<P> The character has appeared in television and web series and other media . Her first network television appearance was in a 2012 episode of the TV show Victorious . In 2014, she guest - starred in character on an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld and appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . In 2015, she released a New York Times #1 best - selling book, written in Miranda's voice, titled Selp - Helf . Miranda is the main character in the Netflix original series Haters Back Off (2016--2017). Ballinger won a Teen Choice Award and a Streamy Award for her Miranda videos . </P> <P> Since 2008, Ballinger has posted more than 500 videos as the character Miranda Sings on the YouTube channel of the same name . The character is a satire of bad, but egotistical, singers who post internet videos of themselves singing in hopes of breaking into show - business, despite the realistic or cruel comments of "haters" who comment on their videos . More generally, it is a satire of pretentious and untalented performers everywhere . Miranda is supposedly a home - schooled young woman who lives with her mother and uncle . She is narcissistic, infantilized, overconfident and has a relentless ambition to achieve show business fame . </P> <P> In the videos, the Miranda character sings in a comically off - key, yet plausible, voice and covers pop music hits, show tunes and original songs . Sometimes she discusses current events, which she usually misunderstands, gives inept mock - "tutorials", rants about her internet critics or discusses the character's backstory . She uses spoonerisms, mondegreens and malapropisms, is irritable, ludicrously self - absorbed, narcissistic, prudish and self - righteous, socially awkward, and has a defiant, arrogant attitude . The Times describes the character as "self - obsessed and immune to criticism". Her videos "exhibit the near - tragic extent of Miranda's idiocy ." As Robert Lloyd, writing for the Los Angeles Times put it, "the ferocious enormousness of Miranda's self - regard, which blots out nearly everything around her, is inversely proportional to her talent ." To viewers who take the videos seriously and offer criticism, she responds with the catchphrase, "Haters Back Off!", telling these critics that they are "just jealous" and that "haters make me famous". </P> <P> The character displays eccentric facial traits such as unusually active eyebrows and a crooked smile described as a "side smirk". Her head is cocked to one side, and her pronunciation quirks include an emphasis on the use of a prominent hard' g' (in such words as' singing' and' song'). In place of lyrics that she cannot remember, the character "scat" sings . She wears bright red lipstick drawn beyond the borders of her lips, her hair pulled up at the temples to expose the maximum amount of forehead, dresses in mismatched out - of - style clothing (such as a men's shirt buttoned to the neck with red sweatpants), and often dances stiffly to the music she is performing . Miranda's views of society and morality are politically incorrect, and she displays a strong prudish aversion to anything risque, which she calls "porn". Since 2013, Miranda has frequently collaborated on videos that other YouTubers display on their channels, often accumulating millions of views . People magazine featured a Miranda collaboration with Tyler Oakley and Bethany Mota . Her YouTube audience was relatively modest until early 2013 when her audience reached 150,000 subscribers and began to expand rapidly . </P>

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