Cincinnati Magazine
December 21, 2020
In her hugely popular TikToks, Cincinnati native Caroline Ricke plays an over-the-top, self-proclaimed “Ohio Socialite” with an eclectic fashion sense (think Cher Horowitz meets Lizzie McGuire). Since joining the platform in March, Ricke, already a popular YouTuber, has amassed more than two million followers.
Photograph courtesy of Caroline Ricke
I had like 400 subscribers at the time I made that [Harvard Acceptance Reaction] video, so I said,
OK, I need to figure out where I am and what kind of videos I want to make on YouTube so I can start having a theme on my channel. And my younger brother was like,