What Is The Mannequin Challenge – And Why Is Everyone Doing It?

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by Emma Firth |
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You may have noticed your Insta-feed looking a little static of late. Why? Because the latest social trend to go viral involves its subjects to stand very, very still… Like a mannequin. But what is the Mannequn Challenge?

It appears to have cottoned on after a Twitter user @pvrity posted a video on Twitter 12 days ago of six high school students holding a series of still poses – some standing, some sitting on a classroom table - with the hashtag #manequinchallenge [we’ll forgive the typo here].

And now everyone from Adele to Destiny’s Child have been showing off their best frozen impression. Hillary Clinton even participated in the challenge on election day - urging people to not "stand still" and go out and vote.

Here’s our pick of the best videos we’ve seen so far…

Michelle Obama

The Victoria's Secret models

Adele

Destiny's Child

Hillary Clinton

Ellen DeGeneres

James Corden

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