05 Mar Woman Reveals How She Is In Huge Debt After Trying To Become “Instagram Famous”

It seems everybody is on Instagram these days, and lately, there has been a surge in people trying to become “Insta-famous”. It’s true, the so-called micro-influencers wield a lot of power online and frequently get endorsement deals from top-notch brands. But at what cost to the user?

One such Instagram user who attempted to become famous on the internet ended up going completely broke and over $10,000 in debt!

Lissette Calveiro says after moving to New York for an internship, she felt like she was living a dream and wanted to capture the fabulous, jet-setting life of a millennial living in the big city.

“I wanted to tell my story about this young millennial living in New York,” the 26-year-old told the New York Post. So she decided to take to Instagram to do so.

At the time, Calveiro was only living on a travel stipend from her internship and a part-time retail sales job, which didn’t leave much of a budget for keeping up her appearances on Instagram. Still, she felt obliged to shop for new clothes and travel to exotic locations just for social media updates.

“I was shopping for clothes to take ‘the perfect gram,’” she said. “I was living beyond my means.” Calveiro admitted she was spending $200 a month on clothes alone so she’d never wear the same outfit in photos twice, and a big splurge like a $1000 Louis Vuitton purse would happen regularly.

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