- Callie Rogers is due to give birth to two boys next month
- Twins are ‘the best gift anyone could ever have given me,’ says former shop assistant who scooped fortune at 16
- She spent winnings on cocaine, breast implants, cars, clothes and hair extensions
By
Rob Preece
05:24 EST, 29 April 2012
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10:07 EST, 29 April 2012
A lottery winner who frittered away her £1.9m fortune on drink, drugs and luxury items is expecting twins – and she says the feeling is even better than when she hit the jackpot.
Callie Rogers, who was 16 when she matched all six numbers to become Britain’s youngest lottery winner, is pregnant with two boys and due to give birth next month.
She said it meant she can finally live life to the full, having learned the hard way that money cannot buy happiness.
Rolling in it: Miss Rogers spent £11,500 on breast implants and posed naked for a magazine, with only banknotes to preserve her modesty
‘I’m so excited about having my boys,’ she told the Sunday Mirror.
‘It’s the best gift anyone could ever have given me and far better than ever winning the jackpot.’
Miss Rogers, who already has a son and a daughter, was living in foster care when she won the National Lottery in 2003.
She had been placed with a kindly
couple, Brian and Sheila Holmes, who provided her with the security and
comfort she had lacked for so long.
But after her win she moved out and began a spending spree which led her to depression.
She spent £550,000 on four properties for herself and her family before splashing out £85,000 on cars.
Beaming: Miss Rogers says being pregnant with twins is ‘far better’ than winning the lottery jackpot
Before
long she had paid £11,500 for breast implants. She later posed naked
for a magazine, with only banknotes to preserve her modesty.
She spent £200 a month on hair extensions and much more on clothes.
Miss
Rogers treated her ex-boyfriends – including mechanic Simon Winthorpe,
who got a £7,000 car and was paid £3,000 to be her chauffeur because she
was too young to drive.
Another ex-lover, Gary Fidler, received gifts worth £4,000.
Big win: Miss Rogers was 16 when she matched all six numbers to become Britain’s youngest lottery winner
But the good life didn’t last for long. She developed a cocaine habit and ended up blowing £250,000 on parties and drugs.
It led to the breakdown of her relationship with Nicky Lawson, the father of her children, Debony and Kian, and she attempted suicide three times after she lost custody of them.
She said: ‘I made bad choices with men as I was young and stupid, and I was partying to the point where I was totally out of control. Looking back I am horrified by the choices I made.’
Now 25, the former shop assistant, originally from Cockermouth and currently living in Workington, Cumbria, could not be happier.
She met the father of the twins, factory supervisor Paul Penny, two years ago and she says he has helped her to turn her life around.
She lives with Mr Penny, 33, in a modest rented three-bedroom terrace house. She had to sell the last home she owned for £70,000.
Miss Rogers has only £40,000 left from the sale, which she plans to use to support her babies and pay for their education.
The only ‘luxury’ item she has left is a second-hand BMW she bought with Mr Penny for £15,000.
She said: ‘I might not have any of my millions left, but I have met the man of my dreams and together we are about to have twins and both of us could not be more excited.’
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Sorry but after winning such a large amount of money she should not be eligable for state hand outs..
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Way too young, in Canada you have to be nineteen the play the lotteries. She will look back one day and just shake her, what a waste.
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To ms Catholic state, london
That is what society has socially constructed.
Women married with children.
By the way no all women want children and a good husband as the catholic church promotes.
It a very old fashion and Chauvinistic vision of women.
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“frittered away her £1.9m fortune on drink, drugs and luxury items” and the rest she just wasted
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Wow what a waste. If it makes her happy though so be it. Why is this a news story?
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What a lot of bitter miserable people leaving negative comments for this party loving babe. At least she actually knows how to enjoy herself, whereas it would appear to be the case that her detractors might find the concept of enjoying themselves rather more difficult. Young, loads of money. Nothing lasts for ever, enjoy it when you can.
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A winner at 16, a total loser thereafter. I thought you had to be 18 to play the lottery, you should have to be, and I think teens should either receive their winnings spread over, say 10 years, or have them invested and draw down the income until they are at least 21. She and her children could have lived on her investment income for the rest of their lives. Instead I’m sure we’ll all be paying for her and her kids on our taxes
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Those under 25 who win large amounts on the lottery should be given their money in a yearly allowance until they reach 30, as most young people who get a large amount of money can blow incredible amounts in a minimum of time.
– Streetwalkin’ Cheetah, Manchester, 29/04/2012 03:03 PM
I find your comment quite offensive, I’m 24 and I know even if I had won it at 18 I wouldn’t have blown it all by now. Im sure there are millionaires over 25 who have made silly mistakes. You shouldn’t assume it’s always young people who make bad choices.
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I think it’s absolutely disgusting that she managed to spend all of that money. She will regret it, when she realises the true value of money when the little ones want presents at Christmas, food on the table, clothes, computers, holidays etc etc. All well having twins – she could have given them a real chance in life.
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Debony – oh my god. This is such a depressing story. How does a boob job cost £11k? God knows how many people have ripped her off. It upsets me to think that so much of that money could have helped so many people. If she’s got £40k left, she surely won’t get benefits – please tell me that she won’t!
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