Forget Kiki, Falling Stars is the latest Insta challenge

If Kiki Challenge was about dancing in and out of a moving car, the Falling Stars challenge has people falling out face down.

Youngsters in China and the US are posting photographs of them falling down with their most loved possessions scattered around them. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mr Ghetto/Instagram

If you thought Kiki Challenge was risky, you haven't seen or heard the latest.

'Falling Stars' or 'Flaunt Your Wealth' challenge is slowly taking social media by storm.

What is the challenge?

A model poses with her shoe collection and Louis Vuitton as part of the falling stars challenge. Photograph: Kind courtesy The Rich Kids of New York

The bizarre challenge first started in Russia in August followed by China and the US.

As part of the challenge, youngsters posted pictures of them falling out of fancy cars and private jets displaying all the material wealth around them.

From bags to shoes, makeup and gadgets, men and women shared pictures of their favourite and most valuable things and tagged their friends.

How it started

'This photo is dedicated to all women who became parliamentarians during the time of Italian 'Bunga Bunga'' Giordano wrote about this photo.
'Women unable of doing their own job, as they were employed without any intellectual or political resources. Arrogant, overbearing and touchy exactly as their big boss.'
'Although some years have passed, you can find some of them as guests on TV shows,' the photographer wrote. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sandro Giordano

When Italy-based photographer Sandro Giordano met with an accident, he realised that while he fell off his bicycle, instead of protecting himself, he held on to the objects he was carrying.

He came up with 'falling stars' photo series to highlight the daily lives of different people and and also to mock and tell the world how 'material pleasures' varied from person to person.

Giordano saw 'falling stars' as a satirical project to explore and showcase your vulnerable side to the world.

The challenge became popular in China because the fashion-conscious teens in the country saw it as a means to show off their clothes, high-end accessories and makeup.

Meanwhile, some others took up the challenge to mock their poverty and show the world how little they had acquired.

Dear readers, what do you think of the challenge? Will you take it up or skip?

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