That viral ‘sassy’ cheerleader meme? The moment was captured in Charlotte.
For weeks, a clip of a cheerleader has made the rounds on social media as one of the year’s earliest memes.
It features a 13-year-old girl moments before her cheer team’s performance, as she appears to give the crowd an intimidating stare-down.
The look quickly became a popular meme, or a “mood,” as many on Twitter have called it.
big mood pic.twitter.com/m83paZ2tb5
— (@SEtotheleft) January 16, 2018
Turns out, she’s from North Carolina, and the moment was captured in Charlotte.
It happened when she was at the Spirit of Hope National Championship, a national competition that was held at the Charlotte Convention Center the weekend of Jan. 13.
Ryan Cummings, the cheerleader, told BuzzFeed it’s weird to see her facial expression go viral. She was just focused on the competition.
“When I made that face, I was just thinking, I really want my team to kill it,” she told BuzzFeed.
The look, which many have on Twitter have callled “sassy” has inspired several reactionary jokes.
One user joked its the look professors give when students want to enjoy their paychecks, but realize how expensive textbooks cost. Several other people have quipped that’s how they’d stare after a customer asks to speak with a manager, and the manager sides with the employee.
My favorite meme so far is the sassy cheerleader
— Melanie Powell (@BangBang_PaPOW) January 23, 2018
How my professors look at me when I think I'm about to enjoy my paycheck but they know how much their required textbooks cost https://t.co/E3ibrUaow7
— kelsi mahfouz (@kelsjmahfouz) January 21, 2018
when a customer ask for a manager and the manager tells them the same thing I said and I look back at them like pic.twitter.com/R8RL70AXB7
— topher-san (@topherth) January 28, 2018
This story was originally published January 31, 2018 at 4:28 PM with the headline "That viral ‘sassy’ cheerleader meme? The moment was captured in Charlotte.."