INSTA-STARS CASH IN
GOLD Coast “Insta-famous” women have turned selfies into a dream job, jetsetting around the globe on all-expenses-paid trips in exchange for just posting two pictures a day from beautiful locations.
Gold Coast model Gabrielle Epstein, 21, and lifestyle blogger Hannah Polites, 24, are both nudging one million Instagram followers and are fast turning the social media site into
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their main source of income.
Ms Epstein, who has 850,000 followers, is living it up on an all-expenses-paid trip to the majestic Maldives with her boyfriend, Connor Malan.
The picturesque Loama Hotels and Resorts at Maamigili is the latest exotic destination to partner with Gabrielle in a “collaboration” where she is offered free travel and accommodation in ex- things that make you who you are. Bright and colourful imagery definitely attracts the eye.
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change for two Instagram posts a day.
“This is my dream job,’’ said Ms Epstein.
“Next year I’ll be travelling the world with my best friend, and most of the costs
are likely to be covered.”
Ms Polites has just returned to her Sovereign Islands home after six months of globetrotting funded largely through her social media fame.
“Travel is definitely a highlight of being a lifestyle blogger – getting to visit exotic places and like-minded people,” she said.
Although Ms Polites now plans to return to her job as a midwife on the Gold Coast, she’ll still be using her Instafame to promote her new lifestyle and recipe book Nourish with the Seasons: Summer to be released in December.
Ms Epstein plans keep building Instagram as her main source of income and is set to launch a lingerie line next month.