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Olivia Dunne is a TikTok superstar who has racked up 6 million followers. She is represented by WME Agency and is an NCAA gymnast. She currently also has over 2 million followers on Instagram. Dunne began posting videos on TikTok in 2020, and now two years later, she's become one of the most followed gymnasts on the app. She even has more followers than Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee who only has over a million followers.
So, who exactly is Olivia Dunne, and what was she doing before she became a social media influencer? A lot of her followers may be surprised to know that she was on the United States national gymnastics team before she competed in the sport in college. She's actually been in the sport nearly her whole life, like most successful gymnasts.
8 Olivia Dunne Began Gymnastics At 3 Years Old
Dunne is from New Jersey, and began training in gymnastics when she was only three years old. On her website, Dunne says that she wanted to start gymnastics simply because she wanted to wear a sparkly pink leotard. She ended up falling in love with the sport and became an elite gymnast when she was eleven years old, becoming the youngest in the country to qualify as a Junior International Elite.
7 Olivia Dunne Was On The National Team
Dunne made it onto the junior national team in 2017 and was selected to compete at the Jesolo Trophy competition in Italy that year. The United States junior team ended up winning the gold medal, which Dunne was a part of. She ended up making her senior debut in Jesolo the following year in 2018 and ended up competing as a senior international elite at the 2018 U.S. Classic. Elite gymnasts are considered senior gymnasts the year they turn 16.
6 Olivia Dunne Competes For LSU
Dunne accepted a full athletic scholarship to LSU in the spring of 2017 for the Fall of 2020. She is often seen in her TikTok videos sporting LSU leotards and occasionally features some of her teammates in them, as well. She is a proud LSU Tiger and enjoys representing her team and university. The LSU gymnastics team ranked 3rd in the nation in 2022 and competed at the NCAA National Championships.
5 Olivia Dunne Is Friends With Suni Lee
Olivia Dunne is good friends with the 2020 Olympic all-around champion and gold medalist Suni Lee and ended up attending the 2022 ESPY Awards with her. Lee currently attends Auburn University and competes for their gymnastics team, but that hasn't kept the two besties from supporting each other and hanging out whenever they are able to see each other. The two have been competing in gymnastics together since they were little, with Lee posted a video of the two of them as kids for Dunne's 20th birthday.
4 Olivia Dunne Loves Fashion Design
Dunne loves fashion design and designed custom leotards for her competitions before she attended LSU. "Fashion has always been a huge passion of mine," Dunne said about partnering with the brand Vuori. "Before college, my coach and I would design my own custom leotards for all my major competitions. I love expressing myself through my style and I fell in love with Vuori because I thought their clothes looked and felt amazing. I couldn't be more proud that my first brand partnership is with them." Thanks to a rule change in July 2021, college athletes are now permitted to earn money through their name, image, and likeness.
3 Olivia Dunne Makes Fun Of Her Creepy Followers
Dunne is often receiving comments on her TikTok videos from followers who say they want her bath water. While this is generally creepy, Dunne has taken to making fun of those comments, by making a TikTok video with her bestie, Suni Lee, where she jokingly pretends to give Lee her bath water, and Lee drinks it.
2 Olivia Dunne Has Landed Great Brand Deals
With a large social media presence and the work of her gifted talent agency, Dunne has landed collaborations with companies such as Forever21 and American Eagle. Dunne has reportedly earned over one million dollars from these partnerships, which is pretty great for a college athlete. According to the New York Post, Dunne has also secured one-off deals with brands such as GrubHub, TooFaced cosmetics, Madden/EA Sports, and Nate app.
1 Olivia Dunne Takes Social Media Seriously
Dunne told the New York Post that she has taken social media seriously since she was around the age of ten, even though some people didn't fully understand why. She has now taken that seriousness and turned it into cash, and she makes a living off of it. "It's really amazing to be at the forefront of the start of this new [NIL rule change]. I want to be a role model to young girls and I think it's really awesome that I am a female in this. I feel like most people expected [male] football and basketball players to get the biggest endorsement deals."