on which she posts photos wearing designer clothing such as Tommy Hilfiger bikinis and Gucci accessories.
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