Supermodel Josie Canseco (pictured here in January) has denied that she is a nepotism-baby
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Victoria’s Secret model Josie Canseco has denied that she is a so-called ‘nepo-baby,’ despite her father winning the MLB MVP award and earning $45million over his baseball career.

In a series of since-deleted Instagram posts, Josie insisted she is a self-made woman as she described how her family was ‘broke’ growing up, following her father Jose’s steroid scandal.

The daughter of the one-time baseball star and former model Jessica even went as far as to say she was in debt for years and worked for years to redeem her family name after Jose declared bankruptcy in 2012.

She is now famous for her photos in skimpy bikinis, bras and underwear, and was named the cover girl of Modeliste Magazine in July.

Her father, meanwhile, recently bought a $1.1million home in Las Vegas, where he runs a car wash. 

Supermodel Josie Canseco (pictured here in January) has denied that she is a nepotism-baby

Supermodel Josie Canseco (pictured here in January) has denied that she is a nepotism-baby

Supermodel Josie Canseco (pictured here in January) has denied that she is a nepotism-baby

Her father, Jose Canseco, lost his fortune after admitting to a steroid scandal plaguing Major League Baseball in 2005

Her father, Jose Canseco, lost his fortune after admitting to a steroid scandal plaguing Major League Baseball in 2005

Her father, Jose Canseco, lost his fortune after admitting to a steroid scandal plaguing Major League Baseball in 2005

Josie is the daughter of the one-time star athlete and former model Jessica Canseco

Josie is the daughter of the one-time star athlete and former model Jessica Canseco

Josie is the daughter of the one-time star athlete and former model Jessica Canseco

 In the now-deleted Instagram posts, Josie wrote on Monday: ‘Everyone claiming I came from all this rich money because I’m a “Canseco” do your research.

‘My “family money” was blown by the time I was 6/7 with bankruptcy n I had to work my a** off to not only sustain my “family name” but also pay my bills cause no one paid that s*** except me,’ the now 26-year-old claimed. 

‘My family is broke and I don’t get the advantage of a family that was rich.’

Josie added that she was in debt for ‘years,’ and was only making about $100 a week when she started her modeling career.

‘I’m tired of being categorized when it was very different,’ she wrote, according to the New York Post. 

‘I’m beyond grateful because I certainly have been graced with the privilege of being born within a family that earned what they earned,  but respectfully the expectation isn’t all what it seems.’

Her father, Jose had earned more than $45million during his career with the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees, and was at one point the highest-paid player in the MLB, earning $6million a year.

He won the MVP award in 1998, and was a four-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and a two-time home run leader

But when he left the league in 2001, as he admitted to steroid use.

Josie wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post that when she began her modeling career she only made $100 a week. She is pictured in 2018

Josie wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post that when she began her modeling career she only made $100 a week. She is pictured in 2018

Josie wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post that when she began her modeling career she only made $100 a week. She is pictured in 2018

Canseco, left, is pictured with other Victoria's Secret models in November 2018

Canseco, left, is pictured with other Victoria's Secret models in November 2018

Canseco, left, is pictured with other Victoria’s Secret models in November 2018

His fortune then came crashing down in 2005, when he published his tell-all book Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big, which detailed widespread steroid use among some of the best baseball players of the time — including Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

The book sparked a Congressional investigation into the sport, with several players being forced to testify in front of Congress.

Some admitted their involvement, while others vehemently denied it.

Canseco was blacklisted from the league in the aftermath. 

Jose won the MVP award in 1998, and was a four-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and a two-time home run leader

Jose won the MVP award in 1998, and was a four-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and a two-time home run leader

Jose won the MVP award in 1998, and was a four-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and a two-time home run leader

He left Major League Baseball in 2001, as he admitted to taking steroids

By 2008, his $2.5million Encino home was foreclosed upon.

‘I do have a judgment on my home and it to me is very strange because it didn’t make financial sense for me to keep paying a mortgage on a home that was basically owned by someone else,’ he told Inside Edition at the time.

He then published a controversial tell-all in 2005, detailing rampant steroid use across the league

He then published a controversial tell-all in 2005, detailing rampant steroid use across the league

He then published a controversial tell-all in 2005, detailing rampant steroid use across the league

‘You know, my life, this financial thing is a very complicated issue,’ he continued. ‘Obviously when you make all that money people think “OK let’s assume it’s $35million.” People have to understand that $35 million, you’re paying the government 41 percent.

‘That leaves you with about $17 or $18million, not even. Then you’re taking care of your whole family.’

A couple of divorces, he noted, also cost him between $7 and $8million.

Four years later,  Jose filed for bankruptcy, listing less than $21,000 in assets and almost $1.7 million in liabilities, including more than $500,000 he owed in taxes.

He is now worth just an estimated $500,000, and has blamed his downfall on his tell-all book.

‘Being completely severed from Major League Baseball, probably for life — meaning affiliate ball, I can’t coach, I can’t teach, I can’t be hitting coach or manager or anything — in that way it cost me a lot,’ Jose told Sports Illustrated in 2015.

‘But I told the truth, and the game is better for it now.’

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