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Disaster Girl has sold her popular meme as an NFT for $500,000

‘Disaster Girl’ has sold her popular meme as an NFT for $500,000 Share this story Photo: David Roth Another internet meme has sold for big bucks online: Zoë Roth, best known as “Disaster Girl” for the popular image macro taken by her father in 2005 of her smirking at the camera while a house burns down in the background, has sold the original copy of the meme as an NFT for 180 Ether, worth almost $500,000. The New York Times that she’ll use the money to pay off her student loans and to donate to charity. And as is the case with many NFT sales, the Roths also retain the copyright to the image and will make 10 percent off any future sales of the NFT.

Disaster Girl meme sells for nearly $500,000

Disaster Girl meme sells for nearly $500,000 Celine Castronuovo © YouTube/BuzzFeedVideo Disaster Girl meme sells for nearly $500,000 The original copy of a photo that went viral in 2005 and became known as the Disaster Girl meme has been sold as a nonfungible token (NFT) for nearly $500,000. Zoë Roth, the woman who as a child was captured in the photo smiling as a house burned in the background, sold the image at an online auction earlier this month. Roth, who is now 21, sold the image to a user identified as @3FMusic for 180 Ether, a form of cryptocurrency. It was worth more than $430,000 at the time it was sold, MarketWatch reported, and as of Thursday it was worth the equivalent of more than $490,700.

Star of Disaster Girl Meme Sells Image as an NFT for $500,000

The name Zoë Roth might not ring any bells. But chances are you’ve seen her photo. One Saturday morning in 2005, when Ms. Roth was 4 years old, her family went to look at a house on fire in their neighborhood in Mebane, N.C. Firefighters had intentionally set the blaze as a controlled fire, so it was a relaxed affair: Neighbors gathered and firefighters allowed children to take turns holding the hose. Ms. Roth remembers watching the flames engulf the house when her father, an amateur photographer, asked her to smile. With her hair askew and a knowing look in her eyes, Ms. Roth flashed a devilish smirk as the fire roared behind her. “Disaster Girl” was born.

You know her as Disaster Girl She sold an NFT of her meme for $500,000

Copy shortlink: The name Zoë Roth might not ring any bells. But chances are you ve seen her photo. One Saturday morning in 2005, when Roth was 4 years old, her family went to look at a house on fire in their neighborhood in Mebane, North Carolina. Firefighters had intentionally set the blaze as a controlled fire, so it was a relaxed affair: Neighbors gathered and firefighters allowed children to take turns holding the hose. Roth remembers watching the flames engulf the house when her father, an amateur photographer, asked her to smile. With her hair askew and a knowing look in her eyes, Roth flashed a devilish smirk as the fire roared behind her. Disaster Girl was born.

The world knows her as Disaster Girl She sold an NFT of her meme for $500,000

The world knows her as Disaster Girl She sold an NFT of her meme for $500,000
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