Saffron Barker
Saffron Autumn Barker (born 24 July 2000) is an English influencer, YouTuber and podcast host. She is best known for her time on the seventeenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, the fifth series of Celebrity Hunted, and as a runner-up on The Celebrity Circle. In September 2019, The Sunday Times named Barker as their top female influencer. Early life Saffron was born in Brighton, East Sussex, on 24 July 2000, to Darren and Wendy Barker. She has two biological brothers, Jed and Casey, and a foster brother, Jordan. She attended Longhill High School in Rottingdean. Career 2015–2016: Career beginnings Barker was a member of four-piece girl band Born2Blush with bandmates Libby Whitehouse, Jazmine Tiley and Georgia McNamara. The group disbanded when she was 15-years-old, which seen her "left devastated", but it ultimately led to her opening a YouTube channel. Barker subsequently opened her self-titled YouTube account on 30 July 2015, where she still continues to create content about lifestyle and beauty, fashion and fitness. On 27 October 2015, she opened a side channel, solely dedicated to video blogging. Barker has over 2 million subscribers on her main channel. 2017–2018: Kids' Choice Awards, digital series and YouTube Rewind In March 2017,