Leanna Leonardo

About

Leanna Leonardo is an Indonesian law student and influencer whose series of photographs in a judge's robe went viral in July 2019. Leonardo's photographs have since become a popular subject of fan art.

Online History

On May 8th, May 12th and July 3rd, 2018, Indonesian law student and influencer Leanna Leonardo uploaded^[1][2][3] three photographs of herself taken during a mock trial at her campus in the Gadjah Mada University. The photographs received over 22,200 likes, 24,500 likes and 9,200 likes, respectively.

On May 18th, 2018, 1cak^[4] user rahardika810 posted earliest known meme based on one of the photographs (shown below). The post received over 2300 likes in two years.

On July 13th, 2019, Twitter^[5] user @MatthewTanoe posted the photographs, writing "you were sentenced to everlasting love" (shown below). The tweet received over 21,400 retweets and 32,900 likes prior to being deleted. On the same day, Leonardo posted an Instagram story in which she clarified that she was not a member of the Indonesian idol group JKT48 and asked people not to kidnap her (shown below, right).^[6]

The tweet prompted the viral spread of the photographs in the following days, with Leonardo becoming a subject of fan arts and memes. For example, on July 14th, 2019, Redditor Mini_Knight posted an RTX Off / RTX On meme that received over 12,700 upvotes in six months (shown below, left). On July 16th, 2019, Facebook user Agung Syaeful Anwar posted a fanart that received over 3,400 reactions and 3,200 shares in nine months (shown below, right).

Personal Life

Leanna Leonardo graduated in law from Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She maintains a personal Instagram account (leanna.leonardo) that had over 243,000 followers as of April 30, 2020.

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