Being the partner of one of the most famous people on the planet is tough - but Georgina Rodriguez would not change it for the world.
The 28-year-old model was working in a shop as a sales assistant when she first met global football icon Cristiano Ronaldo.
"I went from selling luxury items to wearing them on the red carpet," said Georgina, who is now the subject of new Netflix series I Am Georgina.
Released on the streaming platform today, the six-part series documents her life at home with the Manchester United striker and her rise from humble beginnings.
Originally from the Spanish city of Jaca, Georgina moved to the UK aged 17 to work as an au pair for a family in Bristol.
Before that she endured a troubled life, with her late father Jorge Rodriguez, who died in 2019, once serving a 10-year jail sentence after being convicted of drug trafficking.
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While her mother tragically died in a car accident in 2011, a year before Georgina flew to Britain.
After arriving on British shores, Georgina wanted to work in the luxury industry but realised she would need to speak English so started learning on the side.
Then she got a job as a sales assistant at a Gucci store in Spain, which is where she met Ronaldo for the first time and her life completely changed.
Rumours suggest Ronaldo first noticed Georgina in the VIP area of a Dolce & Gabbana event in Madrid a few days later.
"Days later we saw each other again at another brand's event," Georgina told the Sun,
"It was then that we could talk in a relaxed atmosphere, outside of my work environment. It was love at first sight for both."
During the early days of their romance, Ronaldo would pick Georgina up in his £1.5million sports car.
"I'd get there on the bus and leave in a Bugatti," said Georgina, but the relationship ended up costing the sales assistant her job.
Georgia and Ronaldo were first linked in November 2016 when they were spotted looking loved up at Disneyland Paris.
When word got out, football fans started to swarm the store where Georgina worked to take pictures and get a glimpse of their hero.
Bosses feared the added attention would put off their posh clients, so they dismissed Georgina from her job in December 2016 after just eight months.
Not that it matters to Georgina now, who has become an Instagram sensation with nearly 30 million followers.
"I have millions of followers and I’m the woman of the most-followed man in the world," she said.
Initially she struggled to adapt to living inside her superstar boyfriend's £4.8million pad in Madrid, which has an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, gym and football pitch.
"The first time I went to Cristiano’s house, I’d get lost every time I went to the kitchen. It would take me half an hour to get back because I didn’t know the way," she told the Latin Times.
"Sometimes it would take me half an hour to get back from the living room because I didn’t know the way. It was so big. Since I was a kid, I’d been used to living in small apartments."
The couple now have a £40million property empire, which also includes a mountainside mansion in Turin with two adjoining villas where they lived while he played for Juventus.
Georgina gave birth to their daughter Alana Martina in November 2017, just a year after they went public with their relationship.
She is also helping to raise Ronaldo's 11-year-old son Cristiano Jr., whose mother's identity has never been revealed, and four-year-old twins Eva and Mateo who were born via a surrogate.
The family is set to get even bigger as it was announced in October last year that Georgina is pregnant with twins.
The pair have been together for five years but are not engaged - but rumours swirled that they had secretly tied the knot back in 2019.
Italian press claimed the duo had married in a low-key Moroccan wedding they managed to keep private, but sources close to the sportsman later rubbished the claims, branding all talk of a ceremony 'fake news'.
In his 2019 interview with Piers Morgan, Ronaldo said of his partner "She helped me so much. Of course I’m in love for her.
"She’s the mum of my kids, and I’m so passion for her, you know. It’s great," he added.
"She’s my friend. We have conversations, I open the heart for her, she open the heart for me."
Ronaldo has suggested that the long-term couple will say their wedding vows one day.
When asked by Piers about marriage, Ronaldo said: "One day. No, we’ll be one day, for sure. It's my mum's dream as well. So, one day. Why not?".
Netflix documentary I Am Georgina, which began streaming today, takes an "emotional" look at the day-to-day life of the model and businesswoman.
Speaking in a trailer for her new show, Georgina revealed: "Five years ago, my life changed. [I am] the girlfriend of the most-followed man."
"Cristiano is great, he's a very normal guy. I dreamed of having a prince charming by my side - and now I have him... thanks to love, my life is now a dream."
Georgina adds: "I know what it's like to not have anything and what it's like to have it all."
Ronaldo himself also appears in the documentary, telling viewers: "She's the woman I'm completely in love with."
* I Am Georgina is now available to watch on Netflix
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