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Belfast Telegraph
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- Belfast Telegraph
Novice NI beautician hoping to nail top prize at international awards: ‘It feels bizarre but amazing'
Trudy Sloan (37) runs La Rose Nails from her home in Comber. She is now in with a chance of bagging a gong at the Beauty Full Awards on September 25. She said: 'I have painted my own press-on nails since I was a teenager. I always wanted to get into it properly but never really had the confidence. 'I did a course in 2023, and then my New Year's resolution for 2024 was to put myself out there. 'I just do it part-time from the house, so I feel like I've got total 'imposter syndrome' being shortlisted for this.' Organisers of the competition, which highlight the best in global hair, beauty and aesthetics, contacted Trudy after seeing her social media. Trudy explained: 'I don't even have that many followers, so I don't know how they found me. 'When they reached out, I didn't know if I should enter or not, but then I just thought to myself: 'Let's just do it. What's the worst that can happen'?' She was selected out of thousands of applicants from across the world to be nominated in the newcomer of the year category. 'I thought it was just Northern Ireland or maybe the UK, but they told me they had thousands of entries and it wasn't just regional or national, it was global,' she said. 'They had UK, USA, Australia, Iceland, Finland — I nearly fell off my chair. 'I could get bronze, silver or gold, so I have three chances to win… I actually don't care if I win or not, I'm just delighted with this.' Celebrity nail artist Jenny Bui, best known for working with Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, is on the judging panel. Trudy added: 'It feels bizarre, somebody like her judging a wee woman from Comber, someone on such a big stage judging somebody that just does it from their house. 'It's just the weirdest feeling in the world, it feels amazing, but as I say, I feel total imposter syndrome; it doesn't feel real.' Trudy hopes to use the competition to boost her business profile and promote her Instagram and TikTok accounts. She said: 'It's just a hobby and a passion project and something that I went for and just thought: 'The only thing they can say to me is no'. 'From someone that was very reluctant to do anything, to be a finalist is something like this, it's incredible. 'I just want to get my name out here a wee bit more and I'd love to make this my full-time job. 'I've got about a month to go, but I don't know what I'm going to do until then.' The awards ceremony will take place online and is free of charge to watch for all entrants.
Scottish Sun
30 minutes ago
- Scottish Sun
US Open star, 30, reveals she charges men $1000 to DATE her just months after starting ‘spicy' OnlyFans
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) TENNIS star Sachia Vickery has revealed that she charges men $1,000 to go on a date with her. Vickery, 30, is attempting to qualify for the US Open. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 7 Sachia Vickery launched an OnlyFans account earlier this year Credit: Instagram / @sachiavick 7 Vickery, 30, has been raking it in on the content platform Credit: Instagram / @sachiavick 7 The American peaked at No73 in the world in 2018 Credit: Getty Off the court she is raking it in, having launched an OnlyFans account earlier this year. Vickery has now revealed that she requires a payment to date, having grown tired of men wasting her time. The American wrote on Instagram this week: "I no longer date for free due to the behavior of men I now require a pre-date deposit send me 1,000 and we can make it happen my cashapp is $Sachiavick." Prior to US Open qualifying this week, Vickery had not played since February due to injury. In that time, her OnlyFans account, which she describes as containing "the content too spicy for Instagram", has gone from strength to strength. On her endeavour, Vickery added on Instagram: 'I'm very open-minded and I don't care what people think of me … it's also the easiest money I've ever made and I enjoy doing it. "I will never talk s*** about girls on OnlyFans ever again for the rest of my life. "Because the amount I made on there in my first two days, I am overwhelmed. I am just shook really." 7 Vickery has admitted that she charges men to go on dates with her Credit: Instagram / @sachiavick 7 The tennis ace has opened up on her lucrative side hustle Credit: Instagram / @sachiavick 7 Vickery has gone form strength to strength on OnlyFans Credit: Instagram / @sachiavick Vickery is not the only tennis player on OnlyFans. Nick Kyrgios partnered up with the content site in 2023, while self proclaimed "sexiest professional tennis player" Alexandre Muller has an account and has even worn the OnlyFans logo on his kit. Brit tennis star lets off blood curdling screech at US Open Arina Rodionova launched an account in January after splitting with her husband. Speaking on Black Spin Global, Vickery said: "I've always pushed boundaries. I've always been outspoken about racial hate I get online, bodyshaming. I'm very open about a lot of stuff. "I'm still playing tennis, my career is still going but I also want to do things outside of tennis. I'm starting to explore more opportunities on social media. "Obviously there are levels to OnlyFans, you have athletes like Nick [Kyrgios] and Alex [Muller] who are going to be posting tennis content for the most part and then you have the other complete extreme, which I'm not. I'm in that middle gap. 'NEGATIVE FEEDBACK' "I set it up in January and it just took off. Being a tennis player definitely helped my marketing. I'm at a stage where I don't do the absolute most on there but I'm comfortable as I need to be. I'm doing really well. "Obviously, I'm going to get some negative feedback but that's just normal. Whatever you do in life there's always going to be some criticism. If I was doing nothing I'd be getting criticism, so I might as well get on the platform and make money while I'm at it." Vickery, who peaked at world No73 in 2018, is now down at No559 due to her injury lay-off. The Florida-born star entered US Open qualifying using a protected ranking and returned to action following six months out by beating Anastasiya Soboleva on Tuesday. Vickery will be back in action later today as she faces No19 seed in qualifying Ella Seidel in round two. Should she beat Seidel, Vickery will take on either Zhang Shuai or Darja Vidmanova for a place in the US Open main draw.
The Sun
31 minutes ago
- The Sun
US Open star, 30, reveals she charges men $1000 to DATE her just months after starting ‘spicy' OnlyFans
TENNIS star Sachia Vickery has revealed that she charges men $1,000 to go on a date with her. Vickery, 30, is attempting to qualify for the US Open. 7 Off the court she is raking it in, having launched an OnlyFans account earlier this year. Vickery has now revealed that she requires a payment to date, having grown tired of men wasting her time. The American wrote on Instagram this week: "I no longer date for free due to the behavior of men I now require a pre-date deposit send me 1,000 and we can make it happen my cashapp is $Sachiavick." Prior to US Open qualifying this week, Vickery had not played since February due to injury. In that time, her OnlyFans account, which she describes as containing "the content too spicy for Instagram", has gone from strength to strength. On her endeavour, Vickery added on Instagram: 'I'm very open-minded and I don't care what people think of me … it's also the easiest money I've ever made and I enjoy doing it. "I will never talk s*** about girls on OnlyFans ever again for the rest of my life. "Because the amount I made on there in my first two days, I am overwhelmed. I am just shook really." 7 7 7 Vickery is not the only tennis player on OnlyFans. Nick Kyrgios partnered up with the content site in 2023, while self proclaimed "sexiest professional tennis player" Alexandre Muller has an account and has even worn the OnlyFans logo on his kit. Brit tennis star lets off blood curdling screech at US Open Arina Rodionova launched an account in January after splitting with her husband. Speaking on Black Spin Global, Vickery said: "I've always pushed boundaries. I've always been outspoken about racial hate I get online, bodyshaming. I'm very open about a lot of stuff. "I'm still playing tennis, my career is still going but I also want to do things outside of tennis. I'm starting to explore more opportunities on social media. "Obviously there are levels to OnlyFans, you have athletes like Nick [Kyrgios] and Alex [Muller] who are going to be posting tennis content for the most part and then you have the other complete extreme, which I'm not. I'm in that middle gap. 'NEGATIVE FEEDBACK' "I set it up in January and it just took off. Being a tennis player definitely helped my marketing. I'm at a stage where I don't do the absolute most on there but I'm comfortable as I need to be. I'm doing really well. "Obviously, I'm going to get some negative feedback but that's just normal. Whatever you do in life there's always going to be some criticism. If I was doing nothing I'd be getting criticism, so I might as well get on the platform and make money while I'm at it." Vickery, who peaked at world No73 in 2018, is now down at No559 due to her injury lay-off. The Florida-born star entered US Open qualifying using a protected ranking and returned to action following six months out by beating Anastasiya Soboleva on Tuesday. Vickery will be back in action later today as she faces No19 seed in qualifying Ella Seidel in round two. Should she beat Seidel, Vickery will take on either Zhang Shuai or Darja Vidmanova for a place in the US Open main draw.
