Bianca Heinicke

Bianca Claßen (born 6 February 1993, née Heinicke), better known by her YouTube channel name BibisBeautyPalace, is a German fashion and beauty YouTuber.[1] As of August 2018 she has over 5.9 million subscribers on YouTube.[2][3]

Bianca Claßen
Bianca Claßen at the premiere of German film Smaragdgrün, in Cologne, June 2016.
Personal information
Born (1993-02-06) 6 February 1993
Cologne, Germany
NationalityGerman
Spouse(s)
Julian Claßen
​
(m. 2018)​
Net worth3 million (€) €
Websitewww.bilou.de
YouTube information
Also known asBibi
Channel
Years active2012–present
GenreBeauty, fashion, lifestyle
Subscribers5.92 million
Total views2.64 billion
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Updated: 20 September 2020

Career

2012 and 2013: Beginning

Claßen began making her videos in December 2012, gaining her first 500 subscribers within less than two months.[4] Her videos focus on hair, makeup, fashion, travel, lifestyle and challenges.[1]

She recorded her earliest YouTube videos using a Panasonic HC-V500 video camera.[5]

2014: Advancements
Bianca Heinicke in 2014, signing signature cards for attending fans on the Colougne VideoDays event

In 2014, she won an award in the Beauty, Fashion, and Lifestyle category at the Google Play Awards.[6] As of 2017, she had the fourth most popular YouTube channel in Germany.[7]

2015 and 2016

In May 2015, she launched her own cosmetics brand called Bilou,[8] meant as an acronym for "Bibi loves you".

Over time, the variety of her cosmetics products, namely the flavours of her shampoos, has increased.

In October 2015, in cooperation with the German Telekom and Sony Mobile, a customized variant of the Sony Xperia M4 Aqua mobile phone was released in Germany, known as the Bibi-Phone edition. It differentiates from the original with a picture of Bianca's face and her signature printed on the unit's rear cover, and additional wallpaper pictures and ring tones.[9]

In March 2016, her channel surpassed three million subscribers.[10]

Bianca Claßen among her spouse Julian Claßen appeared in YouTube Rewind 2015[11] and 2016.[12]

2017

As the year commenced, her channel surpassing Erik Range's channel Gronkh and claiming the spot as the most-subscribed German-language YouTube channel approached within an increasingly foreseeable time.[13] A campaign attempting to sustain the latter's spot gained traction on social media under the hash tag #AbonniertGronkhDeabonniertBibi ("subscribe to Gronkh, unsubscribe from Bibi"), slightly delaying the surpassion.[14][15]

In May 2017, Bianca Claßen released her first song under the nickname Bibi H., titled "How It Is (Wap Bap …)". Within several days of its release, the song's video became the eleventh most disliked video on YouTube, and most disliked video on any German YouTube channel,[16] surpassing the multiple formerly most downvoted videos by "ApoRed" within hours.

In November 2017, on the second operational day of her iPhone X smartphone, she noticed a defective pixel on its display panel. She attempted to create a screen capture of that hardware defect, sharing it on Twitter. The incident went viral with responses educating her how a software-based screen capture is unable to capture hardware-based panel defects.[17][18][19]

2019

In January 2019, the couple reacted to videos of low view counts, including a reupload of a lost 2015 telephony commercial involving her, posted hours prior to the recording, and a man parodizing their pregnancy photos.[20]

2020

In March 2020, the couple discussed their struggle of finding a hospital to birth their daughter under the Coronavirus pandemic.[21]

2021

In January 2021, the couple found a molded mobile phone case in a wardrobe, and jokingly decided to sell it on eBay as an artistic obstacle. The auction went viral due to her promotion of it on her Instagram Stories channel, clocking in €133.000 as the highest bid. The auction was cancelled, however.[22][23]

Personal life

Claßen grew up in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. After receiving her Abitur, she went to college to study social sciences, but later left in order to focus on making YouTube videos.[1]

Julian Claßen

She is married to the German YouTuber Julian Claßen, nicknamed "Julienco".[24]

After a nine-year relationship starting on 1 March 2009, they married on 12 September 2018.[25]

Their relationship is often dubbed using the community-created portmanteau "Julianca", a mixture of both their first names.

On 12 May 2018, she announced her pregnancy through a cinematic, professionally produced three-minute film that has amassed 7.67 Million views as of 11 October 2019.[26] that was teased twice days in advance.[27][28]

She gave birth to her son on 4 October 2018, named Lio. She later announced that she was pregnant with their second child, a girl. On 20 March 2020 she gave birth to her daughter Emily.

References
  1. "Bibis Beauty Palace Biografie und Steckbrief". Red Carpet (in German). 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. "BibisBeautyPalace YouTube Stats". Social Blade. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. Feuerbach, Leonie. "Negativrekord für Youtube-Star: Bibis Musikvideo gefällt 1,7 Millionen Menschen – nicht". FAZ.NET (in German).
  4. Heinicke, Bianca (23 January 2013) [2013]. ""500 Abonnenten – Verlosung" (Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. Video "What's on my ( i ) Phone [4s] ? ♥" (published on 2013-02-18) at 03m05s — reflection as compared to HC-V500
  6. Mueschen, Peter C. (19 August 2014). "VideoDays Play Awards 2014 - Die Gewinner". Broadmark (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. "Top 250 YouTubers Channels in Germany". Social Blade. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  8. "Bibi hebt Drogeriemarke dm aus den Angeln › absatzwirtschaft". www.absatzwirtschaft.de (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  9. AG, Deutsche Telekom (21 October 2015). "Telekom bietet Special Edition Smartphone für Bibi-Fans". www.telekom.com (in German). Deutsche Telekom. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  10. Three million subscriber milestone announcement video: "WENN IHR WÜSSTET ... :O | BibisBeautyPalace", uploaded on 2016-03-27.
  11. Bianca Heinicke's appearance in "YouTube Rewind: Now Watch Me 2015 | #YouTubeRewind"
  12. Bianca Heinicke's appearance in "YouTube Rewind: The Ultimate 2016 Challenge | #YouTubeRewind"
  13. Ayoub, Nadja (27 December 2016). "Wechsel an der Spitze: Sie ist bald Deutschlands YouTuberin Nummer 1". CHIP Online (in German).
  14. "Bibis Beauty Palace verlor durch Gronkh-Shitstorm viele Zuschauer!". Newsbuzzters (in German). 11 February 2017.
  15. "Bibis Beauty Palace überholt Gronkh mit Mega-Gewinnspiel!". Newsbuzzters (in German). 3 December 2017.
  16. Högele, Tessa (8 May 2017). "Bibis erste Single ist der Gipfel der Seelenlosigkeit des deutschen Pops". ze.tt (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  17. "Mit diesem Tweet provoziert Bibi einen heftigen Shitstorm". TAG24 (in German). 22 November 2017.
  18. "Bibis Beauty Palace: Peinlicher Screenshot-Fail!". Newsbuzzters (in German). 19 November 2017.
  19. "Tweet by @BibisBeauty" (in German). 18 November 2017. Ja super, habe mein Handy gerade mal seit 1 Tag & schon ist da so n komischer Pixelfehler, der nicht mehr weggeht 😑😩😅
  20. Claßen, Julian (3 January 2019). "Ich reagiere auf Videos mit 0 Aufrufen .. 😳😂 | Julienco". (recorded on January 1st 2019)
  21. "Bibi und Julian Claßen: Hausgeburt wegen Coronavirus?". BUNTE.de (in German). 20 March 2020.
  22. "Schimmelige Handy-Hülle erzielt Gebote für 133.000 Euro". TAG24 (in German). 4 January 2021.
  23. Gebotsübersicht zum Artikel 303833417160 (https://archive.today/7Bod2)
  24. Sievers, Merle (7 August 2014). "Bibis Beauty Palace: Die erfolgreichste Youtube-Bloggerin". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  25. "Bianca Heinicke + Julian Claßen: So schön war die Hochzeit von Bibi & Julianco". GALA (in German). 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  26. BibisBeautyPalace (12 May 2018), changes... ♡, retrieved 14 July 2019
  27. First mysterious teaser video for pregnancy announcement ("⇝"), released on 2018-05-06, two days prior to the official announcement (2018-05-12).
  28. Second mysterious teaser video for pregnancy announcement (“…”), released on 2018-05-10, two days prior to the official announcement (2018-05-12).
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