So what you're saying is you want her to do everything?
Yes, personally that is what I would expect from someone "self-made". You do everything down to the detail yourself, it burns you out, costs you all of your day all week. You actually have to work, even more than the general public. You don't get a cushy modelling gig from your mother, use that money and easy loaned money through family to start your business and then just coast only pretty pictures and social media marketing speak all day.
How much work does such a social media thing even require? Like 2-3 hours a day maybe? Let your crew come to your house, do the shot, post and be done with it and let your team handle the rest.
By that dictionary.com definition though, no one is self made.
"Having succeeded in life unaided"
If I were born into poverty, started my own business with a loan from the bank and turned it into a billion dollar business, wouldn't I not be self made due to the loan I received and other "aid" I received along the way?
If that definition is applied extremely literally, I can't think of a single person ever who would fit the definition of self made.
Personally it has to do with the amount and strength of help you received. Coming from a millionaire family is never self-made.
If you are poor and slowly work yourself up then you are largely self-made even if you had lucky opportunities in life.
Yeah good for her. She obviously managed to utilize her fame in an effective way. At the same time though, I kind of understand where all the frustration in here is coming from but really, financial success of this level absolutely involves luck - a fact which can be difficult to take in.
Still amazes me though that online marketing is so highly valued in today's society. Instagram/Youtube stars are the new demigods of the new generation it seems. "Influencer" seems like an apt term.
Natural tribalism and worship, it is no surprise that society values it that much. People worshiped stone statues in the past despite them being worthless and having no power at all and representing questionable values they themself made up. Humans like to look away from harsh reality, entertain themself and loose themself in an illusion. =/
