FEISTY MISS BLINGA NOT FAZED BY ONLINE TROLLS
Though she is disliked by many persons, the outspoken, feisty and controversial Miss Blinga, who is dubbed the Queen of TikTok, is resolute in her ‘take it or leave it’ stance and is adamant that she is here to stay.
“I get a lot of bashing and beating same way, but I am not worried about negative comments, because sometimes when I click on the profile of the person who is bashing, I can instantly tell that they don’t have Lasco or sugar in their house…I can see that they are hungry,” said Miss Blinga. “I get a lot of online threats about what they are going to do me in person, but I come to Jamaica a lot, and the love is always great. I have never had any physical form of harassment or anything.”
“Furthermore, TikTok is like another income for me. I work in the medical field, but I make enough from social media that I could quit my job if I wanted to do so. So, I know that even those who hate me really love me, because the support has always been overflowing,” she added.
The Jamaica-born, New York resident, whose stories are deemed deeply controversial, is not all about getting people angry, as she uses her popularity to assist dozens of her supporters through philanthropic acts.
I FEEL OBLIGATED TO HELP
“I have been doing this for years … and this is what really satisfies me,” said Miss Blinga. “There are a lot of Jamaicans who are in need, and I feel obligated to help them. The monies that I have given away are raised by my platform, and some of them is my personal monies.”
“There are times when people would come on the show and said they don’t have any food for their children and if I can assist; and I would ask those on the live, and if they don’t, I will do it,” she said.
Among the persons that Miss Blinga, who given name is Annalisha Campbell Lynch, has assisted is fellow TikToker Derrick Morgan. However, they have had a love-hate relationship, which is often highlighted online with backand-forth squabbles.
“When I met Derrick, I told myself that I had to help him because his situation was so bad. He told me his story and I felt so bad, so I tell myself that I was going to adopt him and make him my son, although he is older than me,” said Miss Blinga, who said she has nothing but love for Morgan.
“From he met me he has not been hungry once, but he has others around him who are in his ears who tells him stuff. I sent him money to save, so that we could use it to do his ‘merch’ (merchandise) and get a place for him to live. And when I asked him to show me a bank statement so I can show those who had contributed, him start to cuss and class mi. Sometimes mi pay him mind, and another time I don’t,” she said.
According to Miss Blinga, she was trolled by some persons because of the fallout with Morgan, and that was what led her to divert from Instagram to TikTok. But she said that has been a big blessing in disguise.
“A deh suh [TikTok] mi realise
say a whole heap a tings a gwan weh nuh right… suh RT Boss came and sit beside mi and we decide that we are going to let the people know who is fraud and who is not, and we went and we dominated the space,” said Miss Blinga.
“That is how I became Queen of TikTok, because my platform is where everybody come. People say I do mix-up, but I don’t do that. All I do is review cases and take them to the court, because I am a TikTok judge now. I don’t curse any more. My aim is to help people, while having our own little Supreme Court over there” she added.