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Living up to her self-proclaimed title of ‘natural born hustler,’ Instagram influencer Leagan Smiles (@leagansmilesalot) has come up with a way to boost her social media engagement.

In the wake of Instagram removing visible likes on posts, Smiles claims to have considered viral stunts, asking people to comment and going for a swim and never returning as ways to make herself feel better.

Those plans are on hold now as Smiles found a way to increase her engagement to record high levels, simply by criticising the autocratic Chinese government.

Smiles shocked her 93k+ Instagram fans by taking a break from posting close ups of various areas of her body and instead uploaded a video where she was critical of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his government.

“They need to get out of Hong Kong guys,” stated Smiles while wearing a Winnie The Pooh t-shirt.

“Free the Uyghurs!”

“Beijing continues to mislead the world on its mass internment of one of the country’s ethnic minorities. Millions of Uighur Muslims remain in detention camps in the Xinjiang re-education camps!”

Although Smiles may have lost up to 200 fans, she claims the mostly snake and poop emoji-based engagement in comment section has made the experience worth it.

“96 thousand comments on this one. That’s way more than my ass has ever gotten.”

“Maybe I can paint Free Tibet on it? One word per cheek”