Botox for the bunny lines." "Cheeks, filler because I had a chin like an ass. Also botox in my jaw because I move my teeth at night. In a 2021 interview with Dutch television presenter Fred van Leer, De Jager explained she had undergone several cosmetic surgeries: "botox here, here and eyebrows lifted. The police are currently investigating, and have stated there have been arrests made in the investigation. Police reported one resident had superficial injuries. On 8 August 2020, De Jager and her fiancé were robbed at gunpoint in their house in Uden. She is engaged her fiancé, Dylan, proposed to her in August 2019, while the two were on holiday in Italy. She underwent her transition in her childhood and teens. On 13 January 2020, De Jager uploaded a video to her YouTube channel, titled "I'm Coming Out", in which she revealed that she is transgender and that she had been blackmailed by someone who threatened to make her assigned sex at birth public. She was the first transgender person to host the contest. On 18 September 2020, she was confirmed to return as a co-host of the 2021 contest, having been upgraded to a regular host from the previous year's role of online host. De Jager later appeared as a co-host in the replacement show Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, broadcast on, where she reported the show's online content live to the public. The event was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 10 February 2020, it was announced that De Jager would be the online host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was going to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Eurovision Song Contest ĭe Jager (right) and Chantal Janzen, two of the four presenters In August 2020 De Jager launched her own eyeshadow palette in collaboration with the brand Beauty Bay.
In December 2019, she collaborated with Lady Gaga, promoting her makeup brand Haus Laboratories. Her line with OFRA Cosmetics in 2017 included liquid lipsticks and a highlighter palette. Collaborations ĭe Jager has collaborated with beauty brands like OFRA Cosmetics and Maybelline. On 12 June 2020, it was announced that De Jager will be a goodwill ambassador at the United Nations.
The brand stated in a press release that "in this newly created role, Nikkie will be integrated into the brand’s product development process, as well as share her incredible talent and expertise to expand unique content and artistry around the world on both Marc Jacobs Beauty and her own channels." In January 2019, it was announced that De Jager would serve as the Global Beauty Adviser for Marc Jacobs Beauty. She expressed disappointment in the company's actions, feeling they had lied to their followers as she was not wearing any of their products in the photo of her they had used to promote their company. In 2017, De Jager uploaded a video reviewing a foundation produced by a Prague-based cosmetics brand and spoke about the company using her image, specifically a screenshot from her "The Power of Makeup" video, to sell their products on social media without her permission. In 2017, she also won the award for "YouTube Guru" at the Shorty Awards and the award for "Choice Fashion/Beauty Web Star" at the Teen Choice Awards. įorbes magazine named De Jager one of the top ten beauty " influencers" in 2017. De Jager left Colourfool Agency at the beginning of 2014 to work as a freelance hair and makeup artist. In the autumn of 2013, she became the head makeup artist for the RTL 5 show I Can Make You a Supermodel with Paul Fisher.
She then signed to Colourfool Agency in 2011, and began working as a professional makeup artist. After uploading videos for about two years, she enrolled in makeup coursework at B Academy in Amsterdam. She then began searching YouTube for tutorials to recreate the look, and was inspired to begin creating her own.
De Jager first began uploading videos to YouTube in 2008, at the age of 14, after watching MTV's The Hills while sick and being inspired by Lauren Conrad's makeup.