{{Short description|Canadian internet personality}} {{Infobox person | name = Pinkydoll | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Fedha Sinon | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|31|2023|07|17}}<ref name="nyt" /> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | other_names = | occupation = {{hlist|Livestreamer|internet personality}} | years_active = 2023–present | known_for = Viral NPC livestreams on TikTok | notable_works = }}
'''Fedha Sinon''', better known by her online alias '''Pinkydoll''', is a Canadian internet personality and online TikTok streamer. In 2023, she went viral for her non-player character (NPC) TikTok livestreams, in which she reacts to gifts sent to her with repetitive phrases and motions.
==Life and career== Before starting her social media career, Fedha Sinon<ref name="nyt" /> worked as a stripper and webcam model. She ran a cleaning company in Montreal,<ref name="nyt" /> but lost the company after traveling to Seychelles for her stepfather's funeral.<ref name="vice" /> Looking for a new way to make money, Sinon began livestreaming under the name Pinkydoll on TikTok.<ref name="vice" /> Starting in January 2023, after a commenter wrote that she looked like a non-player character in a video game, she began "NPC streaming", a phenomenon in which livestreamers on TikTok react to tips sent to them as cartoon "gifts" with repetitive, mechanical movements and phrases as though they were a non-player character.<ref name="dailybeast">{{cite web |last1=Shugerman |first1=Emily |title=15 Minutes With PinkyDoll, the NPC Streamer Baffling the Internet |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/15-minutes-with-pinkydoll-the-npc-streamer-baffling-the-internet |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=18 July 2023 |date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="washpo" /> She often streamed while popping popcorn using a hair straightener and partially based her persona on NPCs from the video game series ''Grand Theft Auto'' after watching others play it.<ref name="nyt" /><ref name="dazed">{{cite web |last1=Greig |first1=James |title=What is NPC streaming, and why is everyone so obsessed with it? |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/60368/1/ice-cream-so-good-guide-to-npc-streaming-pinkydoll-cherry-crush-tiktok |website=Dazed |access-date=18 July 2023 |date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
Screen recordings of Pinkydoll's livestreams on TikTok went viral on social media in July 2023 as phrases from her livestreams, such as "ice cream so good" in response to the ice cream cone gift and "gang gang" in response to the GG gift, became memes.<ref name="washpo">{{cite news |last1=Park |first1=Gene |title=Why TikTokers are pretending to be robots and saying 'ice cream so good' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/07/17/npc-pinkydoll-tiktok-live-streaming-robot/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=18 July 2023 |date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The virality of her livestreams prompted a rise in NPC streamers using her phrases as well as parodies of her.<ref name="vice">{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=Samantha |title=Viral TikTok NPC Streamer Pinkydoll Doesn't Care What You Think |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/viral-tiktok-npc-streamer-pinkydoll-doesnt-care-what-you-think/ |website=Vice |access-date=18 July 2023 |date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Her TikTok account reached 400,000 followers that same month, while her livestreams began to earn her as much as $7,000 in a day<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chan |first=Wilfred |date=2023-07-19 |title=$7,000 a day for five catchphrases: the TikTokers pretending to be 'non-playable characters' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/19/tiktok-npc-streaming-live-stream-pinkydoll |access-date=2023-07-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> as they reached hundreds of thousands of viewers, including Timbaland and ATL Jacob, two of her top viewers during one of her livestreams.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Joe |title=Timbaland and ATL Jacob Were the Top Viewers of 'Ice Cream, Yes Yes' TikTok Sensation Pinkydoll |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/backwoodsaltar/timbaland-atl-jacob-pinkydoll-npc-tiktok-stream |website=Complex |access-date=24 July 2023 |date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Her appeal has been attributed by critics to the uncanny valley of her movements,<ref name="vice" /> the confusion caused by her persona,<ref name="dailybeast" /> Pinkydoll's "star quality" and "voice like honey",<ref name="dazed" /> a "surreal combination of sexiness and smooth videogame character body language",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baker-Whitelaw |first1=Gavia |title='Proof that society is crumbling right in front of our eyes': Why are people paying this TikToker to pop corn kernels with a hair straightener? |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/tiktok-live-npc-pinkydoll-corn-kernels/ |website=The Daily Dot |access-date=18 July 2023 |date=11 July 2023}}</ref> and her livestreams being considered fetish content.<ref name="nyt" /> Also in July 2023, she received backlash after announcing she would be accepting a gig in Hollywood during the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Greg |title=PinkyDoll sparks backlash after announcing Hollywood job during actor and writer strikes |url=https://www.indy100.com/tiktok/pinkydoll-hollywood-job-strikes-scab |website=Indy100 |access-date=24 July 2023 |date=23 July 2023}}</ref> By August 2023, she had more than one million followers on TikTok.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Julia |last2=Lee |first2=Michelle |title=Pinkydoll Strikes a Pose at the 2023 Streamy Awards in an Icy Blue Catsuit — and Bejeweled Pedicure! |url=https://people.com/2023-streamy-awards-pinkydoll-wears-icy-blue-catsuit-red-carpet-photos-7853029 |website=People |access-date=25 November 2023 |date=28 August 2023}}</ref> While presenting at the 13th Streamy Awards in August 2023, social media users observed that her skin was darker than in her livestreams and accused her of "light skin fishing".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Sayou |title=After the Streamy Awards, the internet is confused about Pinkydoll's complexion |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/pinkydoll-streamy-awards-complexion-questioned/ |website=The Daily Dot |access-date=November 26, 2023 |date=August 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Germain |first1=Tabie |title=TikTok Star Pinkdoll Shuts Down 'Light Skin Fishing' Claims Following Streamy Awards Appearance |url=https://www.bet.com/article/18fd6f/tik-tok-pinkydoll-light-skin-fishing-npc-content |website=BET |access-date=November 26, 2023 |date=August 30, 2023}}</ref> Also in August 2023, she released the song "Ice Cream So Good" in collaboration with fashion retailer Fashion Nova.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Renshaw |first1=David |title=Yes yes yes, Arca really played PinkyDoll's "Ice cream so good" meme in her Field Day set |url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/08/21/arca-pinkydoll-ice-cream-so-good-meme |website=The Fader |access-date=November 26, 2023 |date=August 21, 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life== Pinkydoll has one son.<ref name="nyt">{{cite web |last1=Kircher |first1=Madison Malone |title=How PinkyDoll Mesmerized the Internet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/style/pinkydoll-social-media-livestream.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=18 July 2023 |date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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