Yuya (YouTuber)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castrejón and the second or maternal family name is Castañeda.

Mariand Castrejón Castañeda (born March 13, 1993), better known as Yuya, is a Mexican beauty vlogger and YouTuber.^[2]

Yuya
Yuya in 2018
Personal information
Born	Mariand Castrejon Castañeda (1993-03-13) March 13, 1993 (age 32) Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Occupations	YouTuber beauty vlogger Empresaria
YouTube information
Channel	Yuya
Years active	2009–present
Genre	Beauty
Subscribers	24.9 million[1]
Views	2.5 billion[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2014 1,000,000 subscribers 2015 10,000,000 subscribers 2016
Last updated: 24 July 2022

Early life

Yuya was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. Her given name, Mariand, is a combination of her parents' names, Maribel and Andrés. She has a brother, Sergio, who also has a YouTube channel.^[2] Her uncle gave her the nickname Yuya after the Mexican TV character Yuya, la gorda.^[3]

Career

Yuya created her YouTube channel, called "lady16makeup," in 2009 after winning a YouTube make-up contest when she was 16 years old.^[3]

In March 2016, she was one of seven female YouTube creators who joined the United Nations' Sustainable Development Action Campaign, aiming to "achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls."^[4]

Yuya has written two books: Los secretos de Yuya (2015) and Las confesiones de Yuya (2016).^[5] She released a perfume called #True in July 2015 and a makeup collection in October 2017.^[6][7]

Personal life

She was in a relationship with Beto Pasillas, also a YouTuber, but broke up in June 2019.^[8] She started dating singer Siddhartha in August 2019.^[9] On June 12, 2021, Yuya announced she is pregnant via Instagram,^[10] and uploaded a video on her channel sharing her experience with pregnancy.^[11]

Bibliography

• Los secretos de Yuya (1st edition). Mexico: Planeta. ISBN 978-607-07-2407-7
• Las confesiones de Yuya (1st edition). Mexico: Planeta. ISBN 978-607-07-2999-7