A mischievously grinning girl in front of a pink wallpaper: This GIF made Kailia Posey († 16) a meme * world star. Now the teenager is dead, as her family confirmed to “BNO News”.
The exact circumstances of the death are still unclear. Her daughter’s death came “like out of nowhere,” writes mother Marcy Posey Gatterman on Facebook. “I can not find any words. A beautiful woman has died,” says Gattermann.
According to reports from US local media, Posey was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles. The authorities did not initially confirm this.
Most recently in beauty pageants
Kailia Posey appeared on the TV show “Toddlers & Tiaras” in 2012 at the age of five. In one scene, the girl grinned mischievously at the camera. The short scene was then distributed worldwide as a GIF and is still used regularly today. “Toddlers & Tiaras” caused great controversy in the USA. The show followed American families preparing their children to enter beauty pageants.
Posey has appeared on and off television for the past several years. In 2018 she played the role of Agnes in the Netflix film «Eli». In addition to her TV career, Posey took part in the Miss Teen USA beauty pageant this year. Every year, the most beautiful teenager in the United States is chosen there. Posey took second place. (zis)
* Meme = pronounced [miːm] is a photo or animated GIF that spreads on the Internet and transports a corresponding message. Wikipedia even describes it as a “cultural phenomenon”.