Bella Poarch

Denarie Taylor, professionally known as Bella Poarch, is a Filipino-American social media personality and singer. As of January 2021 she has the most liked video on TikTok, in which she lip syncs to the song "Soph Aspin Send" by British rapper Millie B. In May 2021, she released her debut hit single "Build a Bitch" under Warner Records.

As of May 2021, she has amassed over 66 million followers on TikTok, ranking as the third most-followed individual on the platform just behind Charli D'Amelio and Addison Rae.

Personal Life
Poarch was born in the Philippines. She told interviewers for the "H3 Podcast" that she was raised by her grandmother "in the slums" until she was 3. She was then adopted by Kenneth Taylor, an American expat, and his wife Eden. Poarch explained that for the next 10 years, she spent much of her time working on the family farm and doing chores. She has two older adopted sisters and an older brother, Bryner. Her family moved to the United States in Texas when she was 13, witht the exception of her two older sisters who remained in the Phillipines. Later, Poarch served in the United States Navy and was stationed in Japan for several years. Bella stated that her father was abusive to her and her brother, and that she didn't have friends in school.

Career
In April of 2020, Poarch started actively posting media on TikTok, where she rose to fame after her many lip sync videosmost notably her video where she is lip syncing to "Soph Aspin Send" by Millie B, currently the platforms most liked video ever and other dance videos, blogs, skits, promotional content, etc. Following her TikTok success, she launched a YouTube channel and Twitter page in the months after she joined TikTok.

Poarch is also famously associated with her alpaca stuff toy, Paca. In 2020, she released a limited clothing line RIPNDIP x Paca Collaboration.

Controversies

 * Bella was criticized for having a tattoo similar to the "Rising Sun" in her videos. The specific tattoo was a symbol of Japanese imperialism which was offensive to South Koreans. In September of 2020, she stated that she didn't know that the design was offensive, and that she covered it and scheduled to get it removed.
 * Bella was accused of being racist to one of her friends, calling them "Harambe". Poarch clarified that it was her friend's nickname in the military, meaning "strong and brave" in Swahili and not meant as a racist joke.

Trivia

 * She is 5'2" (157 centimeters) tall.
 * Her real name is not Bella Poarch, as her U.S Navy uniform has her last name identified as "Taylor". Similarly, her birthdate is also not well-defined.
 * She can play ukulele.
 * She has stated that she wants to collaborate with Korean-New Zealand singer and dancer Rosé from the South Korean girl group BLACKPINK.
 * She has PTSD.
 * She said that she had to get tattoos to cover her scars from her abusive father.