Upon hearing the name of Sebastian Cichero You probably don’t know who it is. However, when you see the image that made him famous years ago, you will be able to recognize him immediately: it is the so-called Illuminati Child.
His story dates back to 2015, when the inaugural match between Chile and Ecuador for the Copa América took place and he made a gesture that did not go unnoticed on the internet. So much so, that it became one of the most remembered anecdotes of the entire tournament.
This is the story of the Illuminati Child
During the match that was played on July 11, 2015, Sebastián was one of the escort children who accompanied the soccer players on the field of the National Stadium.
While Ecuador was preparing to sing its official anthem, the 10-year-old boy was focused on by the cameras and took advantage of that period of time to jump to stardom. He made a gesture of peace, and then, He joined his fingers to form a triangle and position it over his eye, which is known as the Illuminati gesture.
He was quickly dubbed the Illuminati Child.
The sign of the little native of Concepción caused an immediate impact in the country and remained one of the most iconic moments of the championship. In fact, many came to think that his act had become the cabal necessary for Chile to achieve victory that year.
In an interview he gave to RedGol in 2020, Sebastián himself – already a teenager – would confess how he became a child guard and why he decided to do that act on the field. His father was the one who nominated him in a contest, and although he thought it wouldn’t work out, he ended up winning.
“One day I was coming home from school and my dad told me ‘Seba, you won’ and I was super excited and nervous, I didn’t know what was happening,” he explained.
After hearing the news, he realized that it could be his “first and last time” as a child escort, so he decided to plan to do something that would be remembered.
“I wanted to do something different. I knew about the Illuminatis, but almost nothing. At school with a friend we were inventing greetings and it occurred to me to make the Illuminati by putting the triangle in the eye.”he commented to the aforementioned media.
His friends approved the idea and he decided that this was how he would greet them when he was already working as a child escort. “I saw the camera pass by and that was my moment, I made the triangle and the two with my hand.”
Although Sebastián’s initial intention was something different from the rest, he did not think that it would have so many consequences. And the Illuminati Child not only became a trend on the networks, but also in real life: every time they met him in person they asked for photos, including from his school teachers. There were even people who asked him to repeat the gesture to wish them good luck.
“Many people contacted me for interviews, there was not a day they didn’t call me. I also did advertising, they called me for everything. I never thought I would get this far doing something so simple. I was dying of laughter, I didn’t expect to have so much fame. Today few people know that I am the Illuminati Child,” he concluded.
