#ChavCheck explained: Controversial UK TikTok trend spreads across the globe TikTok: libbyelias\/tia.porter\/leylaadervishThose who grew up in the UK know that the \u2018chav\u2019 trend didn\u2019t start on TikTok. For the rest of the world, it became a controversial cultural phenomenon in late 2020. But, what\u2019s the #ChavCheck trend all about? And why do people find it so problematic? To everyone outside of Britain, \u2018chav\u2019 TikTok and UK TikTok are one and the same. Teenage girls with orange faces, block brows and gold hoops saying \u201cchewsday\u201d and miming to \u201cManchester Girl\u201d by Sophie Aspin. The \u2018chav\u2019 trend has amassed over one-billion views since it took off in 2020. Sub-trends that stem from \u2018chav\u2019 include #ChavCheck, which now has over 500,000,000 views. The trend involves girls putting on their best \u2018Essex\u2019 accent or secretly filming their loud friends. Read More: Instagram is trying to become TikTok – For better or worse, TikTok has given chav culture a global regeneration. Makeup TikTok has been creating chav makeup tutorials, arty TikTok has created their own chav aesthetic, and comedy TikTok has been posting chav POVs. Even Mia Khalifa hopped on the trend! So\u2026 what exactly is a chav? Merriam-Webster defines it as \u201ca young person in Britain\u2026 known for engaging in aggressive behavior.\u201d But this might be a little outdated. A TikTok chav is typically a young woman. Her makeup is always at least three shades too dark for her skin tone, with oblong eyebrows and \u2018concealer lips\u2019. She usually wears big hoops and a slightly orange school uniform. Her hair has to be in a messy bun. \u2018Chavs\u2019 in the UK are thought to be loud, confrontational and irritating. TikTok user Bella Morehead claims the US equivalent is a \u201cCheeto girl\u201d. Why is Chav TikTok so problematic? Many people are claiming that Chav TikTok isn\u2019t as harmless as it first appears. In the UK, the \u2018chav\u2019 stereotype is associated with a lower economic class. The exaggerated Estuary English accents are a particular product of this. The word \u2018chav\u2019 is often used against those who grew up in poorer areas of the UK, and people feel the TikTok characters are culturally insensitive. Viewers also feel like the caricature shouldn\u2019t be turned into a Y2K aesthetic or makeup look. Could Chav TikTok really be a fun way to laugh at the Brits, or is it more damaging than we think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
#ChavCheck explained: Controversial UK TikTok trend spreads across the globe TikTok: libbyelias\/tia.porter\/leylaadervishThose who grew up in the UK know that the \u2018chav\u2019 trend didn\u2019t start on TikTok. For the rest of the world, it became a controversial cultural phenomenon in late 2020. But, what\u2019s the #ChavCheck trend all about? And why do people find it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}