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TikTok creator's tough start to life
Words: Liana WalkerProducer: Bianca Mastroianni
When you go to Jordana Kerr’s TikTok page, the first video you will see is of her horse Lily snoring, joining 1.4 million other people who’ve watched it.
The 19-year-old has amassed 68.5k followers on the handle @jorrdanaaa sharing a mix of  trending videos and videos with her horses and Rabbit.
But it’s not all smiles and farm life.
My dad left me before I was born and my mum passed away when I was 11. All my other family couldn’t really look after me at the time so I had to go into foster care.
JORDANA KERR
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Jordana was fortunate to be placed with the same foster carers for her whole teen life.
But the tragedy of losing her mum still weighs heavy on her.
Like most people Ms Kerr signed up to TikTok to view other content before making her own, then before she knew it her videos were attracting mass views and followers.
Between the bright smiles and farm videos, Ms Kerr shares a number of videos addressing mental health concerns, especially suicide rates in rural areas.
Attracting large amounts of followers comes with pros and cons. A benefit is Ms Kerr has established sponsorship deals with Outback Cobbler, Simply Hide and Selfie Skin.
“I used to bite back, but now you’ve got to learn that they’re baiting you so I just delete the comments and block them now.”
But for all the positive comments she receives they come with a number of negatives.
In her future she sees herself continuing to work in agriculture and in the long term owning her own farm.
																																								

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