Will his followers go there to take selfies? in any case, the Grévin museum unveiled, Tuesday December 3, 2024, the wax statue of Léna Mahfouf, better known under the pseudonym Léna Situations to her 11 million subscribers on her social networks, which will be exhibited to the public from Wednesday December 4, 2024.
From his room to the museum
“I would never have imagined that by making YouTube videos in my room, I would have ended up here,” said the content creator near her statue, curly hair and gray suit.
She is the second personality – and the first woman – from an internet world to join the collection of the Parisian museum, two years after Lucas Hauchard, alias Squeezie, France's second YouTuber.
“It’s a profession where we are told so often that it’s ephemeral, and the first thing they said to me when I arrived at Grévin was “welcome, you are now immortal!” she said, adding that “it was pretty powerful for a small content creator.”
A new fashion figure
Created in six months by sculptor Laurent Mallamaci, the statue bearing his likeness will join fashion figures such as Gabrielle Chanel, Ines de la Fressange, Chantal Thomass and Jean Paul Gaultier.
She was unveiled Tuesday evening during a ceremony in the presence of other content creators, such as her companion Sébastien Frit, “Seb” on YouTube (5.6 million subscribers) or the creator of the talk show Zen on Twitch Maxime Biaggi.
Léna Mahfouf, 27, is the first French influencer to be invited to the MET Gala in New York. A consecration for this fashion enthusiast who launched her brand Hotel Mahfouf in 2022, and pieces from his own collection Le Dressing dress his double in wax. “It was important to me to be able to dress myself,” she said.
Child of the Web
She became known from the mid-2010s on YouTube and Instagram with her summer videos – her “August vlogs” – filmed with camera in hand, with energetic homemade editing and claimed authenticity.
With 4.7 million subscribers on Instagram, 3.4 million on TikTok and 2.9 million on YouTube, he is one of the most followed internet personalities in France.
Our “Léna Situations” file
She also hosts the podcast 6 seater sofa on the audio streaming platform Spotify, where she received personalities such as fashion popess Anna Wintour and American stars Pharrell Williams and Billie Eilish.
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