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About the Falling Stars Challenge

Falling Stars Challenge, also known as the Flaunt Your Wealth Challenge, is a social game in which
people post pictures of themselves lying face down as though they have just fallen over.
Furthermore, the picture is posed such that it appears the contents of their bags or pockets have
spilled out as well, showing their expensive belongings.
The challenge started in Russia ostensibly as a way for the wealthy to show off their possessions.
Origin
While it's unclear which post
first started the challenge,
one of the earliest popular
posts was posted August
8th, 2018 by Instagram user
ramos_catherine posted a
version where she appeared
to have fallen out of a
private jet. The post gained
over 4,000 likes.
Spread
Over the following several
months, more posts with
the hashtag #FallingStars began
appearing from wealthy Russian
Instagram users. And then, The
trend quickly went global, but
has particularly proven popular
in China.
Certainly some wealthy young
Chinese have been showing off
their bling in the challenge.But it
is only in China that it has has
come to take on new meaning,
with Chinese users competing to
show the struggles they face in
their ordinary lives
'More creative' in China
The only thing that's falling out for us regular people
Thanks for your listening