In a recent exclusive interview with People magazine, Valkyrae, a well-known foreign beauty anchor, told how she turned her childhood love into a business empire that spans games, fashion, film and television.
Valkyrae revealed that she first came into contact with a game controller at the nanny's house when she was 6 years old. From then on, she was "completely addicted and never stopped."
The 34-year-old Valkyrae worked three jobs at the same time - a bank, a car wash, and a game station. He also had to find time to broadcast live in the evening. Until one day she discovered that her income from live broadcasting had exceeded all her full-time jobs combined. "At that moment I realized that I could quit my job." Today, she has more than 11 million fans on major platforms. She not only bought a house for her mother and sister, paid off all the bills, and even allowed her mother to retire early.
Her territory goes far beyond that: she appeared on the cover of Vogue Philippines, lent her voice to an animated film, and appeared in Family Plan starring Mark Wahlberg. In 2018, she joined the e-sports organization 100 Thieves and became the first female partner. Later, she founded her own media company Hihi Studios, which is involved in comics, film and television and game development. "We're working on a game and I'm looking forward to it," she revealed.
"Games have completely changed my life and made me who I am today," Valkyrae said. Her ultimate goal is to have the company's projects win Oscars. "This is just the beginning, I will do it for the rest of my life."