Hundreds of crazed fans camp out at Pacific Fair to meet YouTube makeup artist Jeffree Star
PACIFIC Fair has turned into fan-damonium after hundreds of crazed fans camped out overnight to be first in line to meet a YouTube makeup artist. Were you there?
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HUNDREDS of crazed fans have camped overnight at a Pacific Fair taxi rank to be the first in line to meet makeup artist and YouTube sensation Jeffree Star.
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A waiting area which was set up in a parking dock near the Pacific Fair taxi rank became a makeshift home for diehard fans fighting to be the first 350 in line to meet Star, who is visiting his one-day-only pop-up cosmetics shop.
Security handed out numbered tickets in order of arrival, so desperate fans lined up overnight to secure their spots for the meet and greet.
Fans on social media are reporting Star sent pizzas to the hungry, waiting crowd.
Star, an internet celebrity, began promoting his cosmetics brand on YouTube, where he has since amassed more than 10 million subscribers and more than 1 billion views.
The event information on the Pacific Fair website states: “while Jeffree is unable to meet all his fans, he can still be viewed from both upper and lower levels of The Resort area.”
Star met with fans who managed to secure a ticket at 2pm today in front of the Grand Staircase.
The pop-up shop is open until 7pm tonight at the Resort, level 1.
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