I've been on a Hiatus recently while preparing for a trip to do volunteer work in South East Asia. Before leaving I have been lucky enough to get the opportunity to interview another Webcam Model and to gain insight into the motives that inspired her to work in this field, and to provide an honest look at Camming as a career for those who are considering testing the waters.
This model goes by the name of AllieBay (I have attached a link to her profile below). Upon stepping into AllieBay's chatroom, one can instantly see why she has risen so quickly to the top of the Camming world - She lights up the room with her charismatic and enthralling performance. Watching her, I am captivated by her seemingly natural ability to engage her audience. It's a tall order to entertain a crowd while responding to dozens of messages popping up on your screen - It's even more challenging to do it while looking sexy.
When I asked AllieBay to participate in an Interview for my blog she was happy to answer any questions I had without hesitation. This is just one example of the openness and honesty I have encountered while talking with other Cam Girls, model-to-model.
Thank you, AllieBay, for agreeing to participate!
How long have you been a Webcam Model, and what inspired you to try it in the first place?
I have been camming on myfreecams.com for 2 years now. Main thing that inspired me to try camming for the very first time for majority of my income is not having a support system from my family when it comes to money. They don’t make much, so I had to find a way to be independent.
Do your friends know that you Model? Family? When you introduce yourself to someone new, what you do you tell them that you do for a living? Are you ever criticized for what you do?
Majority of my friends now are cam girls, so of course they know exactly what I do. They seem to be the easiest to talk to when it comes with talking about our problems. They understand more since they know exactly where I am coming from. The “normal” friends I meet in real life, apart from camming, don’t know at first until they become closer to me. I eventually tell them. I tell people around that I am a model. They usually don’t ask much more after that. I just tell them I do photoshoots & freelance for extra cash. I am mostly judged by my family members, not new people I meet in life. My family doesn’t like what I do and don’t want to be apart of my life until I get out. So, I had to grow up fast and get by on my own.
If you could name the best experience you've had while modelling here, what would it be?
Best experiences are when I make best friends out of the girls that I cam with. We do girl on girl shows and end up becoming really close friends.
Have you ever had frightening experiences or issues with 'clients' finding or stalking you? (If so, please elaborate)
Yes, I have. I had to deal with someone selling all of my content on multiple sights and buying potential domain names for a website that I would like to create for myself. I had to pay him tons of money to stop what he was doing. It got out of control for the first year I was on myfreecams. Hopefully, I don’t get anything worse in the future.
Describe briefly your first experience with camming. How did you feel?
My first time camming on this site I had a cheap computer and used the built in camera. I would have 10-20 people in my chatroom. People would tell me what to do and get stuff for free from me. I felt very used. They would get me to get on Skype and say that they will pay me after the show was done. I got ripped off tons of times. It wasn’t fun at all in the beginning because I didn’t know exactly what I was doing.
Is there anything that you WON'T do on cam, no matter how much money you are offered?
I definitely would not offer sex for money on that site. I wanted to do this because this site makes me feel safe and sound at home.
How do you feel that this job impacts your self-esteem?
Sometimes it really really does get to my head. I feel like the bad days are horrible and makes me pretty depressed. I have to get out of the house and see something outside of the house to make me happy.
How much longer do you plan on camming for? What will you do when you retire?
I plan on camming until it is no longer making good money for me. As long as it is making me more than minimum wage, I will stay. I plan until maybe year 26 in my life. I am currently going to school and maybe things will change, but I actually plan on being a lawyer specifically for the sex industry. There isn’t enough support and I feel like I can help others out with it.
What would you say to another young woman who is thinking about getting into the webcam modelling business? Would you encourage her to do it? And what advice might you give?
If another girl didn’t know where or what she was doing in her future I would tell her to go for it. Join it and try it out. I would tell her to research for a month and look into what type of brand you want to sell to men. Every model is completely different on there. Choose your pick on who you have always wanted to be and make guys fall for you for your personality.
Thank you to AllieBay for participating in this interview - I hope to consider this interview the first of many with models from around the globe. Please comment below if you have any questions you'd like to have added to the next Interview!
Click here to open AllieBay's Profile on MyFreeCams in a new window
This model goes by the name of AllieBay (I have attached a link to her profile below). Upon stepping into AllieBay's chatroom, one can instantly see why she has risen so quickly to the top of the Camming world - She lights up the room with her charismatic and enthralling performance. Watching her, I am captivated by her seemingly natural ability to engage her audience. It's a tall order to entertain a crowd while responding to dozens of messages popping up on your screen - It's even more challenging to do it while looking sexy.
When I asked AllieBay to participate in an Interview for my blog she was happy to answer any questions I had without hesitation. This is just one example of the openness and honesty I have encountered while talking with other Cam Girls, model-to-model.
Thank you, AllieBay, for agreeing to participate!
How long have you been a Webcam Model, and what inspired you to try it in the first place?
I have been camming on myfreecams.com for 2 years now. Main thing that inspired me to try camming for the very first time for majority of my income is not having a support system from my family when it comes to money. They don’t make much, so I had to find a way to be independent.
Do your friends know that you Model? Family? When you introduce yourself to someone new, what you do you tell them that you do for a living? Are you ever criticized for what you do?
Majority of my friends now are cam girls, so of course they know exactly what I do. They seem to be the easiest to talk to when it comes with talking about our problems. They understand more since they know exactly where I am coming from. The “normal” friends I meet in real life, apart from camming, don’t know at first until they become closer to me. I eventually tell them. I tell people around that I am a model. They usually don’t ask much more after that. I just tell them I do photoshoots & freelance for extra cash. I am mostly judged by my family members, not new people I meet in life. My family doesn’t like what I do and don’t want to be apart of my life until I get out. So, I had to grow up fast and get by on my own.
If you could name the best experience you've had while modelling here, what would it be?
Best experiences are when I make best friends out of the girls that I cam with. We do girl on girl shows and end up becoming really close friends.
Have you ever had frightening experiences or issues with 'clients' finding or stalking you? (If so, please elaborate)
Yes, I have. I had to deal with someone selling all of my content on multiple sights and buying potential domain names for a website that I would like to create for myself. I had to pay him tons of money to stop what he was doing. It got out of control for the first year I was on myfreecams. Hopefully, I don’t get anything worse in the future.
Describe briefly your first experience with camming. How did you feel?
My first time camming on this site I had a cheap computer and used the built in camera. I would have 10-20 people in my chatroom. People would tell me what to do and get stuff for free from me. I felt very used. They would get me to get on Skype and say that they will pay me after the show was done. I got ripped off tons of times. It wasn’t fun at all in the beginning because I didn’t know exactly what I was doing.
Is there anything that you WON'T do on cam, no matter how much money you are offered?
I definitely would not offer sex for money on that site. I wanted to do this because this site makes me feel safe and sound at home.
How do you feel that this job impacts your self-esteem?
Sometimes it really really does get to my head. I feel like the bad days are horrible and makes me pretty depressed. I have to get out of the house and see something outside of the house to make me happy.
How much longer do you plan on camming for? What will you do when you retire?
I plan on camming until it is no longer making good money for me. As long as it is making me more than minimum wage, I will stay. I plan until maybe year 26 in my life. I am currently going to school and maybe things will change, but I actually plan on being a lawyer specifically for the sex industry. There isn’t enough support and I feel like I can help others out with it.
What would you say to another young woman who is thinking about getting into the webcam modelling business? Would you encourage her to do it? And what advice might you give?
If another girl didn’t know where or what she was doing in her future I would tell her to go for it. Join it and try it out. I would tell her to research for a month and look into what type of brand you want to sell to men. Every model is completely different on there. Choose your pick on who you have always wanted to be and make guys fall for you for your personality.
Thank you to AllieBay for participating in this interview - I hope to consider this interview the first of many with models from around the globe. Please comment below if you have any questions you'd like to have added to the next Interview!
Click here to open AllieBay's Profile on MyFreeCams in a new window