YouTuber Anastasia “Stassie” Karanikolaou has been in the Kardashian circle for more than a decade.
She met her now-BFF Kylie Jenner in middle school, and the two have been inseparable since.
"She's definitely my oldest friend," Jenner said of Karanikolaou on the season 3 finale of The Kardashians. "We grew up together, we've been through so much together. She's like a sister."
Despite being an internet personality in her own right — Karanikolaou has close to 11 million followers on Instagram, where she was long known by her previous username, "stassiebaby"
— a great deal about Karanikolaou's upbringing remains largely unknown. The story of how she came to meet Jenner is another widely unknown fact. (Spoiler alert: it was not at a fan event, despite many theories.)
Between her YouTube channel, which has more than 770,000 subscribers,
and a tell-all interview on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy released last year, Karanikolaou has been open about
what her life is like now that's she's cemented herself as a public figure. But, when it comes to her past, the details have emerged slowly.
what her life is like now that's she's cemented herself as a public figure. But, when it comes to her past, the details have emerged slowly.
Karanikolaou told Cooper that she tends to avoid interviews because she gets “so nervous” talking to people, which has played a part in how private she’s kept her early life.
From first meeting Jenner in a bookstore in middle school to now being one of the Kardashian clan’s closest confidants, Karanikolaou has had quite a journey in the public eye.
So, who really is Stassiebaby? Here’s everything to know about the model and influencer who is one of Kylie Jenner’s best friends.
During her appearance on Call Her Daddy, she revealed that she and her sister, Alexia Karanikolaou, dealt with a “lot of commotion” when they were growing up.
During her appearance on Call Her Daddy, she revealed that she and her sister, Alexia Karanikolaou, dealt with a “lot of commotion” when they were growing up.
Her mother struggled with addiction, she shared, which prompted the sisters to move around quite a lot and bounce between their dad’s home and those of several family members.
In June, the sisters announced in a joint Instagram post that their mother had died. “Heaven gained someone so special,”
In June, the sisters announced in a joint Instagram post that their mother had died. “Heaven gained someone so special,”