Lauren Riihimaki
Lauren Riihimäki | ||||
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| Born | Lauren Kobayashi Riihimaki[1] August 11, 1993 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | |||
| Nationality | Canadian | |||
| Alma mater | Ryerson University | |||
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| Partner(s) | Jeremy Lewis (2019 – present) | |||
| YouTube information | ||||
| Channels | LaurDIY LaurDIY Vlogs WILD 'TIL 9 | |||
| Years active | 2011–present | |||
| Genre | DIY, Music, Beauty | |||
| Subscribers | 8.65 million | |||
| Total views | 387 million | |||
| Catchphrase(s) | "Hey, guys. What's up? It's Lauren." | |||
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Updated: June 11, 2021 | ||||
| Website | laurdiy | |||
Lauren Kobayashi Riihimaki (born August 11, 1993)[2] is a Canadian YouTuber known for her channel LaurDIY.[3] As of March 2021, her main YouTube channel has over 8 million subscribers and her vlog YouTube channel has over 300 thousand subscribers.[4]
Career[]
Riihimaki began posting DIY tutorial videos on her blog in her first year of university in Toronto. She first joined YouTube on December 1, 2011,[3] originally to post her sewing videos on the platform.[5] In 2015, she graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in graphic communications management.[6] She won a Shorty Award in the "House & Home" category at the tenth annual ceremony.[7] She also won a Streamy Award in the "Lifestyle" category at the Awards' debut ceremony in 2017.[4] In the same year, her web series Served By LaurDIY premiered on Facebook Watch.[8]
In 2017, Riihimaki appeared as The Engineer, in season 2 of the YouTube Premium series, Escape the Night, created by Joey Graceffa.[9]
In 2019, Riihimaki was announced to host and executive produce a future HBO Max competition series called Craftopia.[10]
Personal life[]
Riihimäki is of Finnish and Ukrainian descent through her father (from whom she inherited her Finnish last name), and of Japanese descent through her mother.
Riihimäki dated Sebastian "Baz" Morris from 2010 to 2015, with the pair remaining friends after they split. Morris died in late May 2020. She started dating fellow YouTuber Alexander "Alex" Burriss, also known as Alex Wassabi on YouTube, in 2015. They broke up in September 2018.[11][12]
In 2019, Riihimäki began dating singer and entrepreneur Jeremy Lewis.[13] She has a dog named Moose, a Miniature Bull Terrier, which she adopted in 2017.
References[]
- ^ Draw My Life (YouTube video). 24 April 2016. Event occurs at 0:15.
- ^ Riihimaki, Lauren [@laurdiy] (11 August 2018). "25