Anna Banana's content is very limited. Even Jamila Musayeva, who doesn't profess to be a lady of high society, managed to show us afternoon tea etiquette at a hotel and at home. Heart Evangelists showed us her enviable collection of cutlery and how to set a table. Jamie Chua, for all her cringey persona, gave us 2 videos on party planning.
These are the ladies of society, of refinement, culture, breeding and education. Anna could easily have walked down the path of several flight attendants, who have managed to snare rich men by working in first class and looking good, like Jamie Chua did. Who told her that partying and dancing naked would grant her access to high society??
Hello!
I just started checking
Jamila Musayeva's YT channel and not only she showcases what you have mentioned, but she encourages us to learn
foreign languages, body language, parenting, email etiquette, how to be a good speaker and a good listener. Those are the things that are far more very important than what Anna's School of Affluence and networking
tit can offer. You may not be able to navigate the high society but those skills can give you advantage especially at work. Not everyone can be a good speaker and a good listener, but anyone can navigate high society and hobnob with the elite (aka social climbing) as long as you are extrovert enough. Besides, even those who are able to hobnob with the high society people have ridiculously horrible behavior (e.g. our very own Tim Yap or even BryanBoy, though the latter appears to have matured in the last 3 years).
Not only
Heart Evangelista can showcase us how to set a table, she can cook. style a jewelry, she can paint (on canvas and on luxury bags), her bondings with her senator-husband, and how she is being invited to Paris Fashion Week (something that Anna never got). As for cooking, well, as I have stated on previous thread, she is the granddaughter of the founder of Barrio Fiesta chain of restaurants in the Philippines. What I forgot to mention is that she is best friends with the late senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. (so Anna, you can go and take notes).
As for
Jamie Chua, I think her personality is enjoyable, and despite all the luxuries she is amassing nowadays, she does not give a snob vibes like what Anna gives, especially when she did a Zara and Mango store review (Wow! As if Anna can afford luxury designer dresses that's fit for billionnaires and their pockets duh!)
I know some, if not most, of you may
dislike her because she may have bombarded you with her paid ads and offended some of your politics and sensibilities, but I am kinda' liking Abby Shapiro of
Classically Abby. Friends, am I the only one here who appreciates Abby? I am neither democrat or republican, besides I am from the Philippines, but despite Abby being conservative and republican, I thinks she is relatable enough. My principles, behavior, and mental state may not match with Abby's level of conservativity but somehow agree to her when she preaches about being classy and modest (yes! I think modesty is more achievable than eh-leh-ghance ahahahha!), how to achieve being stylish while being modest, save money and shop from the likes of Target (the kind of store that the haughty-looking Anna Bey-nana will never step foot on hahahah), doing the right make-up, you have fun like playing dungeons and dragons / bioshock and still be classy. Interesting thing about Abby is that she is an opera singer, and I find her clothing pieces she showcases on her channel look fashionable, especially on her.
Lastly, I have yet to check more on
Niki Sky's channel but Niki, I believe, can be one of the effective influencers who can preach looking LUXE on a BUDGET, because you can buy your pieces from a thrift store that sells hand-me-downs, and can make it stylish and modest.