Started this one as a spin off form another thread. I first became aware that videos/magazines specific to this fetish existed around the mid 1980s and will always have a soft spot for the 'stars' of those early videos from Harmony, Cal Star, etc. Only a few of these women are still active - Ashley Rene pops up from tiem to time in fetish material for example - kind of wonder what happened to the others ...
I chat occasionally with a "former" porn star; she was not huge but was "front of the box - top billing" during the mid 80's and sadly, I suspect her experience is typical. The money was spent as fast as it came in - living in Southern California, on the fringes of more mainstream celebrity, "rubbing shoulders" with mainstream stars as she called it. For a while had hoped to bag a sugar daddy but it didn't happen. Had one bit part in a mainstream film early, one bit part in a grade C slasher flick and that was it. As she explains it, in mainstream porn, people get tired of seeing you and/or you get burned out performing. Seh also mentioned the relentless pressure to get breast implants, do anal, do gangbang, etc. So she moved into the whole gamut of fetish films - tickling, feet, spanking, bondage, etc. Says it's considered easier money but it is very strange intially since the girls don't share the fetish - just think how weird we'd find it getting an enema on film for someone to fulfill someone else's fantasy.
Now she makes most of her living in topless wrestling, videos and live sessions and gets thrown an occasional non-sex role in both straight and gay porn. Pretty sad really, she can still make a living but she's past 40 now. She works out like a fiend and still looks great (for her age) but can't compete with the younger talent and has no real plan for her future in 5-10 years. Never having held a 9-5 job for all these years; she's not qualified to do much and is not sure she could work 9-5 anyway.
Some follow an opposite route. Remember Darla Crane - big busted redhead - did a lot of tickling/fetish work in her time? Well, she now does porn, primarily anal. Again, she's got to be pushing 40 and probably had a damn small window to make any money so had to do whatever was available. Lots of derogatory comments on some adult film boards about her age and weight (too harsh IMO but people are entitled to theirs) so I suspect it won't be a long career. For the ones who came after the advent of the Internet, the personal websites seem to do well for some (though I wonder what cut the girls get). I was surprised to see Whitney Prescott's site (a pretty big name fetish star) go belly up in less than a year. I'm told by an insider that Desi DeAngelo has retired (and unretired) 3-4 times.
Lots of them end up in topless wrestling, which is relatively steady and offers private session work. Talked to one guy who films them who told me of a Playboy Playmate of the year (late 70's) who STILL does wrestling (mid to late 40's). Showed up for a shoot one day and had to warn other girl not to pull her hair as she still had stitches from a face lift - the others were shocked that she apparently wanted the work that bad that she would show up under those conditions rather than just cancel.
Not looking for pity for them, they chose the lifestyle. I'm only bringing it up in response to what you said as I find it oddly fascinating the way women end up in this business (without them, there wouldn't be more than half the tickling videos out there) - would be interested other's thoughts/information.
I chat occasionally with a "former" porn star; she was not huge but was "front of the box - top billing" during the mid 80's and sadly, I suspect her experience is typical. The money was spent as fast as it came in - living in Southern California, on the fringes of more mainstream celebrity, "rubbing shoulders" with mainstream stars as she called it. For a while had hoped to bag a sugar daddy but it didn't happen. Had one bit part in a mainstream film early, one bit part in a grade C slasher flick and that was it. As she explains it, in mainstream porn, people get tired of seeing you and/or you get burned out performing. Seh also mentioned the relentless pressure to get breast implants, do anal, do gangbang, etc. So she moved into the whole gamut of fetish films - tickling, feet, spanking, bondage, etc. Says it's considered easier money but it is very strange intially since the girls don't share the fetish - just think how weird we'd find it getting an enema on film for someone to fulfill someone else's fantasy.
Now she makes most of her living in topless wrestling, videos and live sessions and gets thrown an occasional non-sex role in both straight and gay porn. Pretty sad really, she can still make a living but she's past 40 now. She works out like a fiend and still looks great (for her age) but can't compete with the younger talent and has no real plan for her future in 5-10 years. Never having held a 9-5 job for all these years; she's not qualified to do much and is not sure she could work 9-5 anyway.
Some follow an opposite route. Remember Darla Crane - big busted redhead - did a lot of tickling/fetish work in her time? Well, she now does porn, primarily anal. Again, she's got to be pushing 40 and probably had a damn small window to make any money so had to do whatever was available. Lots of derogatory comments on some adult film boards about her age and weight (too harsh IMO but people are entitled to theirs) so I suspect it won't be a long career. For the ones who came after the advent of the Internet, the personal websites seem to do well for some (though I wonder what cut the girls get). I was surprised to see Whitney Prescott's site (a pretty big name fetish star) go belly up in less than a year. I'm told by an insider that Desi DeAngelo has retired (and unretired) 3-4 times.
Lots of them end up in topless wrestling, which is relatively steady and offers private session work. Talked to one guy who films them who told me of a Playboy Playmate of the year (late 70's) who STILL does wrestling (mid to late 40's). Showed up for a shoot one day and had to warn other girl not to pull her hair as she still had stitches from a face lift - the others were shocked that she apparently wanted the work that bad that she would show up under those conditions rather than just cancel.
Not looking for pity for them, they chose the lifestyle. I'm only bringing it up in response to what you said as I find it oddly fascinating the way women end up in this business (without them, there wouldn't be more than half the tickling videos out there) - would be interested other's thoughts/information.
