A good friend of mine has a daughter. I'll call her "Amy," who is a cute high school graduate (2014) that was popular in school. Amy is bright, funny, shy, kinda quiet and pleasant to be around. She didn't date much, stuck to the books, but she didn't get accepted into the college she wanted to attend. Amy was an average student and didn't win any scholarships so she had to find a job. She worked for a while at a florist shop, until her eighteenth birthday. She expected to be earning $50k a year as soon as she graduated high school. Amy got her chance.
Amy answered an ad on Craigslist to be a model. The ad promised a free one week trip to Florida posing for sports apparel. She sent a few pictures and got a response immediately. Amy packed her stuff and hopped on a free flight to Miami.
Upon arrival, there were a dozen girls staying in a house all trying for the same modeling job. It was a big fancy house with six bedrooms and a pool. The male "talent agent" occupied one room but the girls shared the rest of the house. Some of the girls had been there for a few weeks and they all seemed happy. Amy was informed that there were lots of modeling jobs by the other girls. After her first tryout for the sports apparel job, she was told that the gig paid $200, but if she was open to being topless, there was another job that paid $400. One of the girls told her that she was being paid $500 because she wasn't modest and would take nude photos.
After hearing how great they were treated and seeing models getting cash...She talked more with the talent agent. Her free week in Florida was almost over and someone else already filled the spot for the ports apparel gig. After 5 days, she had agreed to do a topless photo shoot.
They filled her head with compliments and told her that she could make big money doing porn movies. Amy decided that she liked the money and didn't mind the nudity. They moved her to another house that wasn't as elegant, less girls and the beds were mattresses on the floor. Being paid in cash, she suddenly had a few thousand dollars in her pockets all the time. Amy started off being treated like a princess on the set. Jobs quickly escalated into rougher and more degrading spots.
After just a few months she had made about $25,000 but she only had a few thousand left after clothing, rent and food costs. After just 3 months, she wasn't being offered jobs anymore because she wasn't a fresh face anymore. Amy decided to go back home.
Her parents were not happy about her decisions. They were glad that she returned and gave up trying to be a porn star. Her Dad was devastated when he learned what happened. Amy is starting over with a new normal job, dealing with people constantly who recognize her from her past mistakes. She didn't return covered in tattoos but she's still marked for the rest of her life. Hopefully, she can live a happy life.
I'm passing Amy's story along because she's a good kid with good parents that love her, but young people don't consider the consequences of their actions affecting them later in life. Avoid the heartache and talk with young people.
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