It works: Forget that boring MBA and twerk your way to a six figure salary

FP Staff|Oct 15, 2014, 16:18:51 IST

You read that right. If you have the gift 22-year-old Jessica Vanessa from Florida has and are tech-savvy, twerking could be your ticket to big money without having to labour your way through a boring job.Vanessa, who was a primary school assistant teacher, before she became a 'profesional twerker', now earns a six-figure amount, has bought a car and paid off all her debts.Vanessa, who is shown twerking on the beach, in her room, in a gym, and on the road, among other places, is a self-taught twerker. She is even shown teaching people how to twerk.[caption id="attachment_1757923" align="alignleft" width="380"]

Jessica Vanessa posing during a performance. Image courtesy: Dancer's FB page.[/caption]A video on Daily Mail shows her in skimpy shorts, twerking on the beach, where a man smugly notes, "I should come to this part of the beach more often!"Vanessa has 2 million followers on video-sharing site Vine and has her family's support in her choice of profession.In an interview to Daily Mail, she reveals that her brother is her videographer. Daily Mail also interviews her father, who says that though he was initially finding it difficult to associate his daughter with something 'sexual' like twerking, he is slowly coming around.DM reports, "The large companies had noticed the attention that Jessica's assets were drawing in and offered to pay her large amounts of money in exchange for her mentioning their products to her two million strong following."However, her journey to popularity and prosperity was not without it's share of roadblocks.Internet abuse was a thing she found very hard to deal with for a while. She recounts how, many people branded her a 'whore' for her twerking videos and directed a lot of abuse at her. "I locked myself in my room and cried. I felt so alone for someone who has 1.9 million followers."And here is a video of her twerking: