Georgina was just over 18 years old when she left Jaca with 100 euros her mother had given her.
Before the red carpets and yacht snapshots, she served 10-euro meals in a small restaurant in Graus, Huesca, and kept every 2-euro tip like a treasure.


She also cleaned rooms at a hotel near Barbastro, ironed other people’s sheets, sold handbags and clothes, and crossed the continent to look after children in Bristol, England, before arriving in Madrid.


There, behind the counter of a Gucci store, she met the man who would change her story forever: Cristiano Ronaldo.

But when recalling those years when every tip was counted, Georgina was clear — she would not trade the happiness she had then for the happiness she has now; she only says they were different.