What started out as a prank turned into an unstoppable phenomenon that got out of hand.

Mia Khalifa’s name is famous worldwide, thanks to a short passage through the p*rn industry, however, few know her story and why she still carries the burden of being famous, despite all the attempts that her videos for adults are removed from the internet.

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At 27 years old, the woman from Beirut (Lebanon) is a public figure who has more than 21 million followers on her official Instagram account , but her worldwide recognition came when she was just 21 years old and by accident.

The young woman told the BBC’s Hard Talk program, that for several years she struggled with being overweight and that made her feel like an ugly woman, who did not deserve the attention of men.

All of this changed when she entered the University of Texas, lost some weight and the naive girl’s appearance changed after cosmetic surgery on her breasts.

The young woman received attention that she had never been used to, but confessed that her path in the p*rn industry did not start with someone handsome who convinced her to shoot videos. Someone told him that “she was very beautiful” and that he wanted to model, although they never mentioned the adult scenes.

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Her first adult film scene is still one of the most watched today, Mia accepted the invitation of the Bang Bros producers and according to  the Washington Post , “The film crew met at Airbnb to film the scene with Khalifa. in a hijab on her head. ” 

The moment brought her to fame, but it also brought her a series of threats  from Islamic State supporters and rejection from her own family.

He only worked for three months in the p*rnographic industry, in which he recorded, according to his accounts, eleven adult videos for which he received only $ 12,000 and never a peso more, although his videos are still being played today.

What started out as a prank, making him feel sexy “for the first time in his life” became an unstoppable phenomenon got out of hand.

“I was not afraid of ISIS. It was jarring. But I did not live in fear. It was more than living in shame, ”the young man revealed to the Washington Post .

When the value paid to Mia Kalifa for the eleven p*rnographic videos was known, the criticisms of the p*rn industry, one of the most fruitful in the world, did not wait. No matter how many views each video gets or how many times its content is resold, the company is the only one that continues to profit from its scenes,  the actors do not get royalties. 

In an attempt to distance himself from his career as a p*rn star while keeping the name, Khalifa’s motto on social media is “respect rebranding.” She has gained great sympathy from the TikTok community, initiating a petition for BangBros to remove the scenes she was paid for. 

Khalifa claims that the company uses the scenes to mislead consumers into thinking that it has returned to p*rn. 

Although Khalifa now dedicates herself to her social networks and to be a sports commentator, she still feels haunted by her past, so through TikTok she advances a petition entitled ” Justice for Mia Khalifa “, which has already obtained more than 1.6 millions of signatures, in order to have their videos deleted from the internet.

“It feels like being trapped in quicksand,” she said. “There are still millions of people who think that I have done nothing but p*rnography for the last five years.”

The petition also calls for Khalifa’s domain names to be returned and that in addition to having his videos removed, “they be fairly discussed in court without putting Mia Khalifa in deep financial ruin.”

In a viral video from two weeks ago, Khalifa wrote: “That hourly dissociative attack, of remembering the single impression of hundreds of millions of people on you, is based solely on the lowest, most toxic, most unusual three months of your life when you were 21 “.

“All I want is for people to stop seeing me naked,” she said.

The reason Mia Khalifa apologized in tears on TikTok

Mia Khalifa was a p*rn actress who became known in that industry, gaining worldwide fame by appearing in a video with sexual content wearing an Islamic hijab (the headscarf used by some Muslim women to cover their heads), which caused great controversy and made him receive threats from supporters of the so-called Islamic State (IS).

However, Khalifa assured in interviews for several international media that this does not make her proud and that, on the contrary , she has tried not to be more referenced in that world and to disappear that label.

Precisely, through his official TikTok account, Khalifa decided to participate in one of the options offered by the platform known as “duo”, which focuses on recording the reaction to a video posted by another user and this is consolidated in a single recording to be published in the account of the person who responds to this option.

In the video with which the model decided to do a “duet” a young woman is seen explaining that I could not wear glasses since her friends tell her that she looks a lot like Khalifa and was being sexualized at only 13 years of age due to the fact that she Former porn actress used this element in her videos.

“I’m sorry for all the girls who were objectified growing up because of this. It tears me apart, they deserved to live their innocence in peace. Deep down I know that I am not the only one responsible, but the guilt is overwhelming, “she said responding to one of the comments that generated her reaction.

In another response, Khalifa added that “I wish I could protect all the little girls from the male gaze, because I know how I feel when men bully me in public, and it kills me that other girls get the same abuse just for looking like me. ”.

In the description of the video the model wrote: “I’m very sorry. I no longer use them for this reason. ” After the video went viral, several users of the network began to publish their support for the Lebanese woman using the numeral #WeSupportYouMia, in which they were shown wearing glasses in order not to relate her to the comments and criticisms due to her past in the industry , which he has accused of having scammed her for using her image without giving her a fair payment.

Given this, Mia did not hesitate to thank her for her support and to make clear the surprise that she took with the number of videos that are circulating on the network in support of her. “I just saw all these beautiful tiktoks from the sweetest people … Everybody keep my head above the water constantly and always just when I start to feel like it’s too much to deal with. I love you very much, “he said.

It should be noted that last year Mia auctioned off those glasses that she wore during her career in the porn industry, in an effort to raise money for the Lebanese Red Cross after the explosion in Beirut . In the end, they sold for about $ 100,000.

 

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