The influencer filipina Emman Atienza died to the 19 years old. In a devastating post, his family announced the sad news. In his latest videos TikTok The young woman had more than 9 million views, where she was seen enjoying climbing, her great passion, and spending time with friends and family near a lake.
«With deep sadness we share the unexpected death of our daughter and sister, Emman,» they said. Felicia and Kim Atienzathe young woman’s parents.
«She brought so much joy, laughter, and love into our lives and the lives of everyone who knew her; she had a way of making people feel seen and heard, and she wasn’t afraid to share her own journey with people. mental health«, they revealed.
«His authenticity helped many feel less alone. To honor Emman’s memory, we ask you to remember the qualities by which he lived: compassion, courage and a little of extra goodness in your everyday life«, they expressed.
The text, also signed by the influencer’s brothers, Jose and Eliana Atienza, was accompanied by several images of Emman. Some of her role as a model, others like gymnasthis charity campaigns for Filipino children, and also several family postcards from childhood to the present day.
Emman Atienza died: who was the 19-year-old Filipino influencer?
Emman Atienza was a young Filipino, with Taiwanese descent on her mother’s side, and had a large presence on social networks. Since his first posts in 2015, where he showed his sporting achievements as gymnastcultivated a massive audience.
More than 224,000 users followed her on Instagram; On TikTok, he had 866,000 followers and 44.5 million likes on his clips. Each video he shared ranged from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 13 million views.
He inherited the sports passion from his father, who was a triathlete in Ironman races, a marathon runner and a cyclist. Her mother used to describe her as «her mini clone» because of the great physical resemblance between them.
In her last video, published three days before the tragic news, she had shared a compilation of her and her friends diving into a lake, climbing rocks and dancing.
Emman Atienza with his family. (Photo: IG @emmanatienza)She became a fashion and style reference since she began accompanying her father to the red carpets of the television awards. She also posted about body positivity and battling a diagnosis since she was 12 years old.
Emman Atienza’s mental health confession: «I suffered harassment»
In early 2025, he shared a post on his Instagram account, where he revealed that he had gone through a turbulent 2024, full of challenges and therapy.
«I started 2024 not sure if I wanted to live to see the end. I’ve dealt with mental illness since I was a child, and I got to a point where I thought it was only getting worse as the years went by, even though I never stopped going to therapy,» she said.
Emman Atienza was 19 years old and was a renowned Filipino influencer. (Photo: IG @emmanatienza)«During my mid-teens, I was bullied. I tried to talk to my classmates, but I only received dry and disinterested responses. I vented and told my friends about my traumas so often that they eventually got tired of hearing it, and understandably so,» she lamented.
Without taboos, he revealed that he even lied to his therapist and told him that he felt better, for fear of disappointing others. «My worst moment was on my birthday last year, where I relapsed into self-harm after almost two years of sobriety,» she said.
Emman Atienza was very athletic and used to climb with friends. (Photo: IG @emmanatienza)He traveled to Los Angeles to go to rehab and process past traumas, and had lived there ever since. «I would repeat the same song for hours to dissociate, pretending to disappear, then I would return from therapy sessions to scream into my pillow and cry in the bathtub,» he said with sincerity on display.
«I was devastated and attacked too many times, I felt invisible, damaged, inadequate and useless«He assured. Upon returning to the Philippines, he left behind unhealthy habits, environments and relationships.
«I made slow but significant adjustments, learned new coping mechanisms, became stronger, and developed more self-esteem and confidence,» she continued.
«But now I see how wrong I was, how much I have to offer, and I know who I am, I feel more confident in myself and I no longer allow myself to be influenced by the opinions of others,» she expressed.
«2024 was a whirlwind of ups and downs, but as we get to 2025, I see no reason not to live,» he had said just ten months ago.
The controversies that Emman Atienza faced due to his lifestyle and his family’s fortune
Last August, he shared a video where he faced criticism against the family fortune for the second time. «My mother has been the breadwinner of the family since I was a girl.. «She came from Taiwan as a child, to build her future, and she studied with a lot of sacrifice,» she said in front of the camera.
«He went to university and did two master’s degrees in Harvard until she became a successful stockbroker,» she said in the clip that surpassed 10 million views.
«It hurts me a lot that because of my clothes, my travels, my studies, my lifestyle, or what I publish, they say that we have some type of political financing because that is not the case, and I want to be very clear about it,» she said.
Emman Atienza with his father, Kim Atienza. (Photo: IG @emmanatienza)«My father has been dedicated to television entertainment for decades, and I’m sure you already know that. But we don’t have financial support from anyone else, we support ourselves. There is a lot of misinformation and I even considered hiring lawyers to look for those responsible for that,» she said.
A few years ago Emman showed the ticket for a dinner with friends worth more than $2,000, and generated controversy due to the exorbitant expenses. Haters considered her «insensitive» to the poverty of her native country.
«I, a teenager, am not responsible for the wealth disparity in the Philippines, and I have always been very honest about the privileges I have received in my life,» she replied.
Emman Atienza had spoken openly about his mental health. (Photo: IG @emmanatienza)«I am also very open when they tell me that I am a no baby. «I’m not ignorant or in denial about who I am, but if you’re going to hate me for being rich, you should do the same to everyone, because your favorite celebrities, not just in the Philippines, but all over the world, earn, have, and spend more than me, and I doubt any of them are redistributing their wealth,» she countered.
«Anyway, next time I will be more careful when engaging in this type of content, to be more sensitive to what is happening around us,» he concluded.
The family did not reveal the cause of death. The media report that the death was confirmed in the house where the young woman stayed in Los Angeles, United States, while she was undergoing her therapies, and is under investigation by the authorities.
