SNELLVILLE, Ga. — Two metro Atlanta identical twins lives have changed after they won big on NBC's Weakest Link last Thursday night.
Jessica and Nina Bald, from Snellville, took home a whopping $53,500 on the show's twins edition. The two have lived in the metro Atlanta area since 2019.
It was always a dream of theirs to get on the show ever since they were eight years old.
"We were always small town kids with big dreams that was definitely was the catapult to it all for us it was in that moment," Jessica Bald.
The twins are the youngest of seven.
The sisters told 11Alive they grew up in south Georgia in impoverished circumstances. They often had to move from house to house and live with other family members.
They both graduated from Valdosta State University where they defied the odds.
According to a Facebook post from the university, the Bald sisters were first-generation college students being the first to earn a college degree in their family.
They both graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Mass Media, the university stated.
The sisters said they were determined to win going into the game.
"We kind of had our own strategy going but when it was actually starting to work. I was like we can actually win this," Nina Bald.
They now plan to explore some business ventures with their winnings. Jessica and Nina want to expand their winnings and create generational wealth.
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