After A Viral Mugshot, Woman Earns Rs 15 Lakhs Within A Week Of Release From Jail
A woman whose mugshot went viral said it could have saved her life when she earned $24,000 (?19,000) in the week after being released from prison.Following her arrests for theft and disorderly behavior, Abbie Newman's mugshot went viral.?
The 28-year-old had her mugshot put on a website called 'Mugshawtys', which distributes women's mugshots with nearly 750,000 Instagram followers, and she went viral as a result.
Woman's mugshot went viral leading to a successful social media career?
The Alabama woman was unaware of this while in jail, but after she was freed, she discovered that she had garnered a big following on social media, with people tagging her mugshot.
"I didn't even know until I got out of jail and saw that all of my social media had gained followers and I was being tagged everywhere with my mugshot up," she said in an interview with the Daily Mail."Really it turned out for the best I suppose."
Her viral celebrity boosted support for her OnlyFans page, and she said that she made almost $24,000 (?19,000) in the week following being freed from jail thanks to all of her new fans.?
The viral moment happened during a tough time in her life
Abbie also stated that her mugshot becoming viral may have saved her life because it occurred at a tough time.She admitted: "I was going through a lot at the time. I had just experienced a miscarriage and was a complete wreck. To be honest, going to jail helped me not just monetarily, but also saved my life in several ways."?
"I am a heroin addict in recovery. I've been clean for six years, and following the miscarriage, I went down a dark path of sadness. I have BPD (borderline personality disorder) and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), and I wasn't taking my medication, so I wasn't myself. So going viral helped me not only pay off my debts and live a more comfortable life, it also helped me get back to myself."?
Who else became famous for his mugshot?
It is not the first time that taking a mugshot has resulted in a successful career move for someone.?
Jeremy Meeks swept the internet by storm after his mugshot went viral, and he became an online meme, which led to modeling offers and film roles when he was released from prison.?
However, someone who went viral for their mugshot appears to have had less success in monetizing the internet's attention, as people spent much of their time analyzing his extraordinarily long neck.
Then there's the guy who commented on his own mugshot after police uploaded it as part of a plea to locate him.?
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