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Issue 14 · Oct 25, 2026 |
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Three names to follow before your feed catches up.
Hey there, this one's a few days late. This week: three fresh discoveries, how a Toronto model turned a Drake cameo into a business, Angela White's independent studio playbook and a TikTok payout change coming next month.
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The List 2026 is live.
25 models, ranked, each with a video of her own. New spots unlock every week, and your access is already live. Here's how it starts:
#1 Anastasya
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#2 Ashley Tervort
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The Discovery
Who they are and where to find them.
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Mili Gothicc
One look, held everywhere: her "your goth gf" persona runs the same across Instagram, X and TikTok. About 658K followers.
@deathgothicc
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Nena
The "elf next door" started posting during the 2020 lockdowns and now runs an active community across four platforms. About 125K on X.
@nenasmind_
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Vicky
A Spanish-language creator with a signature bob and glasses, and one of the five in our Unreal Creators countdown. About 112K on TikTok.
@vickyselanip
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A Toronto model with 6.5 million followers across six accounts. You may have seen her before you knew her name: she appears in Future and Drake's "Wait For U" video (2022). She never shares what she earns, but her link page lays out the blueprint behind the business.
Watch the spotlight →
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Behind the Business: Angela White
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From performer to studio owner
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Photo: Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Most performers rent their audience from someone else's platform. Angela White built an independent studio instead. She kept ownership of her catalog and controls where it's distributed, and by industry estimates that has grossed well over $15 million across a 20-year career.
The lesson for any creator: own the thing your audience pays for, not just the account they follow.
See the full breakdown →
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From November 9, TikTok is reportedly testing a LIVE rewards setup that pays select creators up to 53% in bonus pay, weighted by stream length, new followers and gifts. If it rolls out wider, going live could out-earn regular posts for the creators you follow.
Source: Net Influencer
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