Caitlyn Jenner breaks internet, is fastest to 1m Twitter followers

Caitlyn Jenner has broken the record for the fastest person to reach one-million Twitter followers, cementing her status as a trans-gender icon in the process.

It took Jenner, already renowned for her sporting feats and involvement in reality TV’s most famous family, just four hours to reach the one-million follower mark. In the process, she beat out US president Barack Obama, who took five hours to reach the mark when he joined Twitter just a couple of weeks ago.

Jenner made her public debut yesterday both on social media and on the cover of Vanity Fair, photographed by the renowned Annie Leibovitz. While there was a small amount of backlash from the more conservative parts of the internet, the reaction was largely positive.

Here’s what Jenner had to say on learning that she’d broken the record:

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