Today, nine years later, it’s had over 17.6 million views. The clip was reuploaded by another YouTube user, under the title “PSYCHO GIRL tries to sing I will always love you”. Alisha Barnardīut deleting it wouldn’t change anything. I never expected anyone to see it.”Īlisha went viral when she was just 11 years old. When she uploaded the video, “I was just a kid playing around on a laptop and somehow managed to post it to YouTube. She’s 20 now and working as a sales and customer service advisor in Scunthorpe. The “it” in question is webcam footage of her attempting to sing Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You, screaming with rage when she couldn’t hit the high notes.Īfter being shocked by the view count, Alisha frantically tried to delete it – not knowing it was already too late. “I was in my bedroom when I first saw that half a million people had viewed it,” Alisha explains. Alisha Barnard was just 11 years old when she went viral, and, losing the copyright to her own video, wasn't able to earn any revenue. Since then the image has been edited against various disasters including the sinking of the Titanic.Some meme stars, like the two boys who appeared in the world-renowned Charlie Bit My Finger video, can make an unprecedented amount of money from going viral, and you'd be forgiven for thinking the same goes for all accidental meme stars.īut not everyone is so lucky. The image found its way into the internet after Dave Roth submitted the image for a photo contest in 2007 and won. ![]() Little did they know it would walk into the meme hall of fame and eventually earn them half a million dollars. I was standing there looking evil as if I started the fire - but oh my gosh, no, I didn’t,” said Roth reported Herald Sun. ![]() “In 2005, my dad took a picture of me standing in front of a house fire. Her hair was flying and she smiled her impish, devious smile. As the house was up in flames, Zoë's father wanted to make a memory of it. Roth was 4 years old at the time and was present at the location along with her dad. There was no actual danger as it was controlled fire. People in the neighborhood had gathered around to witness the event. The firefighters had intentionally set a building on fire in Mebane, North Carolina. Remember ‘Disaster Girl?’ When Dave Roth took a photo of his daughter Zoe observing a local fire department drill, it went on to become one of the most meme’d photos in the history of the internet. ![]() The meme was purchased by a user identified as The Roths retained the copyright and will receive 10% of future sales. While the value of Ether varies on a daily basis, on Thursday 180 Ether was valued at more than $495,000, reported The New York Times. ![]() The meme was sold for 180 Ether, a form of cryptocurrency, at an auction on April 17, 2021. She also plans to use the money to pay off her student loans. Roth wants to take control of her own life and help others with the money. Roth, who's now 22, has sold the original copy of her meme as NFT (nonfungible token) for nearly half a million dollars. It's only on rare days that the meme doesn't cross your timeline. The image would go on to become one of the most popular memes on the internet. Roth gave the most devilish smirk, as a house behind her was engulfed in flames, and thus "disaster girl" was born. Zoë Roth was only four when her father, then an amateur photographer, asked her to turn and smile at the camera. Editor's note: This article was originally published on April 30, 2021.
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