Shana
Mooyman turned her back on a glamorous life as a model and swapped it
for a job in the iron ore mines of Western Australia, which has earned
her enough money to buy her three investment properties.
The
25-year-old started modelling from a young age and often saw her face
plastered on promotional nightclub and festival posters.
Ms
Mooyman, from Bunbury in Western Australia, made the unusual career
switch at the age of 19 when she became a mobile plant operator at a
mineral sands mine in Cataby.
Shana Mooyman used to be a promotional model but now she drives heavy machinery in the mines
After
six years behind the wheel of heavy machinery, Ms Mooyman, who is now a
fully qualified operator, is adamant she can hold her own - despite
working in such a predominately male industry.
'I
was a little nervous first coming into this work, being so isolated
from everyone into such a small area grouped together with mainly blokes
around,' she said.
'But I survived my first couple of shifts and an older lady took me under her wing.
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