I’m from the UK’s most ‘deprived’ crime capital – I was a millionaire by 30, own £60k in handbags & bought a Lamborghini
A WOMAN has revealed how she went from living in one of the roughest cities in the UK to becoming a millionaire before she even reached the age of 30.
While many assume you become a product of your environment, Chelsea Ferguson, proved them wrong as she kept cashing the cheques in.
Chelsea, 34, is from Hartlepool – which was recently revealed to be the ‘worst town’ for crime in the UK.
But growing up in the UK’s crime capital hasn’t stopped her form achieving her dreams and she shares how she went from a skint student to owning a £200,000 Lamborghini.
The County Durham port town has also landed in the top 10% for most ‘deprived’ areas in the UK.
Deprived areas consist of a lack of well paying jobs, poor health care, poor housing conditions and under performing schools.
But despite the harsh living conditions, the mum-of-one has made something of herself.
At the age of 18, she decided to enrol in university but quickly found herself strapped for cash while studying.
A joke with friends about attending a strip club for the first time sparked an idea that would turn Chelsea into a millionaire.
She stepped into the club and immediately fell in love with the vibe and decided to become a lap dancer herself to make money while studying.
But she loved the job so much she sacked in her degree.
Chelsea admittedly called herself “young and daft” to start working in what is often thought to be a seedy job.
She would work long hours and go home at 6am, missing out on seeing her friends and family as she was working.
But then she had a clever idea to show off her moves online rather than head to the clubs.
Chelsea realised selling saucy snaps online was much more profitable than dancing at the club and used an adult-platform to do so, but she found the customer service terrible.
She made a fortune but was sick of not getting help and even though Chelsea made £500,000, she had to pay £100,000 in fees for just having a profile on the website. This spurred her on to take her work fully into her own hands.
How are 'deprived' towns measured?
The ONS uses four dimensions to classify 'deprived households', including education, employment, health, and housing.
- Employment: where any member of a household, who is not a full-time student, is either unemployed or economically inactive due to long-term sickness or disability.
- Education: where no person in the household has at least a level 2 education and no one aged 16 to 18 years is a full-time student.
- Health: any person in the household has general health that is “bad” or “very bad” or is identified as disabled. People who have assessed their day-to-day activities as limited by long-term physical or mental health conditions or illnesses are considered disabled.
- Housing: this is classified as deprived if the household’s accommodation is either overcrowded, in a shared dwelling, or has no central heating.
She saved up enough cash to keep herself afloat as she launched her own platform, AdmireMe.VIP.
This led her from making a decent wage to becoming a self-made millionaire before the age of 30.
The site allows models using the platform to have full autonomy over their posts without having large fees taken from their income. And Chelsea certainly made the most of her earnings from her business venture.
She has a designer handbag collection worth over £60,000 and is often seen jetting off to Dubai proven by her Instagram feed which shows her on the beach in bikinis enjoying the weather.
Chelsea also splashed out on a £200,000 Lamborghini and a six-bed mansion which comes with a cinema room and three bathrooms – and is mortgage free.
The mum told the DailyStar: “The most important thing is that AdmireMe.VIP has provided me, and provides every other content creator, with invaluable flexibility and financial security.
“As a mum, being able to choose when and how I work is incredible! Meanwhile, the sector is also growing exponentially; I’ll never have to worry about struggling for work!
“I’m able to provide without ever having to worry about my next pay check, I proudly bought us the house of my dreams and I ultimately know that whatever my son needs, I can give him.”