Indy Clinton is unlike any schoolgirl you know.
Between studying for her HSC and hitting the surf in Palm Beach, the leggy 17-year-old Sydneysider poses in bikinis, wetsuits and masses of chunky bohemian jewellery for posts on Instagram — and earns thousands of dollars for it.
It may sound a bit like Indy, a student at elite private school Loreto Kirribilli, is being paid to do something many of us do every day for free — but there’s an undeniably clever business model behind her unique type of fame.
Indy, who now has more than 52,000 Instagram followers, is signed to Chic Blogger Management — and she now charges up to $750 per Instagram post from companies wanting her to promote their goods, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Recently, for example, she reportedly charged Surf, Dive ‘n’ Ski $2000 to post four pictures of herself wearing their wetsuits.
The blonde schoolgirl, who plans to be a Hollywood actress someday, started posting photos to Instagram at 15. She gained followers fast — and then companies began giving her free products if she posted pictures of herself with them.
“Dad suggested I charge for posts, so I started asking for $50 per post,” she told the Daily Telegraph.
“I’m a quintessential Aussie girl. I love the beach and I have surfed since I was three,” Ms Clinton said. “On Instagram I try to create the life all people want to have. They want to follow me and be inspired by my positive attitude to life.”
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Indy! I had no idea she was Insta-famous! Her older sister and her mates used to be regs of mine in a cafe I worked in for a while, and she (the sister) and I are still FB friends.
My experience of the Clinton girls is that they're young, sweet, happy, rambunctious and a little bit awkward and goofy, very active in surf lifesaving and physically just BLESSED. Seriously. Blessed.
So Indy is young and gorgeous and has had an income opportunity presented to her. And to that I say - go out and get some darling.
omigawd! I think I spot a thigh gap..maybe they aren't Indi's legs? Has anyone investigated?
Bahaha!