This 29-Year-Old Was A Waitress - Then She Got A Cat With Dwarfism, Quit Her Job, And Made $100 Million

Tabatha Bundesen, 29, is the owner of feline Internet sensation, Grumpy Cat. She lives in Arizona.

Grumpy Cat has a form of dwarfism and an underbite that yields a perpetual frown.

On September 22 2012, Bundesen's brother changed her life. Bundesen was a waitress. Her brother took a photo of her peeved-looking cat and posted it to Reddit. The photo went viral and Grumpy Cat quickly became a meme, with recognition on sites like BuzzFeed and even CNBC.

The fame enabled Bundesen to quit her waitressing job. In two years, she has generated nearly $100 million from Grumpy Cat's paid appearances, book deals and modeling career, according to The Telegraph. Bundesen believes Grumpy Cat is "unstoppable."

"We knew she was extremely unique, but we didn't know she would be this magnitude of special," Bundesen said at Grumpy Cat's 2nd birthday party in April.

"I'm used to working everyday, so this is a huge routine change," Bundesen said. "You don't have to have a routine when you have to take pictures of the cat."

Another perk: "I'm getting to travel...we get to see my family that lives in different parts of the country more often," Bundeson told Phoenix Business Journal in an interview. "It's really awesome. It's really awesome that Grumpy Cat can spread to joy to so many people - and she's a cat."

Grumpy Cat was born in Bundesen's home. She has a brother, Pokey.

Here's the interview with Bundesen: