"At a boarding school in Switzerland, she saw a 15-year-old boy propose to his 13-year-old girlfriend with a Cartier diamond ring. Another classmate offered a trip to New York City (on his private jet) to the first people who liked a post he had shared on Facebook. And in local pubs, students competed to see who could spend the most money, displaying their tabs like trophies. These are some of the experiences that Leonie von Ungern-Sternberg, a 29-year-old German woman, shares on TikTok under the label Modern Baroness Diaries."
"My last name is famous for both good and bad reasons. I have ancestors who did terrible things. And so, I thought, What can I give back? I decided I could debunk what you see in series like Bridgerton which has nothing to do with reality and show that I'm a normal woman. [I'm] a hardworking student who grew up with many privileges [and] not because I belonged to the aristocracy, which means nothing these days but because of the culture I was given."
Leonie von Ungern-Sternberg is a 29-year-old German who posts as Modern Baroness Diaries on TikTok. She recounts privileged experiences from a Swiss boarding school, including a 15-year-old proposal with a Cartier ring, classmates offering private jet trips, and pub spending competitions. She lives in Madrid while studying for an MBA at IE Business School and previously lived in Marbella during childhood. Her family name carries historical notoriety; she acknowledges ancestors who committed terrible acts and aims to give back by debunking romanticized portrayals of aristocracy. She promotes democratized knowledge and reports nearly 70% of her audience is female, mostly from the United States.
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