The girl became a millionaire, making filters for social networks: she learned this from the video on the Internet

Cyrene Quiamco, better known in tech circles as CyreneQ, capitalizes on people's obsession with transforming themselves into something they aren't. How she became a millionaire thanks to this, the publication told New York Post.

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The 34-year-old Filipino-American digital artist, influencer, author, and "augmented reality lens maker" began her journey of creating fun social media filters six years ago as an "inquisitive hobbyist."

Now, Quiamco is a proud millionaire who constantly attracts attention — and earns up to $30 per lens or filter — from top brands and online platforms like Snapchat and TikTok.

After only three years on the job, the artist was able to buy her “dream home in her dream neighborhood” in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2020.

Now she lives in a house with a golf course and within walking distance of some essential places.

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Along with several arcade machines and a huge pond, Quiamco's impressive abode also has one of her wish list features: a winding staircase.

Quiamco had no programming experience before she entered the scene.

“After hours of watching tutorials, I made my very first filter. It got more than 150 views in less than 000 hours, she said. “It was a bouncing head.” It was so rude, but people thought it was funny."

However, since childhood, she always thought about a career in art, despite the stigma of a starving artist.

“From the very beginning, I knew that I had to work very hard to achieve my dream as an artist,” Quiamco explained. — My artistic career began in high school when I created T-shirt designs and sold them to school clubs. I remember buying my first laptop with the profits.”

From there, she was able to explore the world of professional freelance work.

Quiamco's independent work designing logos, brochures, and websites began in high school and continued into college. She admitted that in her sophomore year, she paid for her first house with cash earned from freelancing and a scholarship.

Her career changed when she created a website for a new app where users could post photos that disappeared after 10 seconds: Snapchat.

“There was a community of artists who would paint over disappearing pictures,” Quiamco said. “The works were so stunning that I thought it was a waste of time for them to disappear, so I created a website that archived and displayed the works.”

Quiamco earns an average of $20 to $000 per filter. It first reached the $30 million mark in 000.

However, it took years of dedication to get to the financially comfortable point where she is now.

“I work from the moment I wake up to the moment I sleep, which sometimes means 18-hour days,” Quiamco shares. “Now I have enough savings to pay the bills for decades without having to work, but I enjoy doing it and it’s a little addictive.”

Since 2017, her Snapchat lenses have received over 1,5 million views and her TikTok filters have been used over 17 times. Quiamco's most viral sensation is her celebrity selfie series, where she takes a regular selfie and then draws a celebrity next to her.

“I've created hundreds, maybe close to a thousand filters for my regular Snapchat account and also collaborated with brands,” she said. “There are days when I rest, but most of the time it’s crazy hours. It's the equivalent of a full time job and I just really want to keep it up. I want to be at the forefront of this technology.”

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Quiamco still can't believe that social media has allowed her to achieve this. Having achieved financial freedom by doing what she loved for five years, she was also able to fund the early retirement of her mother, Kristin Ganzon, at 58.

“My mother was a single mother raising two children on a retail salary. “I knew the difficulties she was facing,” she explained. “My mom went to work every day and sometimes came home late because she had extra shifts.”

Quiamco continued, “I think the way I grew up without having so much made my imagination go further. All I could do was focus on my dreams and I really honed that skill. I think it all started my success.”

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