CHICAGO — Chicago's women "broke the Internet" with risqué and funny selfies on Tuesday.
The hashtag #ChicagoGirlsBreakTheInternet started trending as hundreds of women shared photos of themselves smiling, eating pizza, posing for the camera or hanging out with family and friends. The hashtag gained popularity after Donald Trump supporters started sharing selfies with the hashtag #TrumpGirlsBreakTheInternet. "Breaking the Internet" refers to dominating attention online.
Besides posting selfies, people also used #ChicagoGirlsBreakTheInternet — and the less-popular #ChicagoBoysBreakTheInternet — to encourage each other and joke.
Being from Chicago and seeing all these ladies COME THROUGHHHHHH. #ChicagoGirlsBreakTheInternet pic.twitter.com/kMKoXmpVfn
— bossy. (@KySaidSo) June 28, 2016
Others used the hashtags to share photos of some of the city's most famous men and women, including President Barack Obama and poet Gwendolyn Brooks.
#ChicagoGirlsBreakTheInternet pic.twitter.com/BfsP5AjZYP
— kush thompson. (@cursivebones) June 28, 2016
Clockwise: Gwendolyn Brooks, Chaka Khan, Patricia Smith and Lorraine Hansberry.
#ChicagoBoysBreakTheInternet pic.twitter.com/kahfcYAxQu
— Cameron Jarrétt (@CameronJvrrett) June 28, 2016
Clockwise: President Barack Obama, Chance the Rapper, Kanye West and Common.
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