For those of you that don’t know, Caitlyn Jenner was introduced to the world yesterday on the cover of Vanity Fair. The one time olympic champion then went on to set an entirely different record of being the “fastest to a million Twitter followers”. Caitlyn took the crown away from none other than the American president, Barack Obama.
Obama, who held the title for a mere two weeks, gained a million followers on his personal Twitter account in five hours. Caitlyn Jenner on the other hand made the ascension from zero to a million in just four hours, confirmed by Guinness World Records.
Jenner’s 22-page story in Vanity Fair, which includes photographs from Annie Leibovitz, has been met with encouraging words and praise, including from Jenner’s children and step-children. Kim Kardashian tweeted the cover image and wrote, “How beautiful! be happy, be proud, live life YOUR way!” Kendall Jenner linked to a video by Vanity Fair and said, simply, “now that’s a cover”.
Back in the day Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner was already a well-known figure thanks to her Olympic career (winning gold and setting a world record at the 1976 Games) and reality TV show fame. In an April 2015 interview with Diane Sawyer, Jenner, announced to the world that she was transgender.
Jenner has had a rough year but now that everything is looking up she is acknowledging her new hordes of followers. “Another Jenner world record, and at 65? Who’da thought! Humbled & honored to have reached 1M followers in 4 hrs. Thank you for your support.”
At the time of posting, @Caitlyn_Jenner has around 1.85 million followers.
Source: TechRadar
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