Quenlin Blackwell

Quenlin Riquera "Quen" Blackwell is an American internet personality, comedian, and model. She initially gained widespread recognition as a teenager in the mid-2010s by sharing comedic short-form videos on Vine. Following the closure of that platform, she expanded her footprint across major digital networks, including YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram, establishing herself as a prominent digital creator and media figure.

Born on January 17, 2001, in Dallas, Texas, Blackwell spent her early childhood in Cincinnati before her family relocated to a Dallas suburb when she was three years old. She began uploading videos to YouTube at age nine and participated in cheerleading during her youth, attending Allen High School. Her early online visibility grew significantly at age 12 after a video she posted reached five million views in a single day.

Blackwell launched her Vine account in 2015 at age 14, acquiring over 500,000 followers through physical comedy content, including a viral video of a cheerleading fall. After relocating to Los Angeles at age 17, she transitioned her fanbase to Twitter and YouTube. A image macro derived from one of her 2018 Twitter videos became a widespread internet meme in 2019. She began sharing vlog content on TikTok in 2019 and signed with United Talent Agency in 2021, the same year she received a nomination for Breakout Creator at the 11th Streamy Awards and appeared in the competition series No. 1 Chicken. In late 2023, she launched a clothing brand named Riquera.

Over the course of her career, Blackwell has expanded into modeling, hosting, and music video appearances. She appeared in SG Lewis and Lucky Daye's video for "Feed the Fire" in 2020 and Charli XCX's video for "360" in 2024, later joining Charli XCX onstage during a performance at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. She made her runway debut at Paris Fashion Week for Off-White in March 2024 and subsequently walked in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in October 2025. Her hosting engagements include YouTube's Coachella livestream in 2022, the GQ Men of the Year event in 2025, and the Vanity Fair Oscars Party in 2026. As of 2025, she hosts the YouTube culinary interview series Feeding Starving Celebrities.

Blackwell has collaborated with numerous commercial and luxury brands. Her modeling work includes campaigns for Savage X Fenty, Stella McCartney, Glossier, Old Navy, Chanel, Charlotte Tilbury, Elisa Johnson, Hennessy, Youth To The People, Pinterest, Balenciaga, and Nike. In 2026, she became a brand ambassador for MAC Cosmetics, launching a product collaboration with MAC and Sephora. Beyond commercial partnerships, she has appeared on the covers of publications such as Dazed, Paper, Complex, Perfect, Homme Girls, and Greatest Magazine.

In addition to her content work, Blackwell secured a guest role on the HBO series I Love LA, created by Rachel Sennott, which debuted in late 2025. By late 2024, she signed representation with Creative Artists Agency while managing a fanbase exceeding ten million followers on TikTok and over two million on Instagram. She publicly disclosed her identity as bisexual in 2018.