Safiya Nygaard Is Alive

ORIGIN
Safiya Nygaard is an American YouTuber, actress, and social media personality. She rose to prominence by creating videos on the BuzzFeed platform. Her acting credits include the series TMI Hollywood and Escape the Night. Nygaard’s self-titled YouTube channel boasts 6.1+ million subscribers and 647+ million views. She specializes in fashion and beauty-related videos. As for social media, she has 1.3+ million followers on Instagram and 290K+ on Twitter. Safiya Jaffer Nygaard was born on July 16, 1992, in Chicago, Illinois. Her mom’s name is Mumtaz. She attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, Illinois, followed by Stanford University in Stanford, California. At Stanford, she appeared in theater productions for The Crucible and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

CAREER
Post-college, Nygaard wrote, produced, and directed the web series Tiger Dad Comedy. She became a video production intern at BuzzFeed in April 2015. After 7 months with the company, she was promoted to a full-time producer. During her tenure, she co-created the series ‘Ladylike’ with Fredricka Ransome. She also contributed to a boost in subscribers to the BuzzFeedYellow YouTube Channel. Nygaard parted ways with BuzzFeed in January 2017. She released a video titled “Why I Left BuzzFeed” in March 2017. Said video has been viewed more than 13 million times. In 2015, Nygaard took on various acting roles in the comedy series TMI Hollywood. She received production assistant credit for a 2015 episode “Revenge of the Commodes” from the series Bitch Please.

Nygaard originally created her YouTube channel in November 2011. She began posting regularly in 2017 following her 2-year gig with BuzzFeed. The channel has grown to 6.1+ million subscribers and more than 647 million video views. Her standout videos include “Melting Every Lipstick From Sephora Together”, “Wearing $5 Clothes From Wish For A Week” and “Giving Dolls Tiny Makeovers” featuring Shane Dawson. Nygaard does a lot of style and beauty challenges. She has a video series called “the internet made me buy it” and another called “questionable fashion decisions.” She’s collaborated with Simply Nailogical, Candace Lowry, and Wengie among others. Nygaard was cast as a journalist on the web series Escape the Night (2018). The series was created by Joey Graceffa and the cast includes Rosanna Pansino and Manny Mua.

PERSONAL
Safiya Nygaard stands tall at 5ft 10in. She’s of Indian and Danish ancestry. Her net worth is estimated at $3 million. Earnings are derived from YouTube ads among other sources. Nygaard is dating fellow YouTuber, Tyler Williams. The two met back at Stanford University. However, they didn’t start dating until a couple of years later. They have a cat named Crusty.

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