Chuando Tan

About

Chuando Tan is a 58-year-old social media influencer and model from Singapore. Online, Chuando has been at the center of attention within anti-aging communities for years due to his youthful appearance despite his age, with many referring to him as a more successful version of Bryan Johnson for being able to look mid-20s still. Content about Chuando, as well as interviews or videos made by him, started to go viral in mid-2023 with many calling his change a "glow up" as his virality online grew.

Career

Born on March 3rd, 1966,^[4] Chuando Tan has been a model since 1980, as noted in a TikTok created by TikToker jimmymaioi^[1] that was posted on September 16th, 2021, in which a comparison picture between Chuando in 1980 and a photo of him in 2018 can be seen side-by-side while a rough overview of his meal planning and outlook on life is explained (shown below).

Chuando Tan joined Instagram, his primary social media platform as an influencer, in 2015, with his first post being uploaded on April 20th, 2015. His IG is primarily comprised of selfies, travel photos, modeling shots and other images and videos from his life.

For example, on October 10th, 2023, he posted a video of himself in Lake Como in Italy, receiving over 33,300 likes in roughly seven months (shown below).^[8]

In 2020, Chuando Tan notably starred in his first major film called Precious Is the Night, a thriller set in 1960s Singapore (trailer seen below).^[9]

Chuando Tan started receiving press coverage and interest online regarding his young looks despite his older age during the early 2020s. For example, CNA Lifestyle^[10] interviewed him on January 5th, 2023, and discussed the topic. The video interview was subsequently uploaded to the publication's YouTube channel, accumulating over 3.5 million views, 58,000 likes and 5,700 comments in roughly a year (seen below).

Online Presence

Online, TikToks and other content made about Chuando Tan started to appear in late 2021, slowly increasing in prevalence as more people became aware of him.

For example, in late 2021, Chuando Tan's TikTok account began reposting content from his Instagram, which was made in 2013 and verified in 2017. The first post on the TikTok account,^[2] a behind-the-scenes video of Chuando at a movie premiere for Precious Is the Night, was posted on November 6th, 2021, gathering over 100 likes in roughly two years (shown below).

On May 11th, 2023, Chuando released a photobook that included an image of him holding a fish, that he was pulling out of the water. This image quickly went viral and led to more people paying attention to Chuando and how he looks for his age.

On August 15th, 2023, the TikToker sadhguruvideos0^[3] uploaded a TikTok in which they talked about Chuando, the photo, and the impact that it had on him as someone who quickly gained a lot of fame and had to learn to deal with it, as well as what Chuando has said in interviews about his diet and how he looks how he does, which earned over 107,000 likes in seven months (shown below).

Following

As of April 2024, Chuando Tan has over 25,600 followers on TikTok (@chuando.tiktok_),^[5] 3,800 on Twitter / X (@Chuando_Tan)^[6] and more than 1.4 million on Instagram (@chuando_chuandoandfrey).^[7]

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