Meet the 15 Most Fascinating People on Instagram

Photo credit: RUBEN CHAMORRO | ABBY SILVERMAN
Photo credit: RUBEN CHAMORRO | ABBY SILVERMAN

From Cosmopolitan

With more than 800 million monthly users, it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t have an Instagram account these days. It's grown by 100 million just from April - and 500 million of those users are on the platform every day.

These 15 people are part of the reason why the photo-sharing app is so addictive. They range from beauty influencers to style icons and fitness stars, but all of them have a devoted audience obsessed with their every move. There's Vlada Haggerty, the makeup artist whose mesmerizing lip videos you’ve probably seen all over your feeds; Lyn Slater, a 64-year-old college professor and fashion blogger who doesn’t give a damn about aging; and Nyakim Gatwech, a model whose story about an Uber driver asking if she’d ever bleach her skin went viral.

Gabi Gregg also explains why she thinks fashion can - and should be - political; badass couple Perrin James and Madison Stewart take death-defying photos underwater with sharks; Brittne Jackson opens up about how she built a major fitness brand with her mom, all while attending college; and ballerina Violetta Komyshan reveals how she handles Insta trolls and life dating actor Ansel Elgort.

But there’s a lot more, so take a look around.

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