A PRIMARY school teacher ditched her job to become a full-time PRINCESS – raking in so much cash she's bought a £250,000 home.
Olivia Cutforth, 27, started her children's entertainment company 'Beyond a Princess' during lockdown while working as a performing arts teacher.
She quickly became so busy with bookings that she quit her day job in November 2021, after just 10 months of running her business.
Olivia, who is from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, had worked previously as a princess performer for six years, but dreamed of running her own company.
She now employs a cast of other princess impersonators who attend children’s parties, corporate events and a range of other occasions.
Though she is not allowed to use the classic Disney names for legal reasons, her outfits range from mimics of Elsa from Frozen, to Wednesday and Enid from Netflix’s hit show Wednesday.
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Olivia said she saved everything she made from teaching and used it to start her company, buying her first two big dresses – Cinderella and Belle – from Vietnam for £500 each.
She made her money back within a couple of months, and now has a team of trained singers, dancers and actresses making sure the experience is as authentic as possible.
She said: "I had a vision that it was going to be high quality, interactive and different and that's how it blew up a bit.
"I make a lot more than I was making as a performing arts teacher, or anything I'd done before.
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Within six months of working as a princess, Olivia was able to buy a house with her boyfriend.
She said "It was amazing to finally have financial security but also be like 'I'm really good at this and people love what I'm doing'."
Fans of Olivia can also find her on Tiktok, making videos of her princesses taking part in the latest dance trends, and on Instagram making reels.
She said after trying “a million different careers” throughout her twenties, she has finally settled on her dream job.
She said: "I was so desperate to start my own company because I had all these ideas.
"I had this ambition and vision to run my own company, never thinking it would take off the way it did.
"I thought I'd just keep it as a side hustle, do some stuff at the weekends and carry on being a teacher.”
Because of her popularity on Tiktok – which she describes as "taking trends and relating them to princesses", and the fact that her company was so different to others, she said she quickly became successful.
But it is not all smiles and waves – the preparation, involving makeup, hair and getting into costume, takes about two hours.
Olivia said: "The make-up is a huge part of it as it does change for different characters. I also wear coloured contacts to suit whoever I am."
Not only this, but it is important for the princesses to really get to know the characters.
"It's also knowing the character inside out, making sure you know everything that the kids could ask you, as they say the most random things."
"As much as I'm accurate to the characters I try to make them more current and more of a fun experience for the kids."
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Two years on, Olivia still thinks her job is 'magical' and she loves seeing the kids' reactions.
Olivia said: "Princessing is magical. It's so heartwarming as you know you've really made their day and you know they'll be talking about it for years to come, that's so special."
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