Margaret Palermo

Margaret Palermo

Margaret Palermo at a Polish TV show Penktadienis
Born Margaret Palermo
7 March 1975
Hungary
Ethnicity Hungarian
Years active 2003–present,[1]
Children Venus Isabelle Palermo (daughter)
Website
www.youtube.com/user/margaretpalermo

Margaret Palermo (born 7 March 1975) is a Hungarian YouTube personality, known for managing her daughter Venus Isabelle Palermo.[2][3][4]

Early life and education

In May 2010[5] while in Spain, Venus started to upload her videos to YouTube which quickly gained attention and she was invited to Japanese singer Rumi Shishido in August 2010[6] and also appeared on Japanese radio.[7] At that time the duo didn't sign an entertainment contract in Japan but returned to Spain from where they continued uploading videos to YouTube.

Because of lack of school places in South London Margaret moved to the Netherlands with her daughter Venus Isabelle Palermo in early 2014 to pursue her education,[8] after having previously lived in the United Kingdom where Venus did not receive a public school place and had to be home-schooled 3 years by her mother Margaret Palermo.[9] Few months after moving to the Netherlands they moved once again to Japan, where Venus' education is being continued now. Thanks to the unconventional methods of her teaching Venus speaks 6 languages: English, Swiss German, German, Spanish, Japanese and Dutch.[7][10][11]

Career

In 2003 Margaret Palermo took part in the Swiss movie production Ready, Steady, Charlie! as an extra.[1]

In Switzerland Margaret Palermo appeared on VIVA TV with Max Loong. Also while living in Switzerland she successfully sold her paintings and had her poems published (written in German).

Seeing Venus' potential, in 2011 her mother Margaret decided to move to Brixton, South West London with her[10] to pursue Venus' career.[12] This decision turned out to be a good one, as one of her videos, the one entitled "How to look like a doll", went viral in March 2012.[12][13] As of April 2015, the video has amassed over 12,000,000 views.[14] Since then, her and her mother have been invited to and attended various international television shows, including Daybreak,[15] TLC Discovery[16] and The Morning Show Australia.[17]

She is often criticised for allowing her daughter Venus Palermo the freedom of expression and many call it a "questionable parenting" but Margaret Palermo claims that her daughter's look is "natural", and her behaviour "innocent"[18] and appeared together with Venus on various TV shows around the world.[3][4][19]

Margaret works as Venus Isabelle Palermo's manager,[20] stylist/hairdresser,[21] photographer[20][22] and spokesperson (sold many of her shots and essays to international magazines like e.g the Chat (magazine),[23] BRAVO,[24] 20minuten[25]).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Achtung, fertig, Charlie! – Trailer". YouTube. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Weird, HuffPost (20 March 2012). "Teenager Venus Angelic Is A Real Living Doll (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Venus Palermo's mother praises 15-year-old daughter's obsession with looking like 'living doll'". Daily Mail (London). 4 April 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Venus Angelic, 15-Years-Old, Is A Living Doll; See Her With And Without Makeup [PHOTOS]". International Business Times. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  5. ↑ {{cite web https://www.youtube.com/user/VenusAngelic/about |title=Venus Angelic|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=3 April 2015}}
  6. ↑ "Rumi Shishido and Venus Angelic Singing Live "Taisetsu Na Uta"". Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "2010/8 Ustream Live Broadcast with Rumi, Palillos Redondos and Venusangelic". PostComente. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "I'VE MOVED TO THE NETHERLANDS". Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  9. ↑ Idelfonso, Ronaldo (26 October 2012). "'It makes me happy that I can inspire so many people'". PostComente (London). Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Venus, who speaks five languages, is home-schooled by Margaret, who is adamant that being a living doll is not harming her daughter". PostComente. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "how-many-languages-do-you-speak-and-what-are-they". PostComente. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "saying goodbye to tenerife". PostComente. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "Teenager Venus Angelic Is A Real Living Doll". PostComente. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  14. ↑ How to look like a doll. PostComente. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  15. ↑ Daybreak London. PostComente. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  16. ↑ My Strange Addiction: I'm a Living Doll! TLC Discovery S05 Special 01 January 2014. PostComente. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  17. ↑ The Morning Show Australia. PostComente. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  18. ↑ Watson, Leon (25 October 2012). "Living doll Venus Palermo talks about her fans and hip-hop loving friends in candid TV interview". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  19. ↑ "My Strange Addiction: I'm a Living Doll". TLC. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "TLC Strange Addiction". Venus Isabelle Palermo. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  21. ↑ "She is helped by her mother, who whips out the peroxide bottle every month to lighten her daughter’s naturally dark locks". Dailymail. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  22. ↑ "Alien Doll". Venus Isabelle Palermo). Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  23. ↑ "My walking, talking Living Doll". Chat (magazine). Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  24. ↑ "Venus(15)". BRAVO. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  25. ↑ "Manga Madchen". 20min. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

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