What you need to know about the ‘Dolly Parton Challenge’ on social media

It all started on 21 January 2020, when Dolly Parton shared a collage of four photos on her social media platform. She captioned it: “Get you a woman who can do it all.”

The Dolly Parton Challenge

In the collage, Parton matched up the four photos with four off the most biggest social media platforms: business network LinkedIn, social sharing site Facebook and Instagram and, and dating site, Tinder.

In her LinkedIn image, Parton wore a buttoned-down business style outfit, while the Facebook and Instagram images were more relaxed. For her Tinder image, Parton chose a playboy pose.

The original meme

Netizens won’t let a good meme go by, and jumped at the opportunity to create their own version of the Dolly Parton challenge, even other celebrities. We’ll include some of their attempts in a gallery below.

Other celebrities join in

Mark Hamill, most famously known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars universe, could resist jumping on the meme-wagon either, and delighted fans by including an image of him wearing suspenders for his Twitter profile photo.

Of course, the Hulk a.k.a Mark Ruffalo also jumped in with his version: He chose a photo of him reading a book for his LinkedIn profile photos, and a photo of him showing the peace sign for Facebook.

For his Instagram image, he chose a photo that included cast member from Avengers, while his Tinder photo was an image of him after a shower, winking at the camera.

Even pets and celeb animals

From the British Transport Police and the European Space Agency, to Sampson the Service Dog and the National Park Service joined in the fun with a personalised image for the challenge.

A quick scroll the Twitter feed for the hashtag ‘DollyPartonChallenge’ shows that animals are currently dominated the meme, with Bailey the dog leading the charge. How can he not? Just look at that face.

Dolly Parton Challenge Gallery