Tanya is painted as a sultry smokey eyed goddess in Glamour Magazines December issue. 2015 was certainly the year for YouTube creators as vloggers made the transition to celebrities with book launches, beauty lines, red carpets and TV appearances. So what better way to end the year than have Glamour magazine use Tanya as their cover star. However I think Tanya is possibly better suited to a Spring issue. It was great to see Tanya in a different style but I would be even more attracted to a cover with Tanya in glowy sixties style make up with a girlie Alice & Olivia dress. I think it's easy to picture a smiling Tanya Burr with pastel kitchen aid in an idyllic set up. Magazines often aim to create a new look and show someone in the popular eye in a different light but this particular cover might not appeal to the younger fan base.
Tanya revealed in the magazine interview that she wanted to do a more sexy photo shoot to try and move on from her sweet girlie image that she has become widely recognised as. Part of the reason is to appeal to more movie roles as she wants to secure a film role by the end of the year. I was intrigued to see how the interview would work and if I could learn anything new from someone who documents their life so regularly online and the interview proves to be career based rather than personal which provides an insight into the business decision behind each video that viewers don't normally see.
This is not the first time a YouTube star has graced the cover of a national magazine publication. Zoella has previously been a cover girl for Company Magazine. Company magazine was a huge supporter to bloggers and vloggers and over time they became increasingly influential in their pages before making it to the front cover. Shortly afterwards Company Magazine sent their last ever copy to print and became online only.
It is revealed in the Editors letter that Tanya Burr actually directly contacted Joe Elvin asking to be on the cover. This shows a more business minded and ambitious side to Tanya which contrasts her cute and ditzy online persona. I believe this interview was tailored to reveal a more mature, sexy and business minded Tanya and it is a side to her that I would love to see more of within her YouTube content.
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