Definition of "Gigachad"

Years of Bogdanoff research into genetic augmentation has finally yielded fruit. ¶ Behold, the Gigachad. The perfect human specimen destined to lead us against the reptilians. ¶ We are all witness.

2017 October 16, 4chan‎, /pol/, archived from the original on 2023-04-18

This gets even weirder, though. Since every photo of him seems to have been taken and released by the artist Krista Sudmalis, whose ongoing "Sleek'N'Tears" project is his lone credit — and there he is exclusively referred to as "1969" — it's fair to suspect that GigaChad is almost entirely Sudmalis' digital creation.

2021 February 1, Miles Klee, “Who Is GigaChad: Meme, Digital Creation or Russian Model?”, in MEL Magazine‎, archived from the original on 2024-01-06

"GigaChad" (also known as "Average Enjoyer") is Russian menswear model and bodybuilder Ernest Khalimov. Aside from the "GigaChad" memes, he isn't very well-known. Even in the "Sleek'N'Tears" project, he was exclusively known as "1969," so it's fair that a lot of people are surprised to hear that he's a real person.

2021 May 3, Lyshiel Aranal, Trixie Velasquez, “'Thanks for your kind words': GigaChad finally responds to the memes”, in Pop Inquirer‎, archived from the original on 2023-12-02

This is no more true for Ernest Khalimov - AKA GigaChad - who has garnered so much acclaim for his good looks and chiseled physique that people have even questioned his own existence.

2021 October 19, Jacob Bentley-York, “Who is Ernest Khalimov AKA GigaChad and what is the Chad meme?”, in The US Sun‎, archived from the original on 2024-01-14