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The most difficult selections are those of low contrasting adjacent areas, the hair and the pale grey BG. One thing you could try is to run the burn tool at low exposure on midtones and thicken the hair. Run the dodge tool in the large remaining areas. This is just a technique to clean up what you've got, though even with sophisticated channel extractions, you may need to fix edges that refine edge or refine mask leave behind.

Someone will doubtless post an extraction technique for you. If you can't get it to work for you, let me know. I have several of different methods. The quick select is great for many things, but you will need to learn better selection tools if you continue with selections and manipulations like this.

You have other edges and corners that need removal of the BG though they are less noticeable.