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Nikkie de Jager, known online as Nikkie Tutorials, is one of the most popular beauty YouTubers in the world. Posting since 2008, Nikkie has amassed a loyal following who tune into her impressive makeup tutorials, with a subscriber count of almost 13 million.
Today, however, she shared a very different video.
On Tuesday, Australian time, the makeup mogul uploaded a video titled “I’m Coming Out”. Nikkie Tutorials revealed she is a transgender woman.
“When I was younger, I was born in the wrong body, which means that I am transgender,” the YouTuber said in the 17-minute-long video.
“Ever since I was born, I have always thought that I was a girl. I just couldn’t understand why I had short hair, or why I had to wear trousers and a t-shirt. Why couldn’t I wear dresses?” Nikkie recalls thinking.
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Top Comments
It's really gross that people were threatening to out her. Every time I see an article about something personal like this, and I read the comments saying "this should be a private matter", or "why do we need to know this" etc - this is why. Because some people are assholes, who will take advantage. Good luck to her, I'm just sorry she had to deal with jerks.