a little update | the last two years 🌹
A lot has happened in Ara's life over the last two years. In some ways, it feels like Ara's life has only grown. Some highlights: she reached 4 million followers on Instagram, coached the girl who got 3rd place in the Miss America contest, found a new passion of hers, and started a podcast! Some lowlights: she was cancelled, lost 25,000 followers (but eventually earned them back, it was NBD), had to live in Bangor for 6 months, had a stalker, and then a very dramatic, public breakup with said stalker.
There comes a time in every social media influencer's life when they will get cancelled. Such a thing has happened in Ara's life many times. She would say: too many to count. The first time it happened was when she was getting started. She promoted a brand that tested on animals, and everyone came for her. She quelled the masses by going vegan (but only online). Her second cancellation came soon after, when she was seen eating sushi at Saki's grand reopening in 2016. There was simply no way to hide the shrimp that adorned her beautiful, delicious roll. This latest cancellation, however, was worse than the others. Arabella was caught in a lie.
Ara lived two separate lives. There was Instagram Ara and the real Ara. Instagram Ara was into clean eating. She did yoga and pilates regularly. She loved being in nature and grounding. She never gossiped about her friends. Instagram Ara was sweet, kind, and her voice was like honey; she never cursed! The real Ara liked to party. She did drugs, drank, could be mean, and her favorite pastime was gossiping about her friends. So when one of her friends took to social media to call her out on her hypocrisy, everyone was outraged. She lost a ton of followers, sponsorships, and even had to start paying for her previously free membership to the pilates studio she attended. It was crazy.
It was during this time that Ara went on a couple of side quests. The girl who had won Miss Maine reached out to her for help during the Miss America pageant. Ara had never participated in a pageant, nor did she care about them, but she needed a distraction from the storm brewing on her Instagram. Once she accepted the job, which came with the unfortunate news that she would have to move to Bangor for six months, she announced that her full attention would be on coaching this girl. Spending less time on social media and being away from Barton Point led Ara to uncover a new passion of hers: golfing. It became her whole personality for a while: going to the country club, wearing cute little skirts, hitting a few holes, getting drinks afterwards. It was amazing! And all over her Instagram (because by "break" she just meant she wouldn't be posting daily, just once or twice a week).
It was while playing golf that she met Giulia Bonacci. Ara would say that it doesn't really matter who she is, but what matters is that their relationship lasted three months and ended catastrophically, loudly, and publicly, thus kick-starting the Arabella Kincaid redemption tour. Giulia Bonacci stole from Arabella. Not jewelry or clothes, but her life. Her entire social media presence was basically copy-pasted from Arabella. Poses, posts, locations... At first, Ara felt like she was being dramatic, but then it got creepy. She would copy captions, stories, and experiences Ara had talked about before... She even reached out to Ara's old friends to know more. So Ara broke up her fast, which Giulia didn't take well, because in Giulia's mind, she was innocent! Their break-up at the Bean was thus recorded and posted for thousands to see. Ara was sitting calmly, arms crossed over her chest, while Giulia yelled that "NO ONE broke up with Giulia Bonacci. No one. And no one is good enough for Giulia to imitate."
Either way, the relationship ended, and Ara took to her Instagram to tell the story, which made people forget all about the previous drama she'd been involved in. Ara realized people liked it when she was honest and herself, so she started being exactly that. She started opening up about things that happened to her in the past, told crazy story times while she did her makeup, and eventually, she started a podcast. She has guests, they talk about messy things they've been through and lessons they've learned, and she is having the time of her life.
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