Shonduras

Shaun Todd McBride (born July 7, 1989), better known by his online alias Shonduras, is an American artist and social media personality. He's is best known on Snapchat for his finger-drawings, Vine, and YouTube.[1][2]

Early life

Shonduras was born in West Point, Utah. Shonduras currently lives with his wife, in Clearfield, Utah. In August 2006 through August 2008,[3] Shaun went on an LDS mission to Honduras.[4] When he got back home, his friends called Shaun, "Shonduras." It was a combination of "Shaun" and "Honduras." Thus his online name.[5]

Discovery

In 2014, Shonduras had made a Snapchat account to share his adventures with his family.[6][7] He then started drawing on Snapchat, and sent his drawings to his family. He started getting popular after he had doodled an old lady, that had rainbow hair, into a pony. He had sent it to his sisters, and they showed it to their friends at school. They then started adding him to see more of his Snapchat art.[8] That is where his audience first started really growing. Shonduras' audience has become so big that, by advertising through Snapchat, snapchatting has become his job.[9] Shonduras is also Snapchat's first homegrown celebrity.[10][11]

Snapchat stories

Daily, Shonduras is creating content on Snapchat. He Snapchats every adventure of his, to share with his fans. His stories have included him walking a tiger and riding an elephant in Thailand, him flying in a helicopter over glaciers in Alaska, him at Disneyland, Disney World, and backstage at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.[12] However, his stories can be created from day-to-day things, too. Such as him gaming with friends, skateboarding with friends, going to the dentist, or waiting 7 hours at an airport for his flight to leave. No matter what he may be up to, he turns it into a Snapchat story. Entitled "Make My Monday," he completes dares that are sent to him by his fans every Monday.[13] Shonduras participated in "SnapperHero."[14][15] SnapperHero was Snapchat's first original series.[16]

Nominations and awards

In the 7th annual Shorty Awards, Shonduras was a finalist in "The best Snapchatter" category.[17] In the 5th annual Streamy Awards, Shonduras was nominated for both "Best Short Form Creativity" and "Best Snapchat Storyteller." SnapperHero, which Shonduras participated in, won the Streamy Award for "Best Short Form Creativity." In both the 5th and 6th annual Streamy Awards, Shonduras won the "Snapchat Storyteller" Streamy award.[18][19] In 2016, Shonduras was nominated in The Ghosties for both "Snapchatter of the Year," and "Best Storyteller." He won the "Snapchatter of the Year" Ghostie award.[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weissman, Saya. "Meet the Michelangelo of Snapchat". www.DigiDay.com.
  2. ↑ Piper, Matthew. "Utah sales rep creates witty Snapchats in traveling downtime". www.sltrib.com.
  3. ↑ "Shaun (Shonduras) McBride". www.LinkedIn.com.
  4. ↑ Wright, Jason. "Why I knocked on the door of online celebrity Shonduras". www.DeseretNews.com.
  5. ↑ "How Did Snapchat Celebrity Shonduras Get His Name?". www.Scionav.com.
  6. ↑ Christensen, Megan. "Utah professional Snapchatter says every day is the 'best day ever'". www.KSL.com.
  7. ↑ Battelle, Dasha. "Kooky Snapchat Artist Shares His Adventures 10 Seconds at a Time". www.Mashable.com.
  8. ↑ Huet, Ellen. "The Rise Of Snapchat Celebrities". www.Forbes.Com.
  9. ↑ Stamper, Laura. "Meet the First Viral Snapchat Stars". www.Time.com.
  10. ↑ Quiamco, Cyrene. "Meet the First Snapchat Celebrity". www.The11thsecond.com.
  11. ↑ Barakat, Christie. "Rising Snapchat Stars Earn $100,000 per Week". www.AdWeek.com.
  12. ↑ Wagner, Kurt. "What The Heck is a Snapchat Celebrity?". www.Recode.net.
  13. ↑ Weiss, Geoff. "Shaun 'Shonduras' McBride Launches Interactive Weekly Snapchat Series 'Make My Monday'". www.TubeFilter.com.
  14. ↑ Bloom, David. "Snapchat Scripted Series 'SnapperHero' Launches From AT&T, Astronauts Wanted". www.Deadline.com.
  15. ↑ Kafka, Peter. "Here Come Shows for Snapchat, Made By YouTube Stars, Paid for by AT&T". www.Recode.com.
  16. ↑ Abbruzzese, Jason. "Original series 'SnapperHero' featuring YouTube stars is heading to Snapchat". www.Mashable.com.
  17. ↑ "SHONDURAS finalist in SNAPCHATTER". www.ShortyAwards.com. Shorty Awards.
  18. ↑ "5th annual nominations & winners". www.StreamyAwards.com. Streamy Awards.
  19. ↑ "6th Annual Winners & Nominees". www.Streamys.org. Streamy Awards.
  20. ↑ "The Ghosties: Snapchatter of the Year". ghosties.snaphappen.com. Snaphappen.

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