Ten Highest Paid Female Gamers In The World

Video games were developed as a form of leisure mostly for children some years ago. There were times when parents truly had concerns with the amount of time their children spent playing video games.

The gaming industry has quite changed and players now have the opportunity to earn a lot of money. This does not leave out the females as more and more females are joining the industry and doing very well for themselves too. Here is a list of the top 10 highest paid professional female gamers in the world today.

#1 Katherine Gunn

Katherine Gunn is the highest paid female gamer in the industry. She has won several tournaments playing Dead or Alive 4 and Halo Reach. In 2010, she earned $100,000 when she became the champion of Halo Reach. She is also popularly called ‘Mystik’ amongst gamers.

#2 Sasha Scarlett Hostyn

She plays with the name “scarlett’ and she is from Canada. Scarlett is particularly good with the game starcraft II. She has participated in several tournaments, many of which she won. Her total prize earnings total about $100,000.

#3 Marjorie ‘Kasum Chan’ Bartelli

Marjorie bartel, is a software engineer turned professional gamer. She specializes on dead or alive 4 and won the championship in 2007. She has also won prizes worth more than $55,000.

#4 Sarah Harrison

Sarah Harrison is a British professional gamer known as Sarah Lou in the industry. She plays dead or alive 4 and has won the championship once, taking home a game prize of $50,000. She is the only British who made the list of the top female professional gamers.

#5 Vanessa Arteaga

Vanessa arteaga is very great with fighting games. In 2008, she won a cash prize of $15,000 playing dead or alive. She also won $5,000 prize shortly after.

#6 Rumay Hafu Wang

Rumay who is known as “Hafu” in the gaming world is a war of warcrafts world champion. She made a total ofabout $16,000 from playing bloodline champions and world of warcraft.

#7 Jamie Pereyda

Jamie Pereyda won the miss quakecon II competition in 2005 and earned prize money of $15,000. She is from the United States and is known as Missy in the gaming industry.

#8 Liveia Teernstra

Livia is known as “Liefje” amongst gamers. She has played in several competitions and tournaments including Dead or Alive 4, quakecon and unreal tournaments. She once earned $14,000 prize.

#9 Alana Reid

She is also known as “Ms. X” in the industry. She is a Canadian woman who has earnings of $10,000 from just one tournament. Alana Reid is definitely one lady to watch in the growing world of professional female gamers.

#10 Alice Lew

Alice Lew who is known as “Ali” in the in the gaming industry is one strong contender to watch. She has played in more than five tournaments and has earned prizes of more than $8,000.