Several celebrities are known to have gained fame and popularity in an instant, hilarious and suave personality and internet role model – Juanpa Zurita is one such star. Juanpa has a natural charisma which is responsible for his numerous followers on various social platforms. It’s no surprise that he commands over 17.8 million followers on his Instagram page.
The social media sensation also has 8 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, 5 million followers on his Twitter account and a total of 6 million fans on his Facebook page. His rise to fame began on his Vine channel; her first post on the platform, which went live on June 11, 2013, garnered an incredible number of views, reaching thousands of views within days of posting.
Even after Vine shut down, her Instagram page leveraged its popularity to create the incredible following it has today.
Biography & Age
The multi-talented artist was born JuanPablo Martínez-Zurita Arellano in Mexico City on March 29, 1996. His parents, Teresa Arellano and Fernando Martínez-Zurita Reed raised him with two brothers and a sister. Her siblings – Paola Zurita and Andrés Zurita are also popular social media personalities, but her other brother, Fernando Zurita, doesn’t seem to have any interest in blogging. During his formative years, his father got an appointment at the Mexican Embassy in the United States as a political adviser and had to move with his family to the United States. As a result, the family currently lives in Los Angeles.
Juanpa Zurita holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from Florida State University. He also excelled on the field and on the track during his school days.
The internet personality has also shown his philanthropic side in giving back to society. He is an ambassador for Liter for Light, an organization whose main objective is to provide electricity to communities that have none. Juanpa Zurita’s philanthropy has reached countries like the Philippines, Brazil and Mexico.
Juanpa Zurita: Career
The handsome model and actor started his social media career with the creation of his Vine account where he posted content in both English and Spanish. When the Vine platform shut down in 2017, it already had 1.8 million subscribers. Like many other Vine stars, her Instagram account leveraged her popularity for Vine to attract over 17.8 million followers. He also started a YouTube channel where he posts mostly in Spanish.
Her modeling career took off in 2016; since then, companies like Pull & Bear have used his services during their events. In October 2016, he did a promotion for Calvin Klein in Mexico City. The following year, he was in Paris to collaborate on a fashion show with Louis Vuitton. In 2017, he paraded for Dolce & Gabbana in Milan during Fashion Week. This talented model featured on the cover of GQ Italia in its July-August 2017 edition.
Juanpa Zurita has made several appearances in many TV series and movies too. In 2017, Netflix announced the development of a series about the life of Luis Miguel, starring Juanpa as the singer’s brother, Alex. At the Palacio de los Deportes Mexico, he hosted the 2017 MTV Millennial Awards on June 3, 2017 with Lele Pons.
Is JuanPa Zurita engaged to Lele Pons?
Despite being a social media celebrity, Juanpa has always kept details of his personal life away from the media. However, it is widely believed that he has had a casual relationship with fellow social media celebrity Lele Pons since 2016, although this has never been confirmed by Juanpa or Lele.
The alleged pair met in 2016 and since then they’ve collaborated on numerous videos together and even appeared in Anitta & J Balvin’s Downtown lyric video together.
At the 2017 MTV MIAW in Mexico, Juanpa Zurita took down one knee and asked Lele Pons the big question onstage, but the duo later revealed it was just a prank. For clarification, Juanpa Zurita is not yet engaged.
Size weight
Juanpa Zurita is considered attractive, thanks to his charming personality, lean build, and chiseled features. His height is listed as 180cm (5ft 9in), while his body weight is recorded as weighing 75kg. The social media personality has dark blonde hair with natural blue eyes.
