{"id":62356,"date":"2026-09-04T11:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=62356"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T10:45:47","slug":"this-is-what-alix-earle-actually-looked-like-before-fame-and-what-she-done-for-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/09\/04\/this-is-what-alix-earle-actually-looked-like-before-fame-and-what-she-done-for-work\/","title":{"rendered":"This is what Alix Earle actually looked like before fame, and what she done for work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/09\/03\/we-get-a-glimpse-into-alix-earles-life-so-when-does-earle-meets-world-release-on-netflix\/\">Alix Earle<\/a> had a whole life before fame that we never got to see, and it looked a lot different. She worked a series of everyday jobs, posed just like any other 90s teenager when Instagram launched, and was essentially a normal girlypop that we&#8217;d see in class at school.<\/p>\n<p>She actually worked in a custard-making factory ahead of her fame, specifically at Surfside in New Jersey. Alix then first gained attention at the University of Miami as a marketing student posting GRWM TikTok videos during her sophomore year. The rest is history!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7kvzzLNPwx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7kvzzLNPwx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Hot Mess Media (@hotmess)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script> But let&#8217;s rewind for a second. She claimed she was dropped from every single sorority at University of Miami while all of her friends made it in, which left her feeling like a &#8220;total social pariah.&#8221; Alix also worked at what people call a &#8220;super IT girl boutique&#8221; before fame.<\/p>\n<p>One Reddit user claimed: &#8220;We grew up in the same area and she was always well known and popular. Worked at a super \u201cit girl\u201d boutique but I always had great interactions with her. Don\u2019t really hear of a lot of ppl who disliked her, more just indifferent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hotmess\/video\/7348991218786913579\" data-video-id=\"7348991218786913579\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@hotmess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hotmess?refer=embed\">@hotmess<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>FIRST JOBS PT 2. My love for social media started here\ud83e\udef6 watch \u201cDitching My Comfort Zone\u201d for what\u2019s next in my career\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Hot Mess Media\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7348991356410268458?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Hot Mess Media<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Alix worked at fashion store Hazel Boutique in New Jersey for her first job, where she was offered free clothes to model before asking the owner for a summer position. &#8220;I was so shy because I was working with older girls, I didn&#8217;t talk for the first two months,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Another person said: &#8220;She applied to my job at the U before blowing up and never responded when I reached out asking for an interview. She was one of our best, most frequent customers at a coffee cart outside of the business school on campus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i> on <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She used to work in a custard 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