Wimbledon's ‘most beautiful debutant' worked as model and delivery driver and was left in tears over her bank balance
The Canadian qualified for the tournament and bagged £66,000 in the process.
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Carson Branstine made her debut at Wimbledon this week
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It has been a long journey to the All England Club for the Canadian
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Branstine has juggled multiple jobs alongside her tennis career
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She has a degree in Society, Ethics and Law
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The Canadian has worked as a model and as a delivery driver
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Branstine was defeated by world No1
It has been a difficult journey for the 24-year-old to reach the All
England
Club, with Branstine revealing she was reduced to tears after realising she only had £19 ($26) left in her bank account.
She told
"I live in Southern
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"I remember one morning, a couple of weeks before I played my first WTA final in Cancun, I looked at my account balance and only had $26.
"I thought about how I'm going to finance myself for the tournament now. I cried. I called my friends, I wasn't allowed to call my parents - if they found out, they would be very angry.
"I just said to myself, 'Don't think too much. Do it.' And so after training I drove around
Los Angeles
and delivered dinners to people."
Branstine, who has been labelled 'Wimbledon's most beautiful debutant', funded her tennis career by working as a delivery driver.
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She has also worked as a model and boasts a Bachelor's degree in Society, Ethics, and
Law
with a double minor in Philosophy and Sports Management.
The California resident even assisted a lawyer and attended
court
, working on cases involving family law.
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But modelling is her favourite work outside of tennis, with Branstine admitting she loves being in front of the camera.
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She said: "I love being in front of the camera during a shoot.
"It's fun, I love fashion. It's been one of the reasons I've been able to pay some of my trips.
"I didn't want to ask my parents for anything. I wanted everything to come from me and from my tennis.
"I wasn't signed by these agencies because of my tennis, it was for my look.
"Modelling and tennis are weirdly similar - you are an object a lot, and people sometimes forget you're a person too."
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Branstine has made just two Grand Slams in her career
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She was once reduced to tears by her bank balance
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She bagged £66,000 with her Wimbledon appearance
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The 24-year-old is a California resident
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