Tessa Violet
| Tessa Violet Williams | |
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Tessa Violet in 2014.
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| Born |
March 20, 1990 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 2007 - present |
| Known for | Comedy, Video blogging, music, music videos |
| Home town | Ashland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Website | youtube |
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| Web alias(es) | meekakitty |
| Web hosting service(s) | YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter |
| Signature phrase | Mind Geek |
Tessa Violet Williams (born 20 March 1990), better known as Tessa Violet and Meekakitty, is an American video blogger and singer-songwriter best known for her YouTube channel. Growing up in Oregon, she performed in theater while in high school. Williams graduated as a member of the National Honor Society from Ashland High School on June 6, 2008.
She started vlogging in 2007 at the age of 17 for a school project and began to do so daily when she traveled to Hong Kong and Thailand as a fashion model. Though her channel began as a video blog, she has since shifted her content to include fan-made music videos for well-known bands including: Relient K, Family Force 5, and Mika, as well as original songs. By 2009 Violet quit modeling completely, dropping the topic from her channel.
Her catchphrase "Mind Geek" is a reference to her stereotypically "geeky" interests such as Digimon, Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, and The Legend of Zelda.
In the Fall of 2008, while living in Seoul, Korea, Violet settled into a more traditional, less travel based format of vlogging. Focusing on stories, music videos, and skits, one of her most popular at the time were two successive videos, in which she played herself and a crazy alter-ego. The two talked back and forth about being obsessed with friend, and fellow YouTube Vloggers, WhatAboutAdam and Frezned.
In 2009, Tessa moved to New York City and her YouTube success began to snowball. In 2010, two of Tessa's videos gained impressive popularity and went viral: "Wizard Love" - feat. Heyhihello, and "Star Trek Girl", both original comedy songs released under her name Meekakitty. The videos were produced by Maker Studios. In 2010 and 2012 she also gained significant popularity with her lip-syncing videos and high production value music videos.
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