Elle Walker is an American
vlogger
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based in California best known for her work on the
YouTube
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channels ''WhatsUpMoms'' and ''WhatsUpELLE''.
Youtube
Walker initially joined the YouTube community in 2008 with her channel Whatever Hollywood, but the channel was disbanded in 2010. Walker then joined the YouTube community later in 2010 with her channel WhatsUpELLE
Beginning in May 2013, she began working almost exclusively on her second channel, WhatsUpMoms, with her co-founders and friends, Meg, Connie, and Brooke.
Connie died in November 2013 and is remembered fondly in many of the video postings.
The channel has over 3 million subscribers and has attracted almost 2,500,000,000 views combined. They have also won many family category awards. It features fast-paced and humorous content about motherhood, including a viral parody of the
Iggy Azalea
Amethyst Amelia Kelly (born 7 June 1990), known professionally as Iggy Azalea (), is an Australian rapper. At the age of 16, Azalea moved from Australia to the United States in order to pursue a career in music. Azalea earned public recognitio ...
song "Fancy" and a comedic message to "Friends Without Kids"
The channel has attracted collaborators such as
Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position. She is married t ...
and advertisers including
Kohler
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*Alan Kohler, Australian journalist
*Anton ...
,
Puffs, and
Disney
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. Most recently, What's Up Moms has signed on three new collaborators, Esther Anderson from Story of This Life, Kathryn from Do It On a Dime, and Karen Alpert, a New York Times bestselling author.
Personal life
Walker graduated from
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Technology and Society where she was a member of the
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Alpha Theta (), also known simply as Theta, is an international women’s fraternity founded on January 27, 1870, at DePauw University, formerly Indiana Asbury. It was the first Greek-letter fraternity established for women. The main arc ...
sorority.
She married Ross Walker in 2013 with whom she has three children: Presley, Ford, and Tess.
References
External links
WhatsUpMoms Youtube ChannelWhatsUpElle Youtube Channel
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Living people
Women video bloggers
American women bloggers
American bloggers
Year of birth missing (living people)
American YouTubers
Stanford University alumni
21st-century American women