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Selfie Olympics
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About
Selfie Olympics, also known as Trick Shot Selfie, is a photo fad that involves taking a mirror-shoot selfie in a bathroom while posing in a physically challenging manner or partaking in an unusual activity.
Origin
On November 21st, 2013, FreeOnSmash blogger Rock Burgundy[1] tweeted a photograph of a young man taking a mirror-shot selfie while holding his phone with both hands to the side of his head, coining the hashtags #trickshotselfies and #AND1selfieleague.
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Spread
On the morning of December 25th, 2013, Twitter[2] user YungTumbleweed shared a selfie of a young man in a climbing position around a door. The tweet (shown below, left) quickly spread beyond the user's followers, accumulating more than 2,300 retweets and 1,600 favorites in the first week.
Later that same day, LittleMissSunshine tweeted[3] (shown below, center) another selfie of a young man posing on top of the bathroom sink while supporting himself against the wall, using the hashtags #And1SelfieLeague and #TrickShotSelfies.
On January 3rd, 2014, the Twitter[4] account SelfyOlympics was launched to curate a variety of mirror-shot selfies taken in all sorts of challenging poses. Within hours of its creation, the hashtag became a trending topic on Twitter.[5][6][7][8] Four days later, the account changed their user name to @SelfyGames (example below, right).[9]
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2018 Revival
Four years later, on February 18th, 2018, Twitter[10] @Bradleysanborn tweeted a series of selfies with the caption "we're bringing back the #selfieolympics in 2018." The post (shown below) received more than 67,000 retweets and 187,000 likes in three days.
Several media outlets covered the return of the Selfie Olympics, include BuzzFeed, [11] TIME,[12] The Daily Dot[13] and more.
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Various Examples
![Underwater Camping Trip](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/112/301/285.jpg)
![I hope to bring back the Gold for my country! π²π½ #SelfieOlympics I hope to bring back the Gold for my country! #SelfieOlympics](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/344/375/600.png)
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Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter β ItsRockB's Tweet
[2] Twitter β YungTumbleweed's Tweet
[3] Twitter β LittleMissSunshine's Tweet
[4] Twitter β @SelfyOlympics
[5] Twitter β Tagged Results for SelfieOlympics
[6] HyperVocal β Get ready for the 2014 Twitter and Instagram Selfie Olympics
[7] BuzzFeed β 25 of the Best Extreme Selfies
[8] Topsy β Social Analytics for 'Selfie Olympics'
[9] Twitter β @SelfyOlympics' Tweet
[10] Twitter β @Bradleysanborn's Tweet
[11] BuzzFeed β It Looks Like The #SelfieOlympics Are Returning, Praise The Lord
[12] TIME β The Selfie Olympics Are Making a Hilarious Comeback for the 2018 Winter Games
[13] The Daily Dot β The #SelfieOlympics are back
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