Hawk Tuah girl marks ‘significant’ milestone with appearance at Hard Rock Miami

Hawk Tuah Girl, the viral internet star, flew into Miami recently to commemorate reaching one million followers on Instagram. Hailey Welch, the internet sensation’s real name, made an appearance at Daer Dayclub in Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood on Sunday, July 7, supposedly to mark her Instagram achievement and to judge the Miss Daer bikini contest.

Recognizing the gravity of this pivotal moment in her journey, the 21-year-old overnight star graced the occasion in a Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins’ NFL jersey, with pictures emerging of the Tennessee native attending the party. Welch was visibly moved when she was honored with a bottle parade in acknowledgment of her fresh fame. According to TMZ, the pop-culture meme sensation received $30,000 solely for her appearance.

An admirer amidst the crowd romantically proposed marriage to which she humorously countered, “Where’s the ring? ” He hastily responded, “It’s on the way! ” later explaining “I had the ring. It must have dropped out of my pocket at some point before this.”

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Welch shot to fame owing to a viral June 9 video with Tim & Dee TV at CMA Fest in Nashville. In an extremely popular video that has seen almost 5 million YouTube views, DeArius Marlow posed the intriguing query: “What’s one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time, that you do?”

The response that has been heard around the world 5 million times “You gotta give ’em that hawk tuah and spit on that thang,” Welch says with an endearing Southern drawl. ” You get me?”

Fame has brought some changes to the day-to-day routine of the Tennessee native. She was able to quit her day job at a spring factory. She reportedly signed with the Penthouse management firm for representation.

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She’s already making the podcast rounds and doing media interviews. A viral video showed country singer Zach Bryan bringing her onstage during his encore at Nissan Stadium last week. She even got to hang out with basketball superstar-turned-DJ Shaquille O’Neal, as shown in this video.

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