Joelle Joanie "JoJo" Siwa is an American dancer, singer, actress and YouTuber.
25 Facts About JoJo Siwa
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JoJo Siwa is known for appearing for two seasons on Dance Moms along with her mother, Jessalynn Siwa, and for her singles "Boomerang" and "Kid in a Candy Store".
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JoJo Siwa was included on Times annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.
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Joelle Joanie Siwa was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 19,2003, to Jessalynn, a professional dance instructor from Iowa, and Tom Siwa, a chiropractor from Nebraska.
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JoJo Siwa has one sibling, an older brother named Jayden Siwa, who is a vlogger.
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JoJo Siwa started her career as a top-5 finalist and the youngest contestant on the second season of Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition, produced by Abby Lee Miller of Dance Moms fame.
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JoJo Siwa appeared on the show with her mother and was eliminated in week 9.
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JoJo Siwa soon began to appear on Dance Moms, beginning with auditioning for Miller's "ALDC" dance competition team in 2014 and being selected for the team in early 2015.
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In May 2016, JoJo Siwa released "Boomerang" for download and a previous single, "I Can Make U Dance".
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In 2018, JoJo Siwa was named the Breakout Artist of the Year by Vivid Seats.
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JoJo Siwa was scheduled to visit a mixture of theaters, outdoor amphitheaters and stadiums, as well as indoor arenas in a total of 52 cities across the United States and Canada.
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JoJo Siwa was included on Times annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in September 2020 and on Fast Company's Queer 50 list in 2021.
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In 2016, JoJo Siwa released a line of hair bows in a collaboration with fashion accessory and jewelry company Claire's.
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The line of hair bows, which were inspired by the hairbows JoJo Siwa is known herself for wearing, experienced particular success among primary school pupils in the United Kingdom, where some schools took to banning them for a variety of reasons, including peer pressure, causing distraction from work, the impairment of pupils' concentration, and violation of school dress policies.
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In June 2019, the FDA issued a warning about dangerous levels of asbestos in a JoJo Siwa-branded cosmetics kit, prompting Claire's to recall the product.
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JoJo Siwa later competed in season 3 of The Masked Singer as "T-Rex".
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JoJo Siwa appeared as a playable character in the 2020 video game Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix, as well at its 2022 sequel Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway.
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JoJo Siwa later apologized and claimed she was not involved in the game's content development; the game was recalled from all toy store shelves.
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JoJo Siwa competed on the thirtieth season of Dancing with the Stars, in which she was part of the first same-sex dancing partnership in the show's history.
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JoJo Siwa is one of Time 100 Most Influential People.
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JoJo Siwa and Jessalyn congratulated the group as JoJo Siwa told the judges that she is a big fan of AGT.
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JoJo Siwa was in a relationship with TikTok star Mark Bontempo from August to November 2020.
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JoJo Siwa came out as being part of the LGBTQ+ community on social media in January 2021.
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JoJo Siwa has since confirmed that she is not attracted to men.
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In February 2021, JoJo Siwa revealed that she was in a relationship with her best friend, Kylie Prew, who had asked her to be her girlfriend a month prior.