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Don Benjamin (ANTM) – Where is he now? Age, Net Worth

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• Don Benjamin is a model, reality TV star, and a singer.
• He grew up in the South Side neighborhood of Chicago and moved to Los Angeles at 18 to pursue a modeling career.
• He became famous after appearing in the 20th season of America's Next Top Model in 201•
• He has released several songs since 2012 and currently has a YouTube channel with over 22,000 subscribers.
• He is currently in a relationship with social media star Liane Valenzuela and has an estimated net worth of $20 million.

Who is Don Benjamin (ANTM) and where is he now? Wiki Bio

Don Benjamin was born in Chicago, Illinois USA, on 5 May 1987 – his zodiac sign is Taurus and he holds American nationality. He is a model, reality TV star, and a singer, best known for competing in the 20th seasons of the “America’s Next Top Model” reality TV show. He is currently living in Los Angeles, California where he is working as a model.

Early life and education

Don was raised in the South Side neighborhood of Chicago, which is known for criminal activities and poverty.

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He grew up being involved in small criminal activities as well, but was never part of a gang, and because his mother wanted to get him away from that kind of life, the two moved to Florida, staying there for a short period of time before moving to Mississippi, and then to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Don matriculated from high school.

While attending high school he became interested in music, listening to performers and bands such as Boyz II Men, Jay Z, and Jagged Edge, and then taking-up rapping himself, hoping to become a famous one day. He was also physically active, as he played basketball for his high school team, becoming its captain.

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Career as a social media star and model

At the age of 18 Don moved to Los Angeles, California to become a model, after sending his pictures to several modelling agencies. However, he didn’t attract wide recognition until 2013 when he began competing in the “America’s Next Top Model” reality TV show, which aired on The CW. Don made his way through the first 12 episodes before being eliminated, and was at #8 in the overall standings. The show helped him become a famous model, as he was invited to pose for famous brands such as Guess, Pink Dolphin, and Tillys shortly after the show was over.

Two years later, he was cast to appear as a guest in the “America’s Next Top Model”, and was part of Team Marvin. He made his debut TV series appearance in “The Insider” airing on CBS in 2014 and was in 2015 featured in “Minay TV”. In 2017 he competed in the “Scared Famous” VH1 horror reality series, winning it and donating the prize of $100,000 to the charity organization Peace over Violence.

Don is also a rapper, having launched his career in 2012 when he collaborated with Photronique on her “Across the sky” track. In the same year, he released his debut song “Real”, and in October 2014 worked with Eric Bellinger on Don’s “Jealous” song.

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His third song entitled “Tonight” was released in September 2015 and the year 2016 saw the release of two of his songs called “Touch My Body” and “Hit the Snooze”. His debut extended play entitled “M.P.L.S. – EP” came out on 22 February 2018 counting five songs, some of which are “Doin Something”, “Plane Jane”, and “Hometown”.

Don is also a social media star, with his Instagram account being followed by over 2.2 million people while the YouTube channel he launched on 2 May 2011 currently counts nearly 22,000 subscribers.

Love life and girlfriend

Don started dating Liane Valenzuela in 2015 after the two met on the internet. Liane was at the time very popular on the Musical.ly website, on which people uploaded their 8-second long lip syncing videos. The two documented their relationship by launching their “Forever Us” YouTube channel on 31 October 2017, which today counts close to 200,000 subscribers and eight million views combined of all their videos. Their first video was “Welcome To Our Channel”, on which they talked about why they launched the channel, as well as about their relationship.

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In January 2018 they released their “No One” song. which was later also featured on Don’s debut Extended Play.

Liane Valenzuela was born in San Jose, California USA on 22 August 1986 – her zodiac sign is Leo and she holds American nationality. She is a social media star, singer and a model, best known for her Instagram account (4.5 million followers) and for her YouTube channel. While attending high school, she was physically active as she did gymnastics, played basketball and was a cheerleader.

She dreamed about becoming a singer, and was later signed by Brand X. She was a star on both Musical.ly and Vine platforms before these were shut down, leading to her moving to the TikTok platform on which she has become a star. She has appeared in several movies, including “Missing Heart” in 2016 and “Bad Escorts” in 2018.

Hobbies and other interests

Don has been a fan of the film industry since he was a teenager, and is still hoping to become an actor, and often attends auditions.

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Some of his favorite actors and actresses include Marlon Brando, Heath Ledger and Julianne Moore, while some of his favorite movies are “The Dark Knight”, “A Streetcar Named Desire”, and “Kingsman: The Golden Circle”. He is physically very active, and has four to five training sessions at the gym each week, while he has also practiced kickboxing for two years. He is a huge fan of basketball, with the Los Angeles Lakers being his favorite team.

Don is a huge fan of tattoos ,and almost his entire body has been inked over the years. He is a huge fan of cars; his favorite brands are Mercedes and BMW, and he prefers big cars (jeeps) over small ones. Don likes to travel in his spare time, and he usually uploads pictures taken during his travels onto his Instagram account.

Appearance and net worth

Don is 32 years old. He has short black hair and blue eyes, is 6ft 1ins (1.85m) tall, and weighs around 180lbs (82kgs). As of early 2020, his net worth is estimated at close to $20 million.

Started with TheLegit.org in April 2023. Previously, Executive Editor at Echoes Media. Holds a Journalism degree from New York University.

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Where is Frances Bean Cobain now? The Only Child of Rock Legends

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Who is Frances Bean Cobain?

American visual artist and model Frances Bean Cobain was born in Los Angeles, California USA, on 18 August 1992, making Leo her zodiac sign. She’s perhaps known best for being the only child of the late American rock ‘n’ roll musician Kurt Donald Cobain and his former wife Courtney Michelle Love, an American singer-songwriter, actress and guitarist; Frances is the owner of publicity rights to Kurt’s image and name.

Education and early life

Frances was raised in Los Angeles solely by her mother, as her father committed suicide on 5 April 1994, when she was less than two years old; he revealed in his suicide note that he no longer felt excited when listening and creating music – a large amount of heroin was found in his body. The last time that Frances saw her father alive was on 1 April 1994, when she visited him at the rehabilitation facility Exodus Recovery Center.

Frances was named after famous Scottish singer-songwriter Frances McKee, perhaps best known for being a member of the Indie band The Vaselines; American actress and author Drew Blythe Barrymore and American singer-songwriter and artist John Michael Stipe are Frances’ godparents. Her mother was arrested on drug-related charges in October 2003, and Frances then spent a year and a half living with her grandmother.

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She studied at a local high school in Los Angeles, and was mostly into singing and dancing during her time there; upon matriculating in 2010, Frances enrolled at Bard College, from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in art in 2014.

Frances’ career

Frances was only 14 years old when she launched her modelling career, posing for the British magazine “Elle” while wearing Kurt’s pajama pants and brown cardigan; then aged 16, Frances posed for the magazine “Harper’s Bazaar”. She was 19 when she modeled for Hedi Slimane’s web photo series, while the year 2016 saw her pose together with Canadian singer-songwriter Alice Glass for the magazine “Schon!”; in 2017, Frances became the face of Marc Jacobs’ Spring/Summer collection.

She launched her career as an artist in July 2010, when her collection of artwork ‘Scumfuck’ was exhibited at the Los Angeles gallery La Luz de Jesus; Frances used the pseudonym ‘Fiddle Tim’ for the exhibit. She took part in the art show “MiXTAPE” on 4 August 2012, using her real name, and on 7 June 2017, Frances and American artist Lindsey Way held a joint art exhibition at Pasadena’s Gallery 30 (California).

Frances also spent a year working for the magazine “Rolling Stone” as an intern, while it’s believed that she was invited to play Alice in the critically acclaimed 2010 adventure fantasy movie “Alice in Wonderland”, but which she rejected. She produced the 2015 documentary movie “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck”, which is about her father’s life.

In 2019, Frances served as a guest judge on the critically acclaimed competition show “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars”.

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YouTube channel

Frances doesn’t have a YouTube channel, but has allowed for her fan channel “Aine Cobain” to be launched; it was created on 26 February 2013 and today numbers more than 60,000 subscribers, while all of its videos combined number more than 7.4 million views. Most of these feature Frances singing and playing the guitar, and we’re about to cover the three most popular amongst these, as they’ve contributed to her popularity on the internet.

Frances’ #1 video “Angel – Frances Bean Cobain” has been watched more than 2.1 million times since 19 June 2019, and it’s her original song.

Her second most popular video “Frances talks about life without Kurt Cobain” has been watched close to a million times since 19 July 2018, and features her talking about growing up and living without a father.

Frances’ #3 video “Through Time – Frances Bean Cobain” was uploaded on 13 December 2018, has since been watched over 500,000 times, and is her original song.

Love life and relationships

Frances dislikes speaking about her love life in public, and often refuses to answer questions related to it in interviews, however, we still know about two men whom she’s dated.

She began dating American musician Isaiah Silva in either 2010 or 2011; he’s probably only known for being a member of the rock ‘n’ roll band The Eeries. The two married on 29 June 2014, but Frances filed for divorce on 23 March 2016; it was finalized on 30 November 2017.

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Since 2020, she’s been in a relationship with American musician and professional skateboarder Hudson Riley Hawk, who’s perhaps only known for being the son of famous American professional skateboarder and entrepreneur Anthony Frank ‘Tony’ Hawk.

Frances hasn’t spoken of other men whom she’s maybe been with, and there are rumors circulating the internet claiming that she’s bisexual, but she’s yet to address these; she’s in a relationship with Hudson Riley Hawk as of April 2023, was once married to Isaiah Silva, and doesn’t have children.

Interesting facts and hobbies

Frances enjoys being active on Instagram, and has uploaded 50 pictures and videos onto her account, while more than 1.5 million people are following her on the social media network; most of her pictures are art which has been created by her, while others show her spending time with her friends and family members.

She’s a fan of tattoos, and has several inked onto her arms and back.

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Frances is a huge cat-lover, and also likes dogs and parrots.

She’s passionate about travelling, and has been to various US states and European countries, mostly for work, while her favorite city for vacationing is Miami, Florida.

Frances has revealed that her favorite Nirvana songs are “Dumb” and “Territorial”, as well as that she prefers the bands Mercury Rev, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Oasis over Nirvana.

Helena Bonham Carter’s her favorite actress, while some of Frances’ favorite movies are “Fight Club”, “Enola Holmes 2” and “Corpse Bride”.

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Height, eyes and wealth

Frances’ age is 30. She has brown hair and blue eyes, is 5ft 3ins (1.6m) tall and weighs around 115lbs (52kgs).

Frances’ net worth’s been estimated at over $200 million, as of April 2023, nearly all of which she inherited from her father.

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Sophia Rose Stallone – Who is Sylvester Stallone’s daughter?

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Who is Sophia Rose Stallone?

Sophia Rose Stallone was born on 27 August 1996, in Miami, Florida, USA, and is a model, but best known to the public for being the daughter of actor Sylvester Stallone an his third wife, former model Jennifer Flavin. Her father is known for appearing in numerous popular films during his career, most notably the “Rocky” series, in which he portrayed the titular boxer in a series of films, and as the titular “Rambo” in another series.

The Net Worth of Sophia Rose Stallone

As of early-2020, Sophia Rose Stallone’s net worth is estimated to be over $500,000, thanks mostly through a successful career as a model.

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While she’s gained some big contracts through modeling work, she plans to engage in business endeavors which can potentially elevate her wealth. She probably benefits from the success of her father as well with Stallone having a net worth of over $400 million, accumulated from being a part of some of the most successful film franchises in history.

Early Life

Sophia Rose was born with a small heart defect – it was discovered by doctors that she had a hole in her heart, which led to open heart surgery as a newborn to amend it before it could get any more complicated.

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She grew up in Miami alongside two sisters, and with two half-brothers though they aren’t as close, being from her father’s previous marriages.

Due to her heart condition, she lived a mostly strict lifestyle, with much of her food controlled while she wasn’t allowed to engage in physical activities as her heart was still developing. She grew close to her father during this time, who focused on teaching all his offspring correct speech, as it is a problem that he had to deal with all his life.

Education and Career

Sophia Rose did some physical activities with her father, but kept it toned down to avoid any unnecessary problems.

After matriculating from high school, she enrolled at the University of Southern California where she took up a degree in Art History, but later changed her mind and shifted to Communications with a minor in Entrepreneurship. While she grew close to her father, she set her sights on following a career similar to that of her mother.

After completing her studies, she began looking for professional modeling work. She had an edge to begin with being the daughter of a former model, and a Hollywood star. She had appeared on television with her sisters numerous times, and her mother taught her more about the fashion industry.

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Eventually, she started working on photoshoots and catwalk events, leading her to be featured on the cover of “Harper’s Bazaar”. In 2017, she was then selected to be an ambassador of the Golden Globe Awards, joining her sisters as she was named Miss Golden Globe to complement her duties. In recent months, she has expressed a desire to follow her mother in becoming an entrepreneur once her modeling career is done. She is inspired by the likes of Kylie Jenner ,who became highly successful in business with her focus on the beauty industry.

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Father – Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester grew up in Manhattan, New York, USA where his mother worked as a women’s wrestling promoter while his father was a beautician. He is of Italian descent through his father, and of Jewish and French descent from her mother’s side. From a young age, he suffered from partial paralysis on his face due to complications during his delivery as a baby. These features would become a few of his most iconic, as he developed a career in entertainment.

He attended Lincoln High School and later went to Charlotte Hall Military Academy. After matriculating from high school, he enrolled at Miami Dade College and then completed his studies at the University of Miami.

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While briefly living in Switzerland, he gained his first professional acting role in “Downhill Racer”, though it was uncredited. It inspired him to pursue a career in acting though he didn’t get any roles for a while leaving him nearly broke and homeless. This persuaded him to appear in his first feature, the notorious pornographic film “The Party at Kitty and Stud’s”, but which didn’t include pornographic scenes compared to today’s standards.

The Success of Sylvester Stallone

With his return to the US, Sylvester began taking more roles which would eventually lead him to envision film projects.He wrote and starred in the film “Rocky”, creating the role of the boxer Rocky Balboa which elevated him to stardom.

He would continue making films in the franchise and then created another one, playing John Rambo in the “Rambo” films. Both franchises have had numerous iterations during his career, continuing the story.

“Rocky” remains the most successful, as he transitioned the character from boxer to mentor in “Creed” and “Creed II”, taking care of the child of his late mentor. In 2010 he wrote and directed “The Expendables” films, which are noted for featuring various popular action stars from the 1980s to the 1990s. For his work, he’s won numerous awards including a Golden Globe, and been nominated three times for an Academy Award.

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His “Rocky” films have been so iconic, that the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art have been nicknamed the Rocky Steps as he was seen training there in a montage in the film.

Personal Life

Sophia Rose was last reported to be in a relationship with soccer player Connor Spears, whom she met while a student at the University of California. It is not known if they are still together as she has not posted any photos of him for a very long time. She enjoys spending her free time with her family, as they are very close. She also goes to a lot of fashion events and is very interested in art. She also enjoys the occasional travel, going to resort locations or sports events.

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The Untold Truth of Emma Watson’s Brother – Alex Watson

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Who is Alex Watson?

The Wealth of Alex Watson

As of early-2020, Alex Watson has a net worth estimated to be Alexander Watson was born on 15 December 1992, in Paris, France, and is best known for being the brother of actress Emma Watson who found fame in the “Harry Potter” film franchise, playing the role of Hermione Granger. The siblings appeared together in a Burberry fashion campaign, and he’s also made several cameo appearances in the “Harry Potter” films.

over $1 million, earned through success in his various endeavors, including modeling and acting projects.

He may benefit from the success of his sister, as Emma has a net worth estimated to be over $80 million.

Early Life and Cameo Appearances

While Alex was born in Paris, the family later moved to England where he and Emma grew up. He lived mostly away from the spotlight, and his skill with the French language started to decline as he became more accustomed to living in the UK. His life started to shift when Emma desired to pursue an acting career. While he didn’t have the same interests, he supported her endeavors as she began training, and appearing in a few stage productions.

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Emma’s fame increased significantly after she was cast in the “Harry Potter” film series as one of the lead characters, Hermione Granger. While the producers didn’t initially think that the film would be the worldwide phenomenon it is today, many of its cast members would grow close like family.

More Cameos and Modeling

The crew also involved other family members such as Alex, who would appear in a cameo as a student in the first film “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”. The film is based on the JK Rowling novel of the same name, following the story of the titular Harry Potter as he goes on magical adventures with his closest friends.

The first installment was a huge critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2001.

They later followed it up by continuing the book series, with “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, and Alex had another cameo in the film as a student. The 2002 film is based on the book of the same name, and continues the adventures of Harry Potter during his second year as a student of Hogwarts. In the film, he discovers that the Chamber of Secrets in the school has been opened, leading to a monster being set loose. The film, like its predecessor, was an enormous success, becoming the second highest-grossing film of the year, only behind “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”.

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For the next two “Harry Potter” films, Alex was busy with other projects so he didn’t make an appearance. He later returned to make a short cameo in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” – in that installment, Harry Potter and his best friends go through their fifth year at Hogwarts, and deal with the aftermath of the return of feared wizard Lord Voldemort.

Burberry Campaign

In 2010, media outlets reported that Alex would be partnering his sister in a campaign for the fashion brand Burberry. He didn’t initially plan to model for the brand, but while he was looking for something to wear for a “Harry Potter” premiere, he was approached by the staff who quickly signed him for a modeling gig.

Emma was there to help him as she has more experience with modeling projects. He notes that there is a lot of tension during auditions for models, as everyone is on edge trying to get a job. It didn’t seem that he continued with modeling after that gig, as he expressed no interest in being overly concerned about his physical appearance.

Personal Life

Following Alex’s appearance with Burberry, there has been no news about him. He’s been more private about his career and personal endeavors so nothing is known in terms of any romances. There are social media pages under his name, though they appear to be fan accounts, and unrelated to him.

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His sister is known to be a universalist though it is not known if he shares the same beliefs.

Sister – Emma Watson

Despite having only acted in plays before her big-screen debut, Emma Watson flourished in her role as Hermione Granger, launching her to international star status. While working on the franchise, she gained numerous other projects, and after the end of the “Harry Potter” films, she went on to star in other projects.

In the 2010s, she appeared in notable films such as “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, “The Bling Ring”, and “This is the End”.

In 2017, she played the character Belle in the live-action adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast”, and also appeared in the film adaptation of “Little Women”, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Emma Watson’s Recent Projects

In 2014, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts rewarded Emma with the British Artist of the Year Award. She hasn’t yet taken any new film projects following her appearance in “Little Women”. While working on her acting career, she continued to pursue her education, and completed a degree in English literature in 2014.

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She’s also been doing modeling work, such as for campaigns with Lancome and Burberry.

Emma’s been very vocal about issues of human rights and gender equality – she is a UN Women Goodwill ambassador, and is responsible for helping launch the campaign HeForShe, the goal being for genders to work towards having gender equality. She’s been very active in work for women’s rights, recently establishing a legal advice line to help women who’ve suffered sexual harassment at the workplace.

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