Why an Instagram Model With 800,000 Followers Is Quitting Social Media

Teen blasts the endless chase for 'likes'

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Social media has given 18-year-old Essena O'Neill a massive platform. She amassed nearly 800,000 followers on Instagram and another 270,000 on YouTube and even earned a modeling contract with one of the biggest agencies in Australia.

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