22-year-old quits job to gorge on 5,500-calorie meals on Youtube

A woman in London quit her job to pursue a career on Youtube. Charna Rowley quit her job as an admin worker and films herself consuming around 5,5000 calories in a sitting while engaging her audience with her talks. While she gorges on food, around 40,000 people tune in to watch her.

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Speaking international media, she said, "I've just got to show how confident I am. People with a negative mindset try to discourage me by telling me how fat I am, and how I could be pretty if I try not to eat so much. Most of the time I just don't answer. I enjoy it and it gives me confidence — and now that I can monetise my channel and respond to people's requests. It can become a full-time career." She also said that her mother was not onboard with the idea initially, but came around eventually and encouraged her when she realised how passionate Charna was.

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In the videos she eats food ranging from pizza, chicken, burgers to Chinese cuisine. She uploads the videos twice a week — on Wednesdays and Sundays. At the time of writing, her videos had been viewed 1,80,153 times. 

Charna is not the first person to have uploaded the first video as such on Youtube. Many individuals have given up their jobs to become a Youtube star. Louis John Cole, better known by his online alias 'FunForLouis' is one such person. Currently a travel vlogger, he had previously gained popularity by eating animals and insects live on camera.

This unique type of video is known as Mukbang, where a host binges on large amounts of foods while interacting with the audience. It is a trend that originated in South Korea. Reportedly, Charna aims to become the UK’s first Mukbang star.

Since 2010, Youtube has been gaining immense popularity around the world, especially in countries such as USA and UK, where a significant amount of people had left their full-time jobs and joined the internet community to upload various kinds of videos ranging from travel, lifestyle, sports, daily vlogs, food, fashion to technology, documentaries, social issues, stand up comedy.

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