Zoella, born Zoe Elizabeth Sugg worked as a child background extra appearing in two of the Harry Potter films, uncertain about her future career goals she started a blog in 2009 simply out of boredom. There were no readers except for family and friends but by the end of the year that all changed when she had hit the 1000 followers mark. Suddenly she was gaining fans from all over the world, one in particular she is still BFF’s with today. That same year she started her YouTube channel which would launch her to fame, becoming one of the most popular people in the beauty and fashion world with major sponsorship deals and a legion of loyal fans.