A lanky 16-year-old with dyed white hair and piercing blue eyes walks through Paris’ Jardin des Tuileries when a group of girls spots him. They raise their phones and start snapping photos while dozens more teens rush toward him. Suddenly, he’s surrounded by close to 200 squealing girls. This isn’t a member of One Direction. It’s Lucky Blue Smith, a Mormon model with a rabid social media following, who moonlights in a band with his equally beautiful sisters.
While traveling for work, he started posting his where-abouts to connect with his 825,000 Instagram followers. And whether he’s in the Big Apple, Milan or Paris, they always show. Sometimes, he’ll even grab coffee or lunch with an admirer. Would-be suitors might be out of, ahem, luck for now. Smith says he’s in the beginning stages of a relationship. And while he won’t reveal much about his new girl, he says he likes the low-key type. “I like a girl with a good personality that I can have fun with. If I am taking you out on a date, let’s eat burgers and cheese fries,” says Smith.
“When we are confronted with evidence that challenges our deeply held beliefs we are more likely to reframe the evidence than we are to alter our beliefs. We simply invent new reasons, new justifications, new explanations. Sometimes we ignore the evidence altogether.” (Mathew Syed 'Black Box Thinking')
Unlike traditional celebrities who protect their private lives, many Internet-famous kids, like Lucky, are endlessly open and accessible and want to interact with their fans — within reason. “I get about 150 direct messages a day on Instagram,” he says. All from girls. He doesn’t open them. “I don’t want to disappoint them by not replying,” he says, “But if I did reply to all of them I’d never have time for anything else.” As a Mormon, he’s also planning on abstaining from sex until he’s married.
Given the images he posts of himself in various stages of undress, I'd say he won't be feraturing in any official Church publication any time soon...
“When we are confronted with evidence that challenges our deeply held beliefs we are more likely to reframe the evidence than we are to alter our beliefs. We simply invent new reasons, new justifications, new explanations. Sometimes we ignore the evidence altogether.” (Mathew Syed 'Black Box Thinking')
