Nikkie de Jager
Awards & Honours
16
Awards Won
4
Honours
4
Rankings
5
Covers
3
Records
Nikkie de Jager holds a Guinness World Record for the most-viewed beauty tutorial on YouTube with "The Power of Makeup." She was the first Dutch YouTuber to reach 10 million subscribers. In 2021, she became the first openly transgender person to host the Eurovision Song Contest. She was ranked #1 on the Forbes Netherlands Top Creators list in 2021 and named to the TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World digital category in 2024. She received the Dutch Order of the Lion in 2022 for her contributions to media and LGBTQ+ visibility.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Guinness World Record
Most viewed beauty tutorial on YouTube for The Power of Makeup
Dutch Order of the Lion
Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw for contributions to media and LGBTQ+ visibility
Key to the City of Wageningen
Awarded for charitable work
Lifetime Achievement Award
Honored for her impact on the beauty industry
Rankings & Lists
Top Creators
100 Most Influential People in Beauty
Most Powerful Beauty Influencers
100 Most Influential People in the World
Magazine Covers
TIME
October 2020
The Power of Authenticity: Nikkie de Jager on Coming Out and Changing Beauty
Vogue Netherlands
May 2021
Nikkie de Jager: The New Face of Dutch Beauty
Rolling Stone
August 2022
The Makeup Maven Who Took Eurovision
Vanity Fair
December 2023
The Queen of YouTube Beauty
GQ
March 2024
Nikkie de Jager: Beauty, Bravery, and Breaking Barriers
Records & Feats
Most viewed beauty tutorial on YouTube
The Power of Makeup holds the Guinness World Record for most views of a beauty tutorial on YouTube.
First Dutch YouTuber to reach 10 million subscribers
Nikkie was the first creator from the Netherlands to achieve 10 million YouTube subscribers.
First openly transgender person to host Eurovision
In 2021, she co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, making history as the first openly transgender host of the event.