FLYING HIGH
I won £1m on the lotto – but I’m still a B&M girl & drink Bacardi Breezer on a budget airline to Benidorm for a hen do
THE famous question goes – what would you do if you won big on the lottery?
But in 2013 that became a startling reality for Jane Park when she scooped a £1 million jackpot and became the UK’s youngest Lotto winner at just 17.
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Now a decade on and has proven she’s still got her feet firmly on the ground thanks to her latest holiday.
As, instead of jetting off to a fancy, luxury resort and rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous, Jane, now 27, is soaking up the sun in Benidorm for her friend’s hen do.
And she didn’t fly first class or hire a private jet to get there.
Instead, she hopped on budget airline EasyJet along with the rest of the bridal party.
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Jane appeared to be having a whale of a time when she recorded the highlights from the trip – including the flight out there – and uploaded it for all to see on her Instagram story.
Not only did her bride-to-be best mate dance down the plane’s aisle, but Jane also showed how she was getting into the party spirit herself, as she later by sipped on a Bacardi Breezer drink.
Since then, the hen party has been letting their hair down on several nights out, including a Grease themed fancy dress evening and karaoke.
But that’s in keeping with down-to-earth Jane, who famously described herself as the B&M version of Love Island influencer Molly-Mae Hague.
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After her big win, the former admin temp from Edinburgh, Scotland, celebrated by booking a two-month trip to Magaluf.
She also bought herself a chihuahua, a fancy car, and lots more designer goodies that most would envy.
Jane also invested her money in property, purchasing not one, but two new homes, and underwent surgery in Turkey.
Throughout all of that, she’s maintained her love of a bargain and still enjoys shopping at popular stores like B&M.
She showcased this when she compared herself to Molly-Mae, as she wore a hat with the words ‘Molly-Mae from B&M on it.’
And she’s previously opened up about the whirlwind experience of winning the Lottery and confessed that at times it has made her “miserable”.
In an episode of American show Dr Phil titled The Curse of the Lottery, Jane admitted: “I don’t regret any of the money I spent, my only regret would be going so public with the win.
“When I won it was a very quick turnover, it was massive. At the time it was kind of crazy, and it’s even crazier looking back.”
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She continued to say that she’d initially “splashed out a bit” but that she’d then calmed down when one of her aunts told her to be sensible and look at a property portfolio.
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