She added that she has lost \u201cten years of work\u201d and \u201clost a fortune\u201d.<\/p>\n
It comes after Sharron confessed she earned \u201cnothing\u201d from her swimming career \u2013 \u201cnot a single, solitary penny\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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But by the time she was working in TV, she was earning the big bucks, and admitted she was paid more than \u00a3100,000 for her stint on Big Breakfast in 1996. Her best financial year was 1995, when she was on Gladiators as Amazon.<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t reveal how much money I made that year, but obviously it was more than \u00a3100,000,\u201d she told the Mail.<\/p>\n
She even treated herself to a \u00a360,000 Porsche 911 as nobody would \u201cexpect her to turn up [to an event] in an \u00a3800 banger or a Ford Fiesta.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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