A who scooped millions aged just 16 has issued a major update years after squandering her cash on drugs, surgery and drinks for pub-goers.
scored a massive £1.8 million jackpot in 2003 while working as a minimum wage checkout girl, famously becoming the UK's youngest National Lottery winner. The teenager, now 37, hit national headlines at the time and became a local celebrity in Cumbria, where she grew up on a council estate with her foster parents.
As might be expected of any teen, she splashed her winnings in several massive chunks, spending £300,000 on clothes, £18,000 on three boob jobs, and generously gave away £500,000 to friends and family. Now, more than 20 years after scoring the jackpot, she has made a major new life announcement.
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Callie recently revealed on social media that she has become a mum for the fifth time with her new partner, gushing on about the tot, named Navie-Nicola. She posted a collection of new photos showing off her baby daughter, with one caption reading: "The Best five Weeks Of Life Loving You Our Little Bean."
In another post, she says: “Mammys precious girl”. The mum, who now works as a personal support worker, also gushed about her other children, while her friends and family posted in the comments below. One friend of the mum said: "Gorgeous both of you." Another added: "You look amazing call."
A third friend added: “Awww how beautiful she is, you've been blessed with beautiful babies Cal." Callie added in another post that she "counts her blessings" daily after giving birth to a baby girl. Her contented life is a far cry from the comparative chaos of the time following her winnings, when she said that as a "local celeb" she felt pressured to buy drinks for people.
She said: "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. It was too much money for someone so young. Even if you say your life won't change, it does – and often not for the better. It nearly broke me, but thankfully, I'm now stronger."
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