When i was 18, an ex of mine leaked topless pictures I'd sent him. Everyone in town had seen them. i worked in the music business at the time and a lot of people turned on me. I was harassed, slut-shamed, and humiliated. Someone even sent the pictures to every single person I had on my Facebook friends list. I was so hurt and the bullying got so intense that I actually tried to kill myself at one point. I'm chubby and I have aereolas that are proportionate to the size of my naturally-large breasts, so apparently that meant I had no right being naked in front of a camera. I even had several people tell me that "It's okay" when women that look like Bree Olsen take nude pictures, because they're "attractive", but when people that look like me do it, it's trashy and makes us look like we don't have dignity.
In 2010, I was still getting harassed. One day I got an e-mail from someone I didn't know telling me that i could make good money with my body if I became a cam girl. I thought he was full of shit, but i signed up for MyFreeCams anyway. I made $3k in my first month..and I guess I just never looked back. This is part of why i wanna win Best Newcomer so badly. I can go back to all of those people that tried to hurt me and say "LOOK, DICKHEADS! I AM beautiful!"
Camming and making clips empowers me. I don't plan to do this for the rest of my life, but I'm happy doing it right now. I think I'm good at it and I think my fans appreciate my work.