17.7.13

My £2m lotto win at 16 was a curse.Now I am broke-Britain's youngest lottery winner

Big spender: Ten years on from her £1.9million win, 26-year-old Callie Rogers has just £2,000 in the bank

At 16 she became Britain’s youngest lottery jackpot winner, but her £1.9million prize proved more of a curse than a blessing.
Callie Rogers gave up her job and frittered most of her money on parties, drugs, cosmetic surgery, holidays and gifts.
Ten years on, Miss Rogers has only £2,000 left in the bank – but says she has never felt happier.
For instead of bringing happiness, her riches left her feeling so lonely and vulnerable that she attempted suicide.
Now the 26-year-old is training to be a nurse and shops for bargains in Tesco. The closest she comes to splashing out is ordering a Friday night takeaway.
She lives in a modest £80,000 three-bedroom house in Workington, Cumbria with her partner, fireman Paul Penny, 34, and son Blake, one.
 


Fortune: Callie Rogers posed for Closer magazine in 2010. She spent thousands of pounds on breast implants and said she attempted suicide three times after her riches made her miserable

Miss Rogers, who works two days a week as a carer for the elderly and is taking an NVQ in caring in preparation for a nursing course next year, met Mr Penny in 2010.

Beginner's luck: Ms Rogers from Cumbria found that money doesn't buy happiness. She spent £250,000 on cocaine and blew her riches on lavish gifts and designer clothes

At the time of her win, Miss Rogers was living with foster parents and earning £3.60 an hour as a Co-op checkout girl.
Within weeks, she met Nicky Lawson, father of her eldest two children, and moved into a £180,000 bungalow. She says she spent £250,000 on cocaine during their relationship.
She quit work and splashed out on designer clothes, lavish presents for her biological parents and holidays.
She told Closer magazine: ‘I got up late and lived on takeaways. And so-called mates would come over until the early hours to party. 
‘Suddenly, I was a local celeb and people would come up to me in pubs as if they were my best friend and I felt pressure to buy them all drinks. I didn’t know who to trust.’
She added: ‘For so long, I drifted with no aims. Now I have a job and my family to care for.’


The first question that came to my mind was "Doesn't she have parents"? well its sad, but Life messes you up if you aint careful

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