Belle Delphine

About

Belle Delphine is the online pseudonym of United Kingdom-based cosplayer and model Mary-Belle Kirschner, who gained much internet notoriety for posting videos and photographs of herself performing ahegao faces. After disappearing from social media in late 2019, she returned to YouTube in mid-June 2020, followed by another brief hiatus from social media in 2021 where Delphine ultimately returned to Twitter and other platforms in mid-April 2022. Noted as a quintessential e-girl by many, Delphine has had a massive online presence around the internet since 2015, ranging from various controversies to memes and more. She's also attributed to largely popularizing the Pink Nose E-Girl Makeup trend among many others through what's since been coined the "Belle Delphine Effect."

History

Instagram

On March 27th, 2015, the earliest known picture was posted to the @belle.delphine^[1] Instagram page (shown below).

YouTube

On August 14th, 2016, Delphine uploaded a makeup tutorial as her first YouTube video (re-upload shown below, left). On September 5th, 2018, a second video was uploaded to the channel, in which Delphine gives a tour of her bedroom (re-upload shown below, right).

Patreon

On March 21st, 2018, Delphine launched a Patreon^[4] titled "Belle Delphine is creating photos and lewd content," where users who donate are given access to her locked posts and private Snapchat. Within the next eight months, the page accumulated upwards of 1,190 patrons.

Reddit

On September 21st, the /r/BelleDelphine^[3] subreddit was created for fans of Delphine. Within one month, the community gained over 22,000 subscribers.

Ahegao Faces

On September 10th, Delphine posted a picture of herself wearing elf ears while making an ahegao face on Instagram^[5] (shown below). Over the next two months, the post received more than 35,200 likes.

On September 13th, Delphine posted a video of herself cosplaying as D.Va from Overwatch while performing an ahegao-style expression. On September 18th, she posted a video in which she is wearing catgirl ears while making the face. Within two months, both videos gained over three million views each. Both videos have since been removed.

On October 13th, Urban Dictionary^[2] user Dontgetyourpantiesinatwist submitted an entry for "belle delphine," describing her as a "thot" who gained online fame for doing ahegao faces (shown below).

On October 25th, Lushsux posted a mural based on Delphine's catgirl ahegao video (shown below).

On November 12th, YouTuber PewDiePie posted a video featuring a content aware scaled version of Delphine's catgirl ahegao video (shown below, left). On November 14th, Delphine was included in the thumbnail of another PewDiePie video titled "Protect waman at all cost!" (shown below, right).

Patreon Videos

On February 4th, 2019, YouTuber WilNE uploaded a video titled "I Spent $2500 on Belle Delphine's Patreon," showing footage of himself purchasing a high-tier reward on Delphine's Patreon page, which garnered more than 7.2 million views and 23,400 comments in one month (shown below, left). On February 16th, 2019, YouTuber Pyrocynical uploaded a video titled "I paid Belle Delphine $3,000 to be my girlfriend" (shown below, right). Within two weeks, the video received upwards of 2.3 million views and 16,600 comments.

On March 1st, 2019, PewDiePie uploaded a video titled "I Paid Belle 0$," in which he reacts to a video of Belle Delphine dancing to his diss track "Bitch Lasagna" (shown below).

Belle Delphine in a Fridge

Belle Delphine in a Fridge refers to two social media posts by Belle Delphine in which she is shown sitting inside a refrigerator. Starting in mid-June 2019, the posts were heavily mocked online, with memes based on the posts appearing on Reddit, Instagram, Twitter and other platforms.

Meet My Best Friend Video

On June 14th, 2019, Delphine uploaded a video to YouTube titled "Meet My Best Friend," in which she performs various activities with a dead octopus wearing googly eyes. Within two months, the video accumulated upwards of 4.3 million views and 52,000 comments.

Belle Delphine's Pornhub Account

On June 16th, 2019, Belle Delphine made a post on her Instagram account, promising to create a Pornhub account should it get a million likes.^[6] The post gained over 1.8 million likes in five days.

In the following days, multiple memes speculating on whether Delphine would fulfill her promise were circulated online on Instagram and on other online platforms (examples shown below).^[7][8]

On June 20th, 2019, Belle Delphine has created her official Pornhub account. On the launch, she uploaded a total of twelve non-pornographic videos with provoking titles. For example, a video titled "Belle Delphine strokes two BIG cocks" contained footage of Delphine petting two roosters. In the video "Belle Delphine Squirts All Over the Floor" she shot a water gun.

In the following hours, multiple memes referencing the prank nature of the account were posted online on Instagram, Reddit and other platforms (examples shown below).^[9][10]

Online Store

On July 1st, 2019, Delphine launched BelleDelphineStore,^[13] an online store selling Belle Delphine-themed merchandise, including mousepads, posters and "GamerGirl Bath Water" (shown below).

The following day, Delphine posted a photograph to Instagram of herself cosplaying as the Overwatch character D.Va while sitting in a bathtub announcing she would be selling her own bath water on the new online store (shown below).

That day, Twitter user @wsupden tweeted^[11] about the bathwater, along with screenshots of the Instagram post and store page (shown below). Within 24 hours, the tweet gained over 5,400 likes and 1,600 retweets. Also on July 2nd, Ebaum's World^[12][26] published an article titled "Living Meme Belle Delphine is Selling Bottles of Her Bathwater for all the Thirsty Boys."

Gamer Girl Bath Water Herpes Controversy

Soon after Belle Delphine started selling her 'Gamer Girl' bath water, rumors began to spread online that 50 or more people had contracted herpes from her product^[14]. On July 9th, 2019, the news was proven to be a hoax. Although Delphine's orders for her bath water product had been sold out, she claims to have not shipped the orders yet at the time of the rumor, which makes it impossible for that many people to have contracted herpes from the product so rapidly ^[14].

July 18th Instagram Ban

On July 18th, 2019, Belle Delphine's Instagram account belle.delpine was banned due to the violation of the Instagram community guidelines.^[15] Following the ban, posts containing screenshots of various Instagram users reporting the account for "nudity or pornography" and receiving a notification that the account had been banned were circulated online on Instagram^[16] and Reddit^[17] (shown below).

In the hours following the ban, multiple memes and posts about it were submitted by users online. For example, on July 18th, 2019, Instagram user humanity.gone24 posted a Crab Rave meme referencing the account removal.^[18]

In the following hours, several news outlets posted news articles about the ban, including pieces by Dexetro,^[19] Metro^[20] and Unilad.^[21]

Patreon Post

On August 1st, 2019, Delphine published a post to subscribers of her Patreon, she was working with Instagram to fix a "technical issue" to restore her account, according to the news site Dexerto.^[22] Additionally, the article revealed that Delphine had planned a vacation right before the suspension occurred and that she would be creating a new Instagram account for fans to follow in the meantime.

“As soon as I planned to go away my Instagram was removed, I am in contact with Instagram at the moment and it appears to be a technical issue which they are working on!”

Alleged Arrest

Belle Delphine's Arrest refers to unverified rumors that Belle Delphine was arrested by British authorities in October 2019.

2020 Return to Social Media

On June 16th, 2020, Delphine launched the @kittybelledelphine^[23] Instagram account, where she posted several photos of herself with the caption "I’m…..b…back?" (shown below). Within 24 hours, the post gained over 6,300 likes.

The following day, Delphine posted a video titled "I'M BACK -belle delphine", a remix of 6ix9ine's Gooba, to YouTube, in which she dances to a song performed by Senzawa (shown below).

Also on June 17th, Delphine launched the @babybelledelphine^[24] TikTok page, where she uploaded several videos. Additionally, Delphine posted a page on Linktree^[25] for all her new social media accounts, including an OnlyFans page.

On June 17th, 2020, Delphine's Instagram and TikTok accounts were banned.

Belle Delphine's Christmas Day 2020 Porn Video

Belle Delphine's Christmas Day Porn Video refers to rumors about UK-based cosplayer, internet personality and model Belle Delphine releasing a pornography video on Christmas Day 2020. In late November and early December, Delphine teased online via social media, podcast appearances and more that she had plans to release a sex tape on OnlyFans, sparking debate and discussion online as to whether this would be another trolling attempt, hoax or legitimate first for the controversial personality.

On November 22nd, 2020, Delphine first announced on her Twitter^[28] account that she would share her first porn content to OnlyFans on Christmas Day. The tweet received over 175,000 likes, 23,000 retweets and 11,700 replies in just over two weeks (seen below).

Belle Delphine's April 2022 Return to Twitter

Belle Delphine's Return refers to the e-girl posting a tweet^[27] on April 18th, 2022, marking her return from a 14-month hiatus from social media. In the tweet, she captioned two images of her holding up her phone screen with, "Damn, time flies when ur rich." Over the course of two days, it received roughly 89,000 likes (shown below).

Belle Delphine and Twomad June 2022 Photoshoot

Belle Delphine and Twomad Photoshoot is a series of promo pictures of internet personality Belle Delphine and YouTuber Twomad in which they are wearing multiple costumes and teasing a potential collaboration on Delphine's OnlyFans. Upon release in late June 2022, the photos of the two received viral spread, particularly in the online creator and internet celebrity space. The images of Twomad in Donkey Kong cosplay with Delphine dressed as Peach became a controversy online shortly after their release, with some claiming they were racist.

On June 23rd, 2022, Belle Delphine posted the first set of photos of her and Twomad to her Twitter page,^[29] while captioning it as being in a hotel room, making fans unsure if she went to visit him or if he went to the United Kingdom to visit her. The initial post received over 54,000 likes in four days while subsequently igniting a multi-day-long spell of confusion on social media (shown below).

Finn and Belle Delphine March 2023 Collaboration

Finn and Belle Delphine Collaboration refers to a collaboration between the two content creators, Twitch streamer F1nn5ter and e-girl Belle Delphine, which was teased via risqué Twitter posts and photos in mid-March 2023.

On March 15th, 2023, F1nn5ter posted a tweet with the caption "Yep.. that’s me, you’re probably wondering how I got here…" in reference to the Yep, That's Me meme including a photo of him and Belle Delphine laying on a couch together with her applying makeup to his face.^[30] Over the course of four days, the tweet received over 180,000 likes, 7,500 retweets and 4,300 quote retweets (seen below).

Seven minutes later, Belle Delphine then posted her own response to Finn's tweet, earning almost 50,000 likes in a similar timeframe while calling the other streamer her "pet" (shown below).^[31]

Related Memes

Pink Nose E-Girl Makeup

Pink Nose E-Girl Makeup, also known as Gamer Girl Makeup, is a style of face makeup characterized by an excessive application of nose contour or blush, a sharp dot of nose highlight and eyeliner designed to elongate the eye. While the makeup style has been an e-girl staple for years, it was popularized by cosplayer Belle Delphine and singer Doja Cat in the early 2020s. The style has been described in popular culture as the "female fedora" and "OnlyFans warpaint," primarily due to its prevalence with female content creators that make thirst trap videos.

Belle Delphine Effect

The Belle Delphine Effect refers to the perceived effects and consequences on women and men of e-girl Belle Delphine's prevalence online. Believers of the Belle Delphine effect tend to hypothesize that Delphine normalized e-girl makeup and the ahegao face, inspiring women to copy her looks, personality and style to attract a following. Some also believe Delphine inspired e-girls to present themselves as young girls to attract men, possibly helping normalize ageplay and pedophilia. Regarding men, the Belle Delphine effect has been suggested to have encouraged incel behavior and normalized parasocial relationships between men and sex workers through subscription-based sites like OnlyFans. The effect was first perceived online in July 2019 after Delphine's Gamer Girl Bath Water was announced. E-girl Waifu Mia is often cited as a top example of the Belle Delphine effect.

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