La Divaza
Pedro Luis Joao Figueira Álvarez (was born on June 18, 1998), known as La Divaza, is a Venezuelan Youtuber.[1] La Divaza is the second Youtuber from Venezuela to reach one million subscribers after Dross.[2]
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| Born | Pedro Luis Joao Figueira Alvarez 18 June 1998 | |||||||||
| Nationality | Venezuelan, Mexican | |||||||||
| Residence | Ciudad de México , México | |||||||||
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| Channel |
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| Years active | 2012–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 10 million (2020) | |||||||||
| Total views | 715 million (2020) | |||||||||
| Network | Broadband TV | |||||||||
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| Updated 21 May 2018 | ||||||||||
Biography
He was born in the city of Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela, and studied at "Instituto Escuela Maracay" in which graduated in 2015. He began producing videos on YouTube at the end of 2012, where he described the situation in his home country. His character, "La Divaza" caused controversy nationally and internationally for the peculiar personality it presented and the content of his videos. To this day he has become an icon and a phenomenon on social media.[3]
In 2011, Divaza (Pedro for his family and friends) began making videos of the social networking site Habbo, but stopped in 2012 when his channel called La Divaza flourished.[2]
"La Divaza" is Pedro Luis alter ego. "A diva." It is a varied channel as far as content is concerned, ranging from vlogs, gameplays and reviews to annual awards like the VMAs, EMAs and the Grammys, to more serious topics of social awareness.[4]
His best friend, Jose Gregorio Santos (also know as La Jose) who lives with him in Mexico City. He has made several appearances in his channel when he lived in Venezuela but because of the distance, only contact via social networks.[5][6]
He is currently touring and performing for his millions of fans throughout the world and he has collaborated with many famous Youtubers such as Mariale, Alejo Igoa, Kimberly Loaiza and Juan Pablo Jaramillo. He got actually nine million of subscribers in YouTube.[7]
In December 2017, he released a song as a part of a viral YouTube challenge called "Roast Yourself" (like the challenge itself) that was accompanied by a music video, promoting her alter-ego. One week later, the song was available on iTunes,[8] reaching the top on Mexico and others Latin American countries. The music video got one million likes in 24 hours and more than six millions views on YouTube. As of June 2020, the music video had 115 million views and 3,5 million likes, making it the most successful song ever by a YouTuber. He performed the song live at the 2018 MTV Millennial Awards, where he hosted the show alongside Chilean singer Mon Laferte, in which he won two awards, there are: MIAW Icon of the Year and Rostizado del Año.
On November 15, 2019, he released his first song called "Cachete al Suelo" under Warner Music Group in Mexico.
References
- "La Divaza es portada de la nueva edición de la 'Revista Tú'" [La Divaza is the cover of the new edition of the ‘Revista Tú’]. Entretengo (in Spanish). 13 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- "CelebridadPlus: LA DIVAZA EL YOUTUBERS VENEZOLANO MÁS FAMOSO LLEGO AL MILLÓN EN YOUTUBE". celebridadplus.com.ve. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16.
- Ramos, Dulce Maria (18 December 2016). "Pedro Figueira". estampas.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
- "Pedro Figueira, LA DIVAZA: "No es fácil digerir qué es un youtuber" - Revista Venezolana". revistavenezolana.com.
- "La Divaza dio detalles de sus proyectos en La Bomba - Televen". televen.com. 9 March 2017.
- "La Divaza, el influencer venezolano que cautiva a América Latina". expreso.ec.
- "LA DIVAZA". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- Roast Yourself - Single by La Divaza on Apple Music, 2017-12-29, retrieved 2018-01-17