Joana Ceddia

Joana Campos Ceddia[1] (born June 21, 2001)[2] is a Brazilian-Canadian YouTuber, vlogger and former competitive swimmer and runner. With her quirky and ironic sense of humour, Ceddia is famed for being a person her predominantly teenaged audience can relate to.[3][4][5]

Joana Ceddia
Ceddia in 2019
Personal information
BornJoana Campos Ceddia
(2001-06-21) June 21, 2001
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ResidenceToronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2018–present
GenreComedy
Subscribers3.26 million
(July 26, 2020)
Total views267.5 million
(July 26, 2020)

Career

Joana created her YouTube channel in 2018 after suffering an injury that prevented her from pursuing a career in competitive running.[4] She became an internet phenomenon in the same year, gaining nearly two million subscribers in the space of a few months.[6] A few of Her most popular videos involve Joana cutting her hair with craft scissors, recreating popular artworks, making simple vlogs of her high school experience and jokingly "transforming" herself into popular characters and public figures by manually creating costumes.[7][3]

Ceddia was a finalist for the "Best YouTube Comedian" category at the Shorty Awards in 2018,[6] and was nominated for the "Breakout Creator" category at the 2019 Streamy Awards.[8]

As of July 2020, her YouTube channel has accumulated 3.25 million subscribers and 268,494,561 views from her videos collectively.[9] She also has two items of merchandise currently available; the 'Joana Trinket Box' and the 'Joana Ceddia Sweater'.

Personal life

Ceddia currently lives with her mother Denilce Campos, and father, Rolando Ceddia, in Toronto, where she is studying physics and astronomy at university.[4][10] Her mother represented Brazil at the 1980 and 1982 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships, winning gold in team all-around both times. Her father is an associate professor at the School of Kinesiology & Health Science at York University.[11] Ceddia has participated in competitive school swimming and is an OFSAA gold medalist.[12][13][14].

On March 17, 2020, Ceddia released a video where she had hatched 24 quails, naming the ones who hatched Quigley, Quinton, Quincy, Qelly (Kelly with a Q), and Dula Peep.[15] On June 19, 2020, she revealed in a video that Qelly had passed away on May 13, 2020 due to suspected genetic complications.[16] Ceddia said that after her quails die, she will not own a pet again, due to the moral conflicts it presents to her, evident in this statement, "taking an animal away from its natural habitat and then keeping it in a box for my personal pleasure.", she made in one of her previous videos. [17]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref(s)
2019 Shorty Awards Best YouTube Comedian Nominated [6]
Streamy Awards Breakout Creator Nominated [8]

References
  1. "CAMPOS CEDDIA, Joanna". Swimrankings.
  2. Ceddia, Joana (January 22, 2019), "The History of John Cena", YouTube, retrieved August 6, 2019
  3. Sung, Morgan (September 22, 2018). "Joana Ceddia went viral and brought back the spirit of old YouTube". Mashable. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  4. Ohlheiser, Abby (July 17, 2019). "Joana Ceddia got famous on YouTube for being a normal teen. She's trying to stay that way". Washington Post.
  5. Stephens, Hugh (July 11, 2019). "14 Top Instagram Trends To Watch For In 2019". Business 2 Community. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
  6. "Joana Ceddia - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  7. Decaille, Nia (March 21, 2019). "These 'how to' videos on YouTube won't teach you how to be a better adult. But they're not supposed to". Washington Post. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  8. Jarvey, Natalie (October 16, 2019). "Lilly Singh, David Dobrik and Emma Chamberlain Earn Streamy Award Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  9. "Joana Ceddia". YouTube.
  10. Ceddia, Joana (September 10, 2019), "It is the first day of university", YouTube, retrieved September 24, 2019
  11. "Faculty of Health". Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  12. Baker, Brian (March 27, 2019). "York Mills swim team shines in the pool at OFSAA". Streeter. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  13. Rick Mahoney [@pmahoney1967] (February 28, 2018). "Congrats to @TDSSAA_TDSB and @TDSB_YMCI Joana Ceddia double gold medalist at #ofsaaswimming2018" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. Ceddia, Joana (March 10, 2019). "Come with me to a swim meet". YouTube. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  15. I hatched 24 quails, retrieved 2020-06-25
  16. "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  17. "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
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