Monday 2 January 2012

Sydney 'eyebrow dance' girl faces fame, stalkers.

Ninemsn

A Sydney schoolgirl is overjoyed to have millions of fans after wiggling her eyebrows in an internet video — but her family is also troubled by unwanted attention from online predators.

Sarah, who turns 14 next week, used her laptop to film herself moving her eyebrows to the beat of a song as a lark last month.

Her friend posted the clip on Sarah's Facebook page and her friends loved it.

But the avalanche of interest came when the video was uploaded to YouTube on December 29 — at last count it has attracted an incredible 12 million views.

"It's exciting, and I'm excited to see where this will take me," Sarah told ninemsn.

"When it first uploaded to YouTube I thought it would hardly get 1000 views. When I woke up the next morning it was on 50,000 views — I was amazed. And now it's got 12 million."

Her mother Marilou said her family is happy with all the positive support, but there is also an element of sexual depravity in the feedback which makes her concerned for her daughter's safety.

"Some of the comments are really sick," Marilou said.

"When you read these comments it scares me as a mother.

"But when I look at the big picture I'm hoping and praying there will be a really positive result for Sarah."

Sarah said she too found some of the comments "scary".

"I just have to be careful with what information I put out there," she said.

The schoolgirl said she has not made any money from the YouTube clip but has been fielding a number of offers from commercial firms who want to advertise their brand on her video.

The teenager was inspired to perform her eyebrow trick after seeing a Cadbury TV advertisement that used CGI to animate the eyebrows of two schoolchildren.

Her family tried to imitate the eyebrow wave trick but only Sarah could do it.

In the clip uploaded to YouTube five days ago, Sarah wiggles her brow to the same electronic music featured in the Cadbury ad.

Sarah said she welcomes song requests and has set up a Facebook page where she encourages fans to ask her questions.

"I'll definitely make more videos," she said.

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