Thread by @BanarasWallah

Remember this meme. Famously called the 'Disaster Girl', it has been on the internet for 17 years now.

Interesting fact is that the little girl, now a 22-yr-old college goer, has made almost over $285,000 from the meme. Meet Zoe Roth or the 'Disaster Girl'
#Memes #Trivia #Facts

It was in 2005 when Zoe Roth was clicked by her father Dave Roth in front of a house which was intentionally set ablaze by firefighters as a controlled fire. Dave asked Zoe to smile and rest, as they say, is history
Read this @nytimes report
#Memes #Facts
nytimes.com/2021/04/29/art…

In subsequent years of clicking this picture, Dave Roth entred it in a photo comeptition, and won. The #photo has since been morphed with various disasters of history taking place behind Zoe Roth smiling knowingle at the camera.

#Memes #Viral #Facts

Finally, more than a decade from the time it was clicked, Zoe Roth sold the original copy of the meme picture for 180 Ether, a #cryptocurrency ... the value of which currently stands at around $285679.80.

#Memes #Facts