Zoë Roth, who became the ‘Disaster Girl’ viral meme at four years old, has sold the original photo for a large amount of money.
The image was taken of Roth by her father in front of a burning house in Mebane, North Carolina, where firefighters had intentionally set it alight as part of a controlled fire.
Now 21, she made the choice to sell the snap to Ben Lashes, an NFT, (non-fungible token) guru who has bought Nyan Cat, Grumpy Cat, Keyboard Cat, Doge, and other famed memes.
Having earned herself a large amount of money, Roth says she’ll use the funds to pay her college tuition, as well as donate funds to charity.
She told the New York Times: “The internet is big. Whether you’re having a good experience or a bad experience, you kind of just have to make the most of it.”
Now that she’s sold it, she has some thoughts on how people become famous online, unintentionally.
She said to Raleigh News & Observer: “Nobody who is a meme tried to do that, it just ended up that way. Is it luck? Is it fate? I have no idea. But I will take it.”
As for how much she made in the sale, she sold her image for $473,000.
The sale went through on April 17, which would amount to 180 Ethereum cryptocurrency.
