Social-media rabblerouser and model-turned-actress Cara Delevingne has done something few others have been able to do: She's solidified herself as a new type of model-turned-actress - and certainly, the most influential of her time. This is only underscored by the flocks of moviegoers lining up to see her newest film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, recently released nationwide. Many heard of the blockbuster by being one of Delevingne's over 55 million social media followers across YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram (her largest platform). For context, fewer people watched Game 7 of the MLB World Series last year. With such a massive reach, Delevingne is pioneering the art of wielding such social superpowers. Today, she focuses her message on promoting her fourth film role. As Laureline, Delevingne portrays an intergalactic law-enforcement officer who's out to save the universe in Valerian, based on a French comic series set seven centuries in the future. Taking her to the next stage of success is director Luc Besson, who joined Delevingne and co-star Dane Dehaan at the Los Angeles premiere just this week. If you're one of the 40 million people eyeing her Instagram, you know when Delevingne's not plugging her space opera, she's posting fart faces, dog kisses, balloon hats, throwback pics of her sister Poppy, or the first-of-its-kind runway video selfie from the catwalk. It's entirely obvious that Delevingne's allure is in her devil-may-care attitude. The London-born feminist has never been one to be shy or mask her true self. Case in point: Her Instagram bio encourages people to Embrace your weirdness and Stop labelling, Start living. It's this unconventional take that's made people take notice of her, even in a crowded market of social influencers. To say Delevingne is the most influential model-turned-actress of her time isn't a stretch. When you look at peer up-and-comers that have made the same leap from modeling to acting, no one comes close to having the reach her voice does. Look at those in the same generation who have evenly heeled credentials: Model-actress social reaches
For someone who's switched careers and abandoned the market they grew up in (in her case, modeling), Delevingne's sustained rate of social growth over time is meteoric. This is true in any industry and especially admirable for a cinematic newcomer. From 2012 to 2015, Delevingne's following on Instagram alone grew over 200 percent. That March, @caradelevingne hit 10 million followers. To celebrate, she posted a semi-nude, fully goofy photo.
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