Amira Virgil

Amira Virgil (born 1993), also known as XMiraMira, is an American gaming content creator and a community organizer for Black and female gamers. Virgil is particularly active in The Sims. She developed the Melanin Pack, to create more—and more natural—skin tone options for sims, has worked to integrate Black slang and pop culture more naturally into the world of The Sims, as well as developing multiple networks for Black gamers and developers. Virgil has worked extensively with Electronic Arts and is a Twitch Partner and Ambassador. She won the Sims celebrity competition show, Spark'd, and was a 2018 Gamers Choice Awards "Fan Favorite Female Gamer/Streamer" nominee. In 2020, Virgil was one of Vice's Humans of the Year.

Early life Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, United States, Virgil started gaming when she was four years old.

Virgil also founded networks for Black users and creators: The Black Simmer and The Noir Network. It connects them to paid opportunities as it strives to bridge the opportunity and pay gaps that Black, female influencers and creators face.

Electronic Arts In 2017 an interview she gave about the lack of representation in The Sims went viral on Twitter. She became a consultant for EA, helping them improve the options available within the product, including joining their Game Changers program. Her experiences with personal attacks on her various platforms was also a driver behind EA's Building Healthy Communities Summit in 2019. Virgil particularly contributed a range of body-positive, gender-non-conforming options throughout the competition. The prize was $100,000.