Wisdom Kaye

Nigerian-American model

Wisdom Kaye (né Uduebor)^[1] (born April 4, 2001) is a Nigerian-American model and social media personality known for his fashion-related posts. As such, Vogue considers him "TikTok's best-dressed guy".^[2]

Early life and career

Kaye was born in Nigeria and moved to Houston, Texas when he was four years old. He became interested in fashion in high school and was influenced by French fashion designer Hedi Slimane, whom at the time was creative director of Yves Saint Laurent and is currently creative director of Celine.^[3] Kaye went to Fulshear High School as well as Texas State University where he was studying electrical engineering before dropping out. ^[4] Kaye was scouted by IMG Models via their social media team^[5] and made his debut at Balmain for their S/S 2022 fashion show.^[6] He has also worked with Dior, Fendi, Ralph Lauren, Coach New York, and Revlon.^[4]

On TikTok, Kaye joined in January 2020 and went viral for his take on the "Vogue Challenge"; by July 2020, he had reached 2 million followers.^[7] He also went viral for creating high-fashion outfits based on Marvel Cinematic Universe characters.^[8] In December 2021, he was featured on Teen Vogue's 21 Under 21 list.^[9] In 2023 he was featured in Forbes’s 30 under 30.^[10] As of 2024 he currently has 3.4 million followers on Instagram(@wisdm) and 10.5 million followers on TikTok (@wisdm8).

References

^ Gleason, Averil (March 13, 2018). "Fulshear students show off purple and black pride". Fort Bend Herald.
^ Allaire, Christian (September 2021). "What Wisdom Kaye, TikTok's Best-Dressed Guy, Wore to Fashion Week". Vogue.
^ Roby, India (August 18, 2020). "TIKTOK STAR WISDOM KAYE: THE GEN-Z STYLE ICON". V Magazine.
^ ^a ^b "Meet Wisdom Kaye, the Fashionable TikToker Turned IMG Model". Teen Vogue. April 29, 2021.
^ Brannigan, Maura (November 6, 2020). "How I Shop: TikTok Style Star and IMG Model Wisdom Kaye" – via Yahoo!.
^ Roby, India (September 30, 2021). "WISDOM KAYE MADE HIS RUNWAY DEBUT AT BALMAIN'S SPRING 2022 SHOW". Nylon Magazine.
^ Allaire, Christian (July 5, 2020). "Wisdom Kaye Is the Best-Dressed Guy on TikTok". Vogue. Condé Nast.
^ Hodge, Christian (October 20, 2021). "Marvel Fan Makes Fashion Outfits Based On MCU Characters In TikTok Video". ScreenRant.com.
^ "Teen Vogue's 21 Under 21 2021: The Young People Shaping Tomorrow". Teen Vogue. Condé Nast. December 14, 2021.
^ Barton, Merrilee. "Wisdom Kaye - 2022-11-14 - 2023 30 under 30: Art and style". Forbes.com. Forbes Magazine. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

Streamy Awards winners – Channel, Series, or Show

Overall

Streamer of the Year‡	Ninja (2018) Ninja (2019) Nickmercs (2020) Valkyrae (2021) Kai Cenat (2022) Kai Cenat (2023)
Short Form	the cheeky boyos (2021) Sheena Melwani (2022) Chris Olsen (2023)
International†	OzGirl (2010) Travel Story (2013) Noob (2014) RackaRacka (2015) HolaSoyGerman (2016) Juanpa Zurita (2017) Pautips (2018) Fischer's-フィッシャーズ- , Mark Angel Comedy and Camila Loures (2019) Whindersson Nunes (2020) Mythpat (2021) Khaby Lame (2022) Ibai (2023)

Individual

Breakout Creator	Matthew Santoro (2015) Liza Koshy (2016) David Dobrik (2017) Emma Chamberlain (2018) MrBeast (2019) Charli D'Amelio (2020) Bella Poarch (2021) Ryan Trahan (2022) Dylan Mulvaney (2023)
Breakout Streamer	IShowSpeed (2022) Fanum (2023)
First Person	DailyGrace (2013) Jenna Marbles (2014) IISuperwomanII (2015) Casey Neistat (2016) Lilly Singh (2017) David Dobrik (2018) David Dobrik (2019) Emma Chamberlain (2020) Yes Theory (2021) Airrack (2022) Ryan Trahan (2023)
Just Chatting	xQc (2022) Quackity (2023)
Variety	Ludwig (2022) IShowSpeed (2023)
VTuber	CodeMiko (2022) Gawr Gura (2023)

Show

Podcast	Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig (2018) Impaulsive (2019) On Purpose with Jay Shetty (2020) Dark History (2021) Call Her Daddy (2022) On Purpose with Jay Shetty (2023)
Scripted Series	Blame the Hero (2019) A Heist with Markiplier (2020) Could You Survive The Movies? (2021) In Space with Markiplier (2022) BRYCE (2023)
Unscripted Series	Escape the Night season 4 (2019) UNHhhh (2020) 30 Days With: Bretman Rock (2021) Challenge Accepted (2022) Sam and Colby (2023)

Subject

Animated	How It Should Have Ended (2010) Electric City (2013) RWBY (2014) The Cyanide & Happiness Show (2015) sWooZie (2016) RWBY (Volume 4) (2017) storybooth (2018) Andrei Terbea (2019) Jaiden Animations (2020) Ketnipz (2021) MeatCanyon (2022) Helluva Boss (2023)
Beauty	Missglamorazzi (2014) Gigi Gorgeous (2015) Kandee Johnson (2016) Patrick Starrr (2017) James Charles (2018) Nikita Dragun (2019) James Charles (2020) Bailey Sarian (2021) MissDarcei (2022) Mikayla Nogueira (2023)
Comedy	Liza Koshy (2017) Brandon Rogers (2018) Jack Douglass (2019) Sarah Cooper (2020) LeendaDong (2021) RDCWorld (2022) RDCWorld (2023)
Commentary	ContraPoints (2020) Drew Gooden (2021) Danny Gonzalez (2022) penguinz0 (2023)
Competitive Gamer	tarik (2022) TenZ (2023)
Fashion and Style‡	Bethany Mota (2014) Lauren Elizabeth (2015) Amanda Steele (2016) Tess Christine (2017) Niki and Gabi (2018) PatrickStarr (2019) Wisdom Kaye (2020) Wisdom Kaye (2021) Wisdom Kaye (2022) Wisdom Kaye (2023)
Food‡	Epic Meal Time (2014) Epic Meal Time (2015) Tiny Kitchen (2016) Worth It (2017) Worth It (2018) Binging with Babish (2019) Tabitha Brown (2020) Nick DiGiovanni (2021) Cooking with Lynja (2022) Nick DiGiovanni (2023)
Gamer‡	Smosh Games (2014) PewDiePie (2015) The Game Theorists (2016) Smosh Games (2017) Ninja (2018) The Game Theorists (2019) Dream (2020) Dream (2021) Markiplier (2022) Dream (2023)
Health and Wellness	Blogilates (2014) Blogilates (2015) Yoga With Adriene (2016) Jay Shetty (2018) Jay Shetty (2019) Chloe Ting (2020) Doctor Mike (2021) Doctor Mike (2022) Dr Julie (2023)
Kids and Family	Kids React (2014) What's Up Moms (2015) Kid President (2016) Brooklyn & Bailey (2017) Guava Juice (2018) JoJo Siwa (2019) Ryan's World (2020) The LaBrant Fam (2021) Rebecca Zamolo (2022) Ms. Rachel (2023)
Learning or Education‡	Vsauce (2014) Vsauce (2015) Laci Green (2016) Veritasium (2017) Marques Brownlee (2018) Mark Rober (2019) Mark Rober (2020) Veritasium (2021) Tom Scott (2022) TierZoo (2023)
Lifestyle	iJustine (2015) GloZell Green (2016) LaurDIY (2017) Merrell Twins (2018) Bretman Rock (2019) Larray (2020) Addison Rae (2021) Charli D'Amelio (2022) AMP (2023)
News‡	Alive in Baghdad (2009) Auto-Tune the News (2010) The Philip DeFranco Show (2013) SourceFed (2014) The Young Turks (2015) The Philip DeFranco Show (2016) The Young Turks (2017) The Philip DeFranco Show (2018) The Philip DeFranco Show (2019) HasanAbi (2020) Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan (2021) HasanAbi (2022) HasanAbi (2023)
Science and Engineering	Mark Rober (2021) Mark Rober (2022) I Did a Thing (2023)
Sports	Red Bull (2014) Dude Perfect (2015) 30 for 30 Shorts (2016) Cold As Balls (2018) Ryan Garcia (2020) Deestroying (2021) Jesser (2022) Jesser (2023)
Technology	Marques Brownlee (2019) Marques Brownlee (2020) Mrwhosetheboss (2021) Mrwhosetheboss (2022) Marques Brownlee (2023)