When Rosie Renee quit her job as a personal trainer for a gym in the middle of last year, she suddenly found herself at home more than she had been previously.
With time on her hands, the 22-year-old from Queensland started watching a documentary about cam girls – upon which point she thought she might try it out.
Fast forward a year and a half and the 22-year-old is doing everything from bathing in a kilogram of beetroot to covering herself in pancake batter and setting her nipples on fire – all in front of a live camera. She can also earn up to AUD $12,000 a month.
Here, Ms Renee lifts the lid on the life of an Australian cam girl – a model who performs on the Internet through live footage.
In her own words, ‘it’s not just getting naked and going online’.
Rosie Renee (pictured) is a 22-year-old cam girl from Queensland – she spoke to FEMAIL about what her job is really like – and how much money she makes
‘It’s not just getting naked and going online,’ the 22-year-old (pictured) told FEMAIL – she has done all sorts of things including dressing up and writing her name in Vegemite on her chest
The 22-year-old can earn anything between $1,000 and $12,000 a month
Ms Renee (pictured) first went on camera after she watched a British documentary about cam girls on the Internet
After ‘some extensive Googling’, the 22-year-old (pictured) discovered that the industry was in fact alive and well in Australia
Ms Renee first went on camera after she watched a British documentary about cam girls on the Internet:
‘I didn’t know much about cam girls then,’ she told Daily Mail Australia. ‘At the time, I thought they were all pre-recorded videos done way ahead of time.’
After ‘some extensive Googling’, the 22-year-old discovered that the industry was in fact alive and well in Australia:
‘At that stage, I still thought it would be a scam, but I decided to give it a try,’ she said.
Just one month later, Ms Renee received her first pay cheque – upon which point she explained her ‘mind was blown’.
‘I was nervous, of course, at the start, but I also found it exciting,’ she recalled. ‘It took me a while to find and create my niche, but once I did, I felt comfortable, natural and had a lot of fun.
‘These days, I want to laugh and have a good time. You’ve got to do what comes naturally. In my time, I’ve covered myself in pancake batter and lit my nipples on fire.’
Among her strangest requests include covering herself in a kilo of beetroot (pictured)
Ms Renee shops for her outfits all over – including sex shops, Gumtree and the High Street (pictured in costume)
Just one month after starting as a cam girl, Ms Renee (pictured) received her first pay cheque – upon which point she explained her ‘mind was blown’
The 22-year-old explained that, in her line of work, many of the girls have a ‘tip list’ which includes what they will do for ‘tokens’
‘I always have the permission to say no, however, it’s very easy to do so. All you need to do is block someone and you don’t see them,’ she said of declining requests
The 22-year-old explained that, in her line of work, many of the girls have a ‘tip list’ which includes what they will do for ‘tokens’:
‘For instance, it can be 1,000 tokens for something and 50 for something else,’ she said.
‘I always have the permission to say no, however, it’s very easy to do so. All you need to do is block someone and you don’t see them.’
Ms Renee said that while many people might assume that being a cam girl is ‘easy money’, she said she has to work very hard
Ms Renee said that while many people might assume that being a cam girl is ‘easy money’, she also has to work ‘very hard’ to earn the $12,000 she did in one recent month.
‘It’s a full time job,’ she said. ‘I put in up to 70 hours a week on cam doing all sorts of things.’
But not only this, but the 22-year-old also said there are different aspects to being part of brand Rosie Renee – including all day spent talking to people, prepping graphics and videos, marketing and social media.
‘Recently, I made a cardboard lighting system for my room,’ she said – ‘which took a lot of work’.
‘The marketing is a huge part of it – and the travelling to expos. I travel around Australia to expos all the time, you find the most bizarre things at expos – including costumes.’
Ms Renee said she also sources her outfits from places including Gumtree, Bras’n’Things and sex shops.
Speaking about her finances, Ms Renee said that working as a cam girl requires her to have a huge grip on what she’s pulling in – because if she doesn’t work, she doesn’t earn
‘I’m lucky because my family supports me 100 per cent,’ Ms Renee added – saying she wants people to start seeing camming ‘as not this underground seedy thing’
Speaking about her finances, Ms Renee said that working as a cam girl requires her to have a huge grip on what she’s pulling in.
‘If I don’t work, I don’t earn,’ she said.
‘There was one month recently where I only worked one day. While I did earn $1,300 that day, that is obviously considerably less than if I work for a full month – so you obviously have to be prepared for that instability.’
Among the strangest things she’s done for people include dumping ‘a kilo of beetroot over myself’ and conducting a ‘private Skype session with someone where I wrote my name in Vegemite across my chest’.
‘I’m lucky because my family supports me 100 per cent,’ Ms Renee added.
‘I’m not ashamed of what I do – it’s really important to me that people are starting to see camming as not this underground seedy thing.
‘Sex workers are normal people, too,’ she concluded.