Baddiewinkle

About

Helen Elam Van Winkle (July 18, 1928 – September 4, 2025), better known as Baddiewinkle or Baddie Winkle, was an American Internet personality. She became an Internet sensation at the age of eighty-five. Her popular social media tag line was, “Stealing Your Man Since 1928”.
Winkle had millions of followers and views on social media, where she posted photos and videos of herself, often with suggestive clothing with peculiar prints, or little clothing in order to encourage body positivity and the celebration of the physiques of elderly people.

Elam was born in West Liberty, Kentucky, on July 18, 1928, and grew up on a farm in Richmond. She spent 28 years working for Dresser Industries, ordering gauges for machines.

Winkle started posting on the internet in 2014, after initially getting help from her great-granddaughter, Kennedy Dechet, to upload an image to Twitter, while wearing her great-granddaughter’s clothes. She was subsequently followed by Rihanna, and thereafter received a worldwide following. In 2015, she reached one million followers on Instagram. That year, she appeared on Today Australia.
She was known for her humor and for fighting against ageism…