<P> Ballinger was able to turn the popularity of her videos into income from a percentage of advertising fees or occasionally fixed sponsorship fees . She told the Wall Street Journal: "I have to do things like torture myself to keep people watching" her YouTube videos . To this end, she made a popular cinnamon challenge video in character as Miranda, Until March 2013, Ballinger' YouTube audience was modest, but in that month, her Miranda Sings channel's audience reached 150,000 subscribers, and both of her YouTube channels began to expand far more rapidly . Ballinger offers merchandise on her mirandasings.com website, and some of the videos contain brand endorsements . For example, a 2016 video, "Sexy Buttery Love Song" promoted Jack in the Box restaurants . In 2016, Forbes magazine ranked Ballinger as the ninth highest - earning YouTuber . </P> <P> Ballinger moved to New York City in 2010 to follow performing opportunities, but she returned to the West coast in 2012 when she realized that, to maximize her YouTube audience, she needed to collaborate with the community of YouTubers based in Los Angeles . In July 2015, after several years of dating, Ballinger and Joshua Evans wed in California . In September 2016, the couple announced their divorce . </P> <P> Ballinger then purchased a new home in Encino, California . Ballinger met actor Erik Stocklin in 2016 when she cast him to play Miranda's love interest in Haters Back Off . The couple began dating by early 2018 and confirmed the relationship publicly in June 2018 . Later the same month, Ballinger announced that she and Stocklin are engaged and expecting their first child . </P> <P> Since January 2008, Ballinger has posted more than 400 videos as her comically talentless and quirky character, Miranda Sings, primarily on the YouTube channel Miranda Sings . The character is a satire of the many YouTube videos featuring bad, but egotistical, performers who film themselves singing as a form of self - promotion, despite receiving the realistic or cruel comments of "haters". "Miranda" is supposedly a home - schooled young woman who still lives with her mother and uncle; she is eccentric and infantilized, narcissistically believes that she was born famous, and is obsessed with show business fame . </P>

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