Ari Gameplays

Mexican Internet personality, and glamour model (born 1998)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  Garza and the second or maternal family name is  Alonso.

Ari Gameplays

Ari Gameplays as Aria Bela

Personal information
Born|

Abril Abdamari Garza Alonso

(1998-02-28) February 28, 1998 (age 27)

Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Education| Communication sciences (Autonomous University of Nuevo León; not completed)
Occupations|

* Internet celebrity
* streamer
* YouTuber
* TikToker
* glamour model
* cosplayer

Spouse|

Juan Guarnizo

(m. 2019; div. 2024)​

Twitch information
Channel|

* AriGameplays

Years active| 2016–present
Genre| Let's Play
Followers| 6.8 million
Associated acts| Ama Blitz (older sister)[1]

YouTube information

Channels|

* Ari Gameplays
* ARI

Years active| 2014–present
Genre(s)| Let's Play
Vlog
Subscribers| 4.17 million[2]
(24 February 2024)
Views| 126 million[2]
(24 February 2024)

Creator Awards

| 100,000 subscribers|
| 1,000,000 subscribers| 2018

TikTok information

Page|

* arigameplays

Followers| 26.1 million
Likes| 741 million

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Last updated: 24 February 2024

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Last updated: 24 February 2024

Abril Abdamari Garza Alonso (born February 28, 1998),[3] better known as Ari Gameplays (stylized AriGameplays), is a Mexican Internet personality, online streamer, YouTuber, model and cosplayer. With 6.7 million, her Twitch channel is the 23rd most-followed globally,[4] and the second most-followed female streamer on the platform,[5] as well as the 150th most-followed user on TikTok.[6] She is also known as MiPriv creator.[7][8]

## Early life

[edit]

Garza was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. From an early age she became interested in video games, while studying communication sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, from which she dropped out due to her success in social networks.[9][10][11]

## Career

[edit]

On July 23, 2014, Garza uploaded her first video to YouTube. Initially, she uploaded tutorials and content of female interest.[12] She subsequently chose to dedicate herself to vlogs and Let's Plays.[13] The video games with which she had the most reach on that platform were Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto V, Fortnite, Overwatch and Planet Coaster. Later on February 17, 2019, she started her secondary YouTube channel, which is active from time to time.[10][14]

In 2016, she started streaming on Twitch, where she managed to position herself as the second most followed female streamer, with around 1.35 million.[13] In June 2018 she participated in a Fortnite Battle Royale tournament hosted by El Rubius at Gamergy 2018.[15] Between May 18 and 19, 2019 she was invited to the Mexican festival Open.GG.[16]

In January 2019, she became involved in a controversy with the Panamanian streamer Windy Girk, since she accused her of "doing stream sniping" to harm her on a Fortnite server in which they had coincided.[17][18] In March 2021, Windy Girk accused her again of "using bots to report her social media", deleting her posts, videos, and streams, according to her.[19]

In September 2019, she was a luxury guest at Liga VIVA E-Sports Dota 2 tournament in La Paz, Bolivia.[20][21] In September 2020, after suffering a ban on Twitch, she migrated to Facebook Gaming.[22] In August 2021, she participated in Tortillaland, a Minecraft content series hosted by AuronPlay.[23] On September 10, 2021, she returned to Twitch.[24]

In April 2022, he participated in the Cero Albañiles construction-free Fortnite content series, hosted by TheGrefg.[25] In June 2022, she was invited to the La Velada del Año 2 boxing event hosted by Ibai Llanos, where she became champion.[26][27][28] That same month she also presented a limited clothing collection together with El Rubius, under the name of MadKat X Ari Gameplays,[29] and appeared in the third edition of the Dame la Pasta Twitch event, hosted by Ibai Llanos.[30] In July 2022, she launched her own clothing collection in collaboration with Shein company.[31][32] In August 2022, she participated in Tortillaland 2 sequel.[33][34] In October 2022, she was announced as the face of Razer's Kraken Kitty V2 Pro headset.[35]

## Personal life

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On October 5, 2019, she married Colombian streamer Juan Sebastián "JuanSGuarnizo".[36][37]

## Awards and nominations

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Year  | Ceremony  | Category  | Nominee  | Result  | Ref.

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2018  | Eliot Awards  | Gamer  | Ari Gameplays  | Nominated  | [38]
2019  | 7th MTV Millennial Awards | Streamer of the Year  | Nominated  | [39]
2021  | 8th MTV Millennial Awards | Nominated  | [40]
2022  | 9th MTV Millennial Awards | Flames Couple  | JuanSGuarnizo and Ari Gameplays  | Nominated  | [41]
Streamer of the Year  | Ari Gameplays  | Nominated
Eliot Awards  | Best Engager  | Nominated  | [42]
Equinox LATAM Game Awards  | Best Content Creator  | Won  | [43]

## References

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1. ^ Pacheco, Enrique (2021-07-31). "Ama Blitz posa de rodillas en candente foto en bañador". Soy Fútbol (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
2. ^ a b "About Ari Gameplays". YouTube.
3. ^ Puerto, Enrique (2022-08-16). "Las ardientes fotos de Ari Gameplays que desafían la censura de Instagram". La Verdad Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
4. ^ "arigameplays's Twitch Stats Summary Profile (Social Blade Twitch Statistics)". Social Blade. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
5. ^ Mukherjee, Shreyan (2022-07-07). "5 most followed female Twitch streamers (2022)". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
6. ^ "arigameplays TikTok Stats Summary Profile (Social Blade TikTok Statistics)". Social Blade. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
7. ^ Arteaga, Jacqueline (2022-03-07). "OnlyFans gamer: ¿Quién es AriGameplays y cuánto ganó con su cuenta MiPriv?". Bolavip (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
8. ^ "AriGameplays se vuelve viral por comprar camioneta Mercedes solo de Onlyfans". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 2020-12-26. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
9. ^ Sánchez, Kenia (2022-08-29). "Ella es Ari Gameplays, la streamer mexicana más famosa". CHICMagazine (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
10. ^ a b Cook, Alexis (2021-06-17). "¿Quién es AriGameplays y cómo se hizo famosa en YouTube y en todo internet?". Bolavip (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
11. ^ "Arigameplays: ¿quién es y cómo se hizo famosa?". tuenlinea.com (in Mexican Spanish). 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
12. ^ "5 fotos de Ari Gameplays antes y después de alcanzar la fama en el gaming". gluc.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
13. ^ a b "Arigameplays y sus últimos videos de TikTok de los que todos están hablando". Infobae (in Spanish). 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
14. ^ Márquez, Rita (2021-06-24). "Quién es AriGamePlays, la streamer que revoluciona las redes con arriesgadas fotos". Vía País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
15. ^ Alcolea Huertos, Alejandro (2018-06-21). "Estos son los 100 famosos del torneo de Fortnite de ElRubius en Gamergy 2018". Hobbyconsolas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
16. ^ "¿Qué es el Open.GG? Fechas y sede en México". Mediotiempo (in Mexican Spanish). 17 April 2019. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
17. ^ "WindyGirk acusa de hacer Stream sniping a Ari Gameplays y ella responde llamándola meme andante". Planeta Gaming. 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
18. ^ Magno, Isabella; Babón, Carla (2019-01-17). "YouTube es el escenario de la batalla entre WindyGirk y AriGamePlays". Blasting News (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-09.
19. ^ Goche, Jhonatan (2021-03-04). "La respuesta de Arigameplays a Windygirk pone punto final a la polémica". eGames (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-09.
20. ^ "Ari Gameplays, la gamer más seguida en habla hispana llega a Bolivia para final de la Liga VIVA E-Sports". La Época (in Spanish). 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
21. ^ "Wisper y AriGameplays serán invitados a la final de Liga Viva de E-Sports este domingo". ATB Digital (in Spanish). 2019-09-13. Archived from the original on 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
22. ^ "AriGamePlays: la polémica por baneo de Twitch a streamer mexicana". El Imparcial (in Mexican Spanish). 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
23. ^ Silva, Matías (2021-08-09). "TortillaLand: Todos los participantes del servidor de AuronPlay". CodigoEsports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
24. ^ Pérez Cesari, Pedro (2022-09-09). "AriGameplays volverá a transmitir en Twitch a 2 años de su banneo". Yahoo! (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
25. ^ "TheGrefg presenta Cero Albañiles, su torneo de Fortnite sin construcción". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
26. ^ "La Velada del Año 2 rompió récords; mexicana Ari Gameplays fue la campeona". El Universal (in Spanish). 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
27. ^ "La Velada del Año 2: Arigameplay y Paracetamor dieron el mejor espectáculo de la noche, estos fueron los resultados". Depor (in Spanish). 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
28. ^ "AriGameplays, Carola y Paracetamor, reyes y reinas de las redes sociales tras la Velada del Año 2". Marca (in Spanish). 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
29. ^ Charlie (2022-06-22). "MadKat x AriGameplays o cómo la colaboración de El Rubius y la conocida youtuber mexicana podría colarse en tu armario". Trendencias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
30. ^ Fiorillo, Bruno (2022-06-22). "Ibai: La tercera edición de Dame la Pasta". CodigoEsports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
31. ^ Cediz, Ricardo (2022-07-23). "Ari Gameplays anuncia el lanzamiento de su colaboración con Shein". Random News (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
32. ^ Fiorillo, Bruno (2022-07-28). "AriGameplays lanzó su propia colección de ropa". CodigoEsports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
33. ^ "Biyín, AriGameplays, JuanSGuarnizo y todos los streamers presentados para TortillaLand 2, la serie de AuronPlay". Marca (in Spanish). 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
34. ^ "TortillaLand 2: fecha, participantes y cómo ver la aventura de Ibai Llanos y AuronPlay en Minecraft". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
35. ^ ChadowDan (2022-10-15). "Arigameplays es la nueva cara de los Kraken Kitty V2 Pro de Razer". Millenium (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-08.
36. ^ "Youtuber Arigameplays se casa con su novio Sebastián". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). 10 May 2019. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
37. ^ "Juan Guarnizo, el colombiano que gana espacio en Twitch" (in Spanish). Canal RCN. 2021-11-06. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
38. ^ "» Nominados al Premio Eliot 2018". lideresmexicanos.com. 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
39. ^ "Todos los nominados a los MTV MIAW 2019, los premios de los millenials". Clarín (in Spanish). 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
40. ^ "MTV Miaw 2021: lista completa de los ganadores". Glamour (in Mexican Spanish). 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
41. ^ "MTV MIAW 2022 EN VIVO: hora, canal y todos los detalles sobre los MTV Millennial Awards". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2022-07-10. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
42. ^ "Los Eliot Awards 2022 ya revelaron su lista de ganadores". sdpnoticias. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
43. ^ Iglesias, Agustina (2022-11-07). "Equinox Latam Game Awards 2022: todos los ganadores del evento que premia a videojuegos, estudios y creadores de contenido". Cultura Geek (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-09.

*[m.]: married
*[div.]: divorced
*[Ref.]: Reference(s)