Thea Booysen: 5 unknown facts about fan-favorite YouTuber MrBeast's girlfriend
GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA: With an insane number of followers, MrBeast is undoubtedly the king of YouTube. It was when he went on an Antarctica expedition with his friends and YouTube crew to film a 50-hour challenge video that he met his current girlfriend, Thea Booysen. In his podcast, he shared how their first trip got canceled because every person in the Antarctica base tested positive for Covid. So they all had to be medically evacuated, and this is when the couple met at a friend's place.
The two began dating in February 2022, and since then, Booysen has accompanied him to the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award, where the YouTube sensation won the Favorite Male Creator honor. While much is known about MrBeast, let's dig inside some unknown facts about Booysen.
5 unknown facts about Thea Booysen
Early life of Thea Booysen
Booysen, 25, was born on December 5, 1997, in Cape Town, South Africa. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Law. It's also reported that she has attended a Master's school for a degree in neuropsychology.
A Twitch streamer
On Twitch, Booysen is an active streamer with 27.2k followers, and her online name is TheaBeasty. She mainly streams gameplay of games like 'The Witcher' on her channel.
She is a YA author
She is also the author of the YA novel 'The Marked Children'. However, she is yet to earn any money off of the book, unlike some other influencers and comedy stars whose books were NYT bestsellers and brought them enormous wealth.
Her message for aspiring writers
Booysen gave advice on how to become a better writer while encouraging budding writers to keep trying. She said, "It is not supposed to be easy. Every writer out there, Stephen King, JK Rowling, they all say that they struggled immensely to publish their first book."
Her video with MrBeast
The couple filmed a video together for Booysen's YouTube channel, playing the strategy card game 'Gwent: The Witcher' in South Africa. The video, posted in March 2022, was titled, "MrBeast Plays Gwent With Beasty!"
