While most 23 year olds are lucky to
receive an occasional handout from their parents, one very lucky woman receives
a massive £10,000 a month from her mother.
Gina Rio, 23, who lives in London,
receives the £10,000 from her mother Teresa, after she fell out with her father
Paul in 2003 and lost the £20,000 allowance he used to provide her with.
Gina spends the generous allowance
living the life of a princess - and has bought over 300 pairs of designer shoes
and 70 designer handbags, one of which cost £20,000.
She also spends an extravagant
amount on being chauffeured around in private cars and taxis, the bill for
which can exceed a staggering £1,000 a month, and pampers herself in the
hairdresser on a regular basis - often spending £600 each month to keep her
locks glossy.
As if the allowance wasn’t enough,
Gina’s parents have also showered her with gifts over the years.
Her father, who owns a successful
construction company, spent £10,000 on a 16th birthday party for Gina, and her
mother recently gave her a white Mercedes SLK convertible, worth about £30,000.
While Gina doesn’t solely rely on her parents money - she earns £2,000 a month as a personal stylist - she has shockingly not managed to save a penny of the mini fortune lavished on her.
The 23-year-old, who trained at
Sylvia Young Theatre School, spent an eye-watering £50,000 in two days last
month on clubbing and shopping for luxury clothes, after taking her father's
credit card without his permission.
'My dad wasn't happy,' Gina's
brother Sebastian says,' but he just shrugged it off.'
Gina compares herself to socialite
and millionaires Tamara Ecclestone, and admits she often has no idea how much
she spends on luxuries such as socialising, hair and beauty.
‘It’s really bad - I don’t even know how much I spend sometimes.’
While it might be easy to dismiss
Gina as simply a spoilt brat, she is the first to admit she is using money as a
substitute for her parents' love.
Devastated when her father had an
affair and left the family for another woman, Gina, then aged 14, was given
substantial handouts from him until, at age 17, she demanded an allowance of
£20,000 a month.
‘I know I’m spoiled, but I need my
parents to buy me things to prove they love me,' she says.
'I think the most expensive item was
a Hermes handbag which cost £20,000.
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| Little Gina with her Mother |
'When I found out that he'd bought his mistress a Hermes handbag, I wanted to have one that was bigger and better.
'I wanted him to prove that he loved
me more than her - because she's horrid - she's horrid.
'He's my dad at the end of the day
and I'm always going to love him, but he's chosen his new family over me.'
Gina fell out with her father over
his new love in 2003 and he cut off her £20,000 a month, leaving Gina
threatened with a normal life devoid of the countless luxuries to which she had
become accustomed.
Luckily her mother Teresa stepped in
to save her daughters extravagant way of life, offering £10,000 monthly to keep
her in taxis and blowdries.
When Gina goes out, she lets her
boyfriend - the 23-year-old rapper Ecksell - pick up the tab.
'I love my Cristal champagne and
bellini cocktails,' she said.
'I have no idea how much it costs -
hundreds maybe. When my boyfriend and I go clubbing, he goes crazy.
'Once he spent £25,000 in one night.
Afterwards I told him that he might as well spend that on me.
'I could not imagine life without
any money. Not being able to pay to have my hair done would be the worst thing
ever.
'I always get what I want - I've
never gone without.
'I've never caught the Tube or a
bus. I would never go on public transport. It would be terrifying.
Unlike most girls her age, Gina has
never set foot in Primark.
She said: 'I've driven past but I
don't think I'd like it.'
Meanwhile Gina has carefully vetted
all her suitors.
She said: 'I could never date
someone who is poor. That would be the worst thing that could ever happen to
me.
'When I met my boyfriend he told me
he was signed to Warner Bros to impress me, but he really wasn't.
'Then I found out that his dad owns
a brand of sauce sold in Harrods, I was pretty impressed and I knew his family
would have a lot of money.
She said: 'I want my kids to have a nice life like me. When you've got money everything is a lot easier.'
But I don't want my kids growing up
and taking money for granted like I used to.
'When my allowance was cut, I
realised that that I had to cut back too. Before I used to buy things for the
sake of it. Now I only buy clothes that I really like.'
However, Gina claims her brother Sebastian, 38, is even more spoilt than her.
She said: 'People think that I'm
spoilt, but he is on a different level, literally. Anything he asks for, he
gets without any hesitation.
'He's wasted so much of my parent's
money on his failed business ideas. Once they gave him £200,000 for a Caribbean
restaurant that never went anywhere.'
In 2008 Gina performed in the Dizzee
Rascal's 'Come Dance With Me' music video wearing a swimsuit.
She is currently living at the Savoy while her house in King's Cross is refurbished.
The five-bed house will have a walk
in wardrobe covering the entire top floor, a swimming pool and jacuzzi and a
home cinema.
Gina said: 'My mum bought the house
for me ages ago - I reckon it must have cost at least a million.'
Meanwhile father Paul is picking up
the tab at the Savoy - a bill costing thousands of pounds.
Mum Teresa has no problem with Gina
excessive spending.
She says: 'I tell Gina that I am
proud of her and everything she gets she deserves. Why have money if you can't
enjoy it?'
Looking forward, Gina says she is
hoping to emulate her idol Tamara Ecclesone.
'I like Tamara - she's pretty and
seems nice. Of course, she wants for nothing - and sometimes I think I'm just
as bad as her.
'I'd like to start my own business -
something like a beauty spa. I get bored sometimes so I think it would give me
something to do.
'Tamara has her own show, Billion $$
Girl, to keep her occupied.'
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