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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Ellie Muir

Controversial influencer Caroline Calloway claims she scammed her way into Cambridge

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Caroline Calloway, the American student who gained a huge Instagram following while documenting her opulent lifestyle at Cambridge University, has claimed that she lied on her application to the prestigious institution.

Calloway, 31, rose to notoriety in 2015 when she started dubbing herself the “Gatsby of Cambridge”, offering her Instagram followers a “fairytale” perspective of her time at Cambridge, where she introduced her friends and acquaintances as “characters”.

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