Chrysan Lee (Singaporean Influencer)

Chrysan Lee (born 4 November 1995) is a Singaporean influencer, scriptwriter, and talent manager with local media company, Wah!Banana.[1] As of 25 February 2022, she has 103,000 followers on Instagram and 16,000 followers on TikTok.[2][3] She is currently majoring in Psychology at Murdoch University (Kaplan Singapore).[1]

Chrysan Lee
Chrysan Lee. Photo from Instagram..jpg
Born4 November 1995
EducationBachelor of Arts in Psychology (current)
Alma materManagement Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), St. Margaret’s Secondary School
OccupationInfluencer, Scriptwriter, Talent manager
OrganisationWah!Banana
Height148 cm (4 ft 10 in)

Background

 
Chrysan with her father, Richard “Rocker” Lee at his birthday celebration. Photo from Instagram.

Early life

Chrysan is the youngest of four children in the family, with two older sisters and one brother.[4] She has a close relationship with her father, Richard “Rocker” Lee.[5] She lost her mother to cancer in 2010.[6]

Education

According to her Facebook biography, Chrysan was a student at St. Margaret’s Secondary School.[7] She would later go on to study at the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS). She is now a Psychology undergraduate at Murdoch University at Kaplan Singapore.[1]

Career

 
Screenshot of Chrysan Lee in one of Wah!Banana’s YouTube videos for Valentine’s Day 2022. Photo from YouTube.

In 2011, Chrysan began her social media career as a blogger.[8] She joined Wah!Banana in 2014 as a talent in their YouTube videos. She also has been actively posting on her personal Instagram and TikTok pages. Her Instagram feed mainly documents her experiences with her friends, alongside sponsorships with beauty and home and living brands. She also has a YouTube channel with 4,630 subscribers and over 8,000 followers on Facebook.[9][7] Chrysan has a secondary Instagram account dedicated to selling both brand new and preloved clothing.[10]

Media Controversy

 
Screenshot of Chrysan’s TikTok video where she is wearing a top from SHEIN. Photo from TikTok.

TikTok body shaming saga (2022)

A TikTok video posted by Chrysan on 22 February 2022 received an onslaught of negative comments about the size of her chest, with some comments comparing her chest to “airport runways”.[11] In this video she was showing off a top she had purchased from online brand SHEIN.[11]

 
Screenshots of some comments that were made on the TikTok video, posted on Chrysan’s Instagram account. Photo from Instagram.

She took to Instagram to address these comments, as well as to encourage and reassure other women who had gone through the same experience.[12] Her response to the incident was also documented in her caption which said,”

“...What I wear, how I look and what I put out there - does not excuse their gross behavior in damaging comments & making themselves feel better at my or someone else’s expense. …”[12]

She has since received several comments of support on her Instagram post.

Chrysan has shared screenshots of the accounts who had left the negative comments via an Instagram Highlight.[13]

References / Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chrysan Lee”. LinkedIn. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  2. @chrysanlee”. Instagram. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  3. @chrysanlee”. TikTok. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  4. Lee, Chrysan. “My birthday celebration !”. Blogger. November 23, 2012. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  5. @rockerlee0896”. Instagram. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  6. Lee, Chrysan. “The worst nightmare”. Blogger. July 16, 2014. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Chrysan Lee”. Facebook. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  8. Chrysan Lee”. Blogger. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  9. Chrysan Lee”. YouTube. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  10. @hello.shopbb”. Instagram. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  11. 11.0 11.1 @chrysanlee”. TikTok. February 22, 2022. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  12. 12.0 12.1 @chrysanlee”. Instagram. February 22, 2022. Accessed on 25 February 2022.
  13. @chrysanlee. “Ridic.”. Instagram. February 22, 2022. Accessed on 25 February 2022.