The mother, model, and influencer gets real about her journey to social media fame
When it comes to making a full-time career on social media, particularly on Instagram, many aspiring influencers spend years simply trying to build a following and get noticed. Being such a saturated market, it can often be difficult to stand out. Nancy Hernandez’s story, however, is a bit more unconventional than usual.
Nancy Hernandez never planned on becoming a social media sensation, but she’s now a highly recognized model and influencer. So how did it happen? Well, it all started when she agreed to do a modeling job to earn a bit of extra income for her family. At the time, Nancy was a devoted partner and stay-at-home mother of two. She was hired to do a routine photoshoot for a small boutique on December 6th, 2017. This date is engraved in her memory because this was the day her life changed forever.
A behind-the-scenes video of Nancy modeling jeans and a top from the boutique went viral – we’re talking hundreds of reposts to other popular accounts. Well-known accounts around the world shared the video, including @worldlatinstar and @babesfelines. The video made Nancy’s Instagram following go from only a couple thousand to hundreds of thousands almost instantaneously. So, Nancy decided to keep going, and she’s made a successful career as an influencer and model out of it, with even bigger goals on the horizon.
Today, Nancy has more than 1.6 million followers on Instagram, something she never even imagined happening. She also ventured into other media outlets and forms of content creation by starting a YouTube channel and an OnlyFans account, both of which have become quite popular. She now has more than 210,000 subscribers on YouTube and Twitter, 62,000 followers on Facebook, and has had more than 5,000 people sign up for her exclusive OnlyFans content, making her in the top .80% of earners/creators on the platform. To say that she has created an impressive career for herself would be an understatement.
Through amassing a massive following on a variety of social media platforms, Nancy has been able to work and partner with some of the most popular brands in the world. She has modeled for FashionNova, FashionNovaCurve, Pretty Little Thing, Honey Bum, and Dolls Kill, and she has even been featured on the Instagrams of major celebrities such as Cardi B, Blac Chyna, and many more.
Nancy attributes much of her success to always being her authentic self. She is unique in that she does not represent the typical size-zero model nor does she represent the usual plus-size model. She is only 5’4”, weighs 160 pounds, and she’s Latina. Nancy says she represents the models that often get overlooked. s
While she’s already achieved what most would consider a highly successful career, Nancy still has big plans for the future. Currently, she is working on continuing to grow her social media presence on YouTube, Instagram, OnlyFans, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook. She is creating a calendar in 2022, and she may even be starring in a reality TV show or opening a fashion store in the near future. No matter where her next ventures lead her, she’s sure to not let anyone or anything stand in her way.