Caitlyn Jenner is having quite a day.
On Monday Vanity Fair unveiled its June issue with a stunning Jenner on the cover. The Olympic athlete and reality star (born Bruce Jenner) simultaneously launched a new Twitter account, one-upping the President by getting more than 1 million followers less than five hours later.
The milestone makes her account the fastest ever to reach the 1 million mark, getting there in four hours and four minutes, faster than the @POTUS account which reached 1 million followers in just under five hours.
Jenner launched @Caitlyn_Jenner on Monday afternoon with two simple tweets:
pic.twitter.com/X7FvYrEH2D— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015
I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me.— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015
The reaction was instantaneous, massive and largely positive with thousands of messages of support flooding in.
By the end of the first hour, her follower count had skyrocketed to more than 278,000. Two hours later, at 2:17ET, she had reached more than half a million followers.
The President held the record with his @POTUS account for just two short weeks. Prior to the President, the record was held by Ironman star Robert Downey Jr., who clinched a following of 1 million in 23 hours and 22 minutes in April 2014.
Another Jenner world record, and at 65? Who'da thought! Humbled & honored to have reached 1M followers in 4 hrs. Thank you for your support.— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015
The Vanity Fair article covers Jenner's history of gender dysphoria from a young age, her rise to fame as an athlete, her marriages and her struggles as a parent.