Do You ReMEMEber them?
Memes: everyone knows them and uses them everyday to express a wide range of emotions and perfectly compliment moments in their daily lives. They’re funny, relatable, and quickly recognized by most internet users…or at least they were. Where are they now? What do they look like? Has the meme industry given them fame and fortune? We’re looking at 3 of the most prolific memes featuring real people and digging deeper to find out what they’re up to today. For a look at the complete list of meme stars and their current whereabouts, check out the video tomorrow for the Top 10 Meme Stars: Where Are They Now? on WatchMojo‘s main channel.
Hot Convict
Most modelling careers don’t start with a mugshot, but this one did! After police in Stockton, California posted Jeremy Meeks’ mugshot online people quickly dubbed him “Hot Convict†because of his piercing blue eyes and chiseled jaw. When he got out of prison, he began modeling in both print and on the runway, and has appeared in fashion magazines like Vogue. As of 2017, Meeks was in a relationship with Chloe Green, a British retail heiress. The two have a child together, born in May of 2018, Jayden Meeks-Green.
Ermahgerd
Sometimes a girl just wants to pose with her collection of “Goosebumps†novels and NOT be turned into a viral meme, ok?? So you might be disappointed to learn that the origins of the “Ermahgerd Gersberms” might not be as authentically dorky as you imagined. Maggie Goldenberger, the girl who appears in the picture, was actually just goofing around with her friends and dressing up in silly costumes when the pic was snapped. It wasn’t until many years later that it ended up a viral sensation. Today, Goldenberger works as a nurse in Arizona, and largely goes unrecognized.
Success Kid
Whenever you need to send a message of determination and victory, you can always fall back on Success Kid. (But hey, it can work as an image of frustration, too. It contains multitudes.) And in real life, this little boy-now-very-young-teenager has used his Internet fame to create some genuine successes. Sammy Griner is the little boy from the Success Kid meme, and the confident photo of him with a fistful of sand, taken on a beach in 2007 when he was 11 months old, has been spread far and wide, including in ads. According to Business Insider, he (and his mom) used his popularity to help raise money online to help with the costs of his father’s 2015 kidney transplant.
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