"I'm a Girl": 36-Year-Old Lady Resigns Her Teaching Job and Becomes Truck Driver, Makes R2.3 Million Annually
- A lady has resigned from her teaching job and became a truck driver raking in a whopping R2.3 million annual income
- The lady known as Clarissa Rankin said people are surprised any time they see her driving heavy-duty trucks
- She has become a celebrity as she has 1.8 million followers on TikTok and 105k fans on Instagram as of Tuesday, December 20
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A lady has turned truck driving into an admirable profession and has become a celebrity.
The lady known as Clarissa Rankin has a combined followership of over 2 million on TikTok and Instagram as of Tuesday, December 20.
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Clarissa originally studied criminal justice and initially took up a job as a teacher earning R31.7K. annually.
Story of a lady who became a truck driver
She turned to truck driving when the income that came from her teaching job could not support her family.
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Initially, when she started driving trucks, she earned an annual income of R800K.
Her income increased to R2.3 million annually when she started her own company, JC Rankins Transport.
Clarissa said people are always surprised when they see her behind the wheels of her massive truck.
She told CNBC:
"People always have this image in their mind of a truck driver being a man with a big old stomach, big old beard and wearing overalls.
"I love to get that expression on people's faces like, 'Can you really drive that?' And I'm like, 'Yes, I got this honey.'"
Apart from her truck driving business, she makes an additional N16 million in income from TikTok where she has close to 2 million followers.
Clarissa is 36 and together with her husband and children live in Charlotte, North Carolina.
21-Year-old female Mzansi truck driver trends on social media
In another story, Briefly News reported that times are changing and jobs that were once only for men are now being taken over by women. Omphemetse Seema is a 21-year-old female truck driver in Mzansi who has caused hype on social media.
While truck driving is still very much a male-dominated industry, women in Mzansi are slowly breaking into it and proving they are fit for the position.
TikTok user @mafizzy_jhb was wowed when he saw Omphemetse driving a truck, so he shared a clip on social media and told peeps to make her trend - and they did!
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