Art & Design,Tattoo ArtNOV 14, 2018

I Want Someone To Look At Me The Way Ali Vongsathian Looks At His Phone (+20 Gorgeous Photos Of Ali Vongsathian, Social Media Instagram Influencer)

Meet the newest upcoming Social Media Influencer who is taking the internet by storm with his aesthetic looks and pleasing visuals with his photography. We got an opportunity to sit down and pick his brain for more insight and knowledge about the man behind the photo.

His name is Ali Vongsathian, he is a 26-year old social media icon, businessman and entrepreneur with over 100K followers on Instagram!

But, "Who is Ali Vongsathian and Why Should We Care?"

Ali Vongsathian, is a 26-year old Asian-American businessman, entrepreneur, and influencer born and raised in San Diego, California (City Heights). He grew up in a low-income family household with two older sisters and one older brother. He acquired his education at Kearny High School and by the time he reached community college, he eventually dropped out to pursue a entrepreneur career path. His parents at the time were not supportive of his decisions and life choices, but he had a different path in mind that was not college. He knew about the social media marketing industry was accelerating at a fast rate and had to jump on the opportunity when it was just growing.

He rose to internet fame in late 2015, when he first opened up an online business in the gaming market, in a short period of time he began to own multiple gaming communities which all operated under one non-profit organization which he created at just the age of 18. Before his success, he was promoting and hosting local LAN tournaments and social events to expand his small business.

"I remember taking my computer setup and meeting up with other local competitive gamers who were also interested in the gaming lifestyle just as much as me. It was a cringing feeling at first because the gaming scene back then was considered taboo. I mean extremely taboo. If you were seen playing video games, you were already looked down upon and labeled as a nerd." Today, it's such a popular norm where you can publicly play video games without being judged."

"I knew I was pretty good at video games but I didn't portray the image that people wanted to see on a computer screen. I wanted people to view gamers differently. I was 90lbs and had no muscle in my body, all bones. I had really bad ache because of my poor dieting choices. So I decided to shift my lifestyle more geared towards fitness, but still kept my gaming aspect more on the side and focused more on my physical appearance. At the time my social media present was not very known and I had a small amount of followers."

"As soon as started to see the results. I became more addicted into improving my body and gained more confident in myself. I started to post more selfies online and at the time, I wanted to get a full sleeve tattoo because I now have the muscle for it. I believe my muscle and tattoos helped play a huge role into my social media growth. I started to do my own photography. I noticed my social media kept growing over night little by little. My comments, likes and followers all grew in a course of two-years."

"Before I knew it. I reached 100K followers on Instagram and people started to slowly view me as a public figure to them. What I did and say played a huge influence on others who followed my content. I knew I had a platform to express my own message the way I wanted and not by what a business or company tells me. I didn't want to be some influencer who was just an image in-front of a camera writing quotes all day. I wanted to be a voice and face for gamers all across the world -- who are currently dealing with low self-esteem, lack of confidence or not having the right people skills to interact in a conversation.

"My motto is to be the sh*t without sh*tting on others. If you don't have a reason to smile today, then be someone's reason. Just be a good f**king person dude. The world has so much bad stuff going on and for you to add anymore drama or bullsh*t to it, is unnecessary."

We couldn't agree more with Ali's last statement. He truly display what it means to be an influencer to others on social media. "When people view your profile and read your content, do they leave feeling better or worst?" is the question he asked us. That's something that resonated with us from this interview and meeting the man himself. We just wanted to give you all a quick introduction on who Ali Vongsathian is, and the person he is trying to be along with the legacy he wants to leave behind in the world.

Now, here are some photos we couldn't just resist to admire and fan-girl over this gorgeous man.

More info: Instagram