This story was originally published on Passionfruit.
She’s the person you turn to when you want to, against all advice, unblock your ex. She can make you feel better when you’re having problems with your self-esteem or mental health. In each of her videos, her skin is glowing in warm, comforting lighting, and you’ll never see her without her signature bonnet on her head.
Cindy Noir, better known as ebonie_qt on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram, is like the older sister we all wish we had. The self-described content creator and motivational speaker has hundreds of thousands of followers across all of her platforms, where she speaks candidly to her audience about dating, relationships, and life.
While incredibly popular on TikTok, Noir actually got her start online on Twitter, when she began going viral in 2015. She tweeted a clapback that went so viral that it reached celebrities like Snoop Dogg and was featured on the Instagram page, the Shade Room. “Back then, for your tweet-reach the Shade Room, it was a big thing; it was a big, big deal,” she says. After that viral tweet, she began to go viral often on Twitter, and that led to her gaining a large following on the platform. It wasn’t until January of 2021 that she downloaded TikTok.
