An 8 Year old Minnesota boy's funny faces made him a China star

Gavin

Here's a story that was featured on BBC News, and what's ironic is that it's about a boy from the U.S., in Minnesota, who has become a "Meme" sensation in China. We had never heard of him, but his face is all over China  Here's the story and video from BBC News: 

How does an
eight-year-old from Minneapolis become so famous in China that he gets mobbed every time he visits? By pulling faces. The expressions of Gavin Thomas are used as memes in China where people are sometimes too polite to say what they really think.

2,977,765 Followers in China!

Gavin and family welcomed in China

Gavin Thomas is a 8-year-old boy from Minnesota who enjoys bacon and is preternaturally good at making goofy facial expressions. After his initial popularity on the now-defunct video-streaming app Vine, his parents started an account for him on Weibo, the Chinese counterpart of Twitter. His highly meme-able face now graces t-shirts across Asia. His mother, Kate Thomas, spoke on his behalf.
 
Video by Jimmy Tam
  


Full story: https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/with-a-feed-of-meme-able-faces-gavin-thomas-found-3-million-followers-in-china