We"re living in the Internet and social media age.
As a result, anyone can become famous. Even Kim Kardashian!
And even… a couple of llamas? Or a hot-debated fancy dress? Or a woman who claimed for many years that she"s African-American?
2015 has been filled with a new kind of celebrity, the kind who never would have been discussed if not for this whole World Wide Web thing.
We rundown some of these surprising new stars below:
1. Katy Perry’s Left Shark
Katy Perry put on a fun Super Bowl halftime show. But all anyone wanted to talk about the next day was how one shark appeared not to have remembered the choreography.
2. Rachel Dolezal
Rachel Dolezal lied for many years about her race. Turns out, she is NOT Rachel Dolezal. She’s no longer the President of an NAACP chapter in Spokane, either.
3. These Two Llamas
When a pair of llamas escaped from captivity in Arizona and sprinted around the street, America was kept glued to its computer screens and its TV screens.
4. THE Dress
Oh God, not this again. Is this dress blue or white? The viral debate may never be settled.
5. Toya Graham
Toya Graham went viral after she stepped in and pulled her son — who jumping in to the Freddie Gray Baltimore riots in April — away from a crowd before things got violent, telling a local CBS affilate at the time: “Is he the perfect boy? No, he’s not! But he’s mine.”
6. Eclipse the Dog
A black lab/mastiff named Eclipse took the Internet by storm in January when we learned he sometimes ride the bus along to the park. You must watch this adorable video for more.