An Instagram model with 1.4 million followers divulged how much she earns through posting pictures on the social network.

Alexa Dellanos, 23, said she made over $60,000 a year by posting selfies, according to The Sun.

She told Insider she charged $5,000 minimum per Instagram ad, but she doesn't tend to disclose that they're ads.

The Miami-based model said she originally wanted to become a journalist but realized she could earn more money by posing for sexy snaps as she traveled around the world with her artist boyfriend, Alec Monopoly.

Dellanos has said she had various cosmetic surgery procedures, including breast augmentation, lip fillers, and a "booty enhancement," The Sun reported.

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An Instagram model with 1.4 million followers told The Sun that she earns £53,000 ($63,500) a year through posting photos of herself.

Alexa Dellanos, 23, spends her days posing for sexy photos and living a glamorous lifestyle with her boyfriend, Alec Monopoly, an artist who has a million followers.

The Miami-based model told The Sun that she initially wanted to be a journalist but decided against building a career in news when she realized she could earn so much more on Instagram.

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"I honestly didn't realise how much money was in Instagram alone until I started making it, now I feel that the sky is the limit," she said.

"I decided I would be making three times more on social media than my salary as a journalist — it would've been an amazing opportunity to open doors for me in the entertainment industry, but I am opening those doors myself now."

My first vlog is live on my channel! The link is in my bio. 🦋 A post shared by Alexa Dellanos (@alexadellanos) on Sep 2, 2019 at 2:35pm PDT Sep 2, 2019 at 2:35pm PDT

Dellanos just launched a YouTube channel and has a collection of photo filters people can buy, and she also says she's developing an activewear range.

Instagram posts are a major source of income for Dellanos

The influencer and catalog model told Insider that she charges at least $5,000 per sponsored post on Instagram, mainly working with clothing brands, makeup and skincare companies, and hotels.

"I don't take every brand that comes to me," she told Insider. "I prefer to pick and choose my favorites; that way my social media is not a page filled with ads.

"My work is a representation of me as a person, and for that reason I only post things I would want to share with my followers even if I wasn't being paid."

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Dellanos doesn't tend to disclose when photos are sponsored posts or advertisements, though she does tag brands and locations.

"I don't always announce that a post is an ad — oftentimes I just tag the brand," she told Insider. "Some brands prefer it that way.

"It all depends on the post and on my contract with the company. I don't work with brands unless I am passionate about them, especially because I am launching my own clothing line by the end of this year."

Pulling up to @papisteak like 👀 A post shared by Alexa Dellanos (@alexadellanos) on Aug 19, 2019 at 2:51pm PDT Aug 19, 2019 at 2:51pm PDT

A recent post, for example, shows Dellanos posing in front of a car outside a steak restaurant. The caption reads "Pulling up to @papisteak like 👀."

Though there are no images of the food or even of the inside of the restaurant, Dellanos tagged the restaurant and the founder of Groot Hospitality, Dave Grutman, who counts Papi Steak among his clients.

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Dellanos has had over $17,000 worth of cosmetic surgery

Dellanos has been open about having cosmetic surgery. Her treatments have cost over $17,000 in total, she told The Sun.

And she said that having the procedures helped her grow her following.

Dellanos at 21, when she was still pursuing a career as a broadcast journalist and hadn't had all her cosmetic procedures. Alexa Dellanos

"I had about 200,000 followers on Instagram before my cosmetic procedures and before I started working out regularly," Dellanos told Insider.

"I believe both has contributed a lot to my success. Cosmetic enhancement isn't for everyone, but in my case it's been a motivation to better every aspect in my life — amongst my physical appearance."

She told The Sun: "I had my breast augmentation in 2018 for $15,000 and my lip fillers for approximately $2,000. I also enhanced my booty a little which I will discuss on my YouTube channel soon."

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The model said there were also negative sides to her lavish public lifestyle, such as being sent dick pics from strangers, being a victim of trolling and online abuse, and even finding a bunch of flowers with a marriage proposal from a stranger delivered to her home.

"It was so scary because I didn't think anyone knew where I lived, but I have moved out since then," she told The Sun.

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Dellanos said that, as well as sexy selfies, she wants to "share positive energy."

"I've learnt to never let the attention get to my head because no matter how big or small you are online, you are still just human," she told The Sun.

"Although I enjoy posting sexy photos and luxury lifestyle posts, I also try to post things that truly matter," she said. "I want to share positive energy to everyone I meet and to anyone who looks at my life through social media."