Victoria Paris. @victoriaparisf. Cult leader. Thrift goddess. TikTok star. Fitness aficionado. Confidence connoisseur. I have no idea where to even start. Victoria is a cultural phenomenon, an onion whose layers keep peeling back with every single video. She’s hard to describe, because she doesn’t have a niche: she is a niche.
Victoria’s TikTok is a place for people who want to see everything—what she’s wearing to the grocery store, what she ordered from Sweet Green for lunch, what happened when she clogged her toilet (spoiler alert: we saw the plunging action and everything). Her content caters to her diehard cult following who want to hear all of her unfiltered thoughts throughout the day, whether she’s sharing her qualms with influencer culture, randomly spilling that she was originally named Remy (I still have so many questions about that), or taking her followers along with her as she navigates newfound fame.
She does something I haven’t seen before: she asks her followers for help. She learns from them and asks how to make her content more inclusive. She replies to almost every comment and takes in what her Victorians have to say. I can say with certainty that Victoria Paris is a very influential not-so influencer that other creators could learn from. And she’s just fucking iconic.
This transparency is what has made almost 700,000 people fall in love with her in less than three months. And it’s safe to say that the feeling is mutual. “I get stopped in the street multiple times a day, I haven’t met a single fucking individual that I don’t think I would be friends with in real life,” Victoria said. “I feel like everybody I talk to is so open, so I want to be open as well.”
And let’s just say, ladies and gentlemen, she delivered on the promise. What better way to get to know your friend than through a game of truth or dare? Play along with SHEESH! as we get to know the enigma herself, Victoria Paris.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Truth.
After gaining such a large following, do you ever feel pressure to post differently now that more people are watching?
VICTORIA PARIS: I think I feel pressure to be more inclusive and constantly challenge myself to accept criticism and admit when I’m wrong. I constantly feel pressure to be better than I already am, which is why I like this shit. I like being able to grow and accept my wrongdoings. It’s important to me to work in tandem with everybody in the comments. I can’t be here or be who I am without everybody else. We’re all working together to make the content more inclusive.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Dare.
We dare you to share an outfit that you look back on and cringe.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Truth.
You’ve spoken about your experiences with bullying in the past. How were you able to overcome that and become the confident queen you are today?
VICTORIA PARIS: I think that everything serves a purpose in life. It’s just a matter of, is it serving you right now, or will it serve you in the future? I was body shamed so much growing up, I faced a lot of anti-semitism for being half Jewish, all of this shit, but it all made me stronger. I internalized this hatred for my natural curly hair, and then I made it straight to fit beauty standards. Then I realized that I can be beautiful in the traditional way, but I can also be beautiful in a unique way. I can choose to be myself or choose to be what people want for me, and I can exceed in both. I’d rather just do what comes natural to me, and that’s just to be myself.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Dare.
We dare you to screenshot the last thing you were listening to on Spotify.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Truth.
How does fashion play a role in self-expression for you?
VICTORIA PARIS: Fashion ebbs and flows for me. When I was so restrictive in my life—when I forced myself to have no social media and quit drinking caffeine even though I love coffee and tea—my clothing reflected that. Now I feel like I’m so creatively in touch with myself that my clothing is extremely abstract. So, I think that my clothing is an extension of my thought process at that point in time. Like when I was marathon training, I had no creative outlets, it was more physical outlets, and all I wore was leggings and T shirts and sweatshirts. I think that my style is very reflective of where I am mentally.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Dare.
We dare you to show us your go-to date night look!
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Truth.
Is there anything you don’t like about being an influencer, or influencer culture in general?
VICTORIA PARIS: People use the number associated with my page as justification to dehumanize me, to not see me as a not real person or somebody who actually reads the comments. They see me as someone who they’re not actually hurting, like I’m not real to them because I have 600,000 followers. But I’m just as real as when I had no social media and the comments hurt just as much. That’s the one thing I hate about influencer culture: it’s dehumanizing.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Dare.
We dare you to screenshot the last thing you texted your mom.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Truth.
You’re so open with your following, but is there anything that people don’t know about you yet?
VICTORIA PARIS: I’m dating this guy, and we were sitting in bed one night talking, and he asked me to tell him one thing he doesn’t know about me. And I was like, ‘What the fuck, I don’t know? What do you know about me?’ Because I don’t remember all the shit I’ve put on the internet or all the shit I’ve told people. One thing that I say people don’t know about me is that I don’t think I know myself. I surprise myself every day. There’s parts of myself that I don’t know and that I haven’t entertained in a really long time. I feel like my life has changed so much up to this point that I forget pieces of myself, and it’s important to me to constantly be learning about who I am and who I’ve been.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Dare.
We dare you to show us your last gym look.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Truth.
Truth: When you’re at the gym, what is motivating you? Is it working towards a summer body, chasing endorphins, knowing you could beat someone in a fight, or something else?
VICTORIA PARIS: When I was younger, I played softball, volleyball, track, basketball—I played a fuck ton of sports. And then when I got to my first college, Indiana University, I got hella depressed, didn’t play any sports and gained a lot of weight. I knew that weight gain came out of a really dark place for me, so I went home and started going to the gym for the first time. I felt like I was taking control over my life again. I got really in shape, and I just felt so strong and so powerful, because it was just me reclaiming my life. From there, I don’t need to be motivated anymore, because to me, working out is like flossing my fucking teeth. It’s just part of the routine now. But the motivation in the beginning was taking control of my life, empowering myself again, and showing myself how strong I can be and how much I can do.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Dare.
We dare you to screenshot something that made you laugh today.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Truth.
It’s your last day on Earth. What are you wearing?
VICTORIA PARIS: Everything my mom’s, maybe some pieces of my dad’s, but just clothes that come from my parents. That’s what I feel most comfortable in. All the most important things on me are my mom’s, and I would say that the majority of my outfits are my parents’ clothing. I constantly feel spiritually in touch with them. Their first date was down the block from where I live in the city at this club. It’s important to me to always be in touch with my roots, and if it’s my last day, I want to be physically with my family.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Dare.
We dare you to show us a look you can’t wait to recycle for summer.
Truth or dare?
VICTORIA PARIS: Truth.
How do you hope to use your platform in the future?
VICTORIA PARIS: To do more good than bad. That’s it.
For more of Victoria, visit her YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Depop.
