A former Onlyfans model who earned $100,000 a year on the adult site admitted men would ‘sexualize’ her pregnancy and ruin her self-esteem.
Sydney Ruiz, 24, began sharing raunchy photos of herself topless and in a bikini, as well as explicit video content, five years ago to make some “quick money.”
The Dallas, Texas-based brunette beauty earned $5,000 in her first month and quickly rose among top content creators, raking in six figures a year.
However, her dream of living a luxurious life by posting sensual content turned into a nightmare after receiving an overwhelming amount of death threats and abuse, especially when she became pregnant.
After receiving messages from men asking her to “breastfeed” them, Sydney finally decided in June that she had had enough and left the adult industry behind.
A former Onlyfans model who earned $100,000 a year on the site has admitted it “ruined” her life and made her feel “distrustful” of men.
At the peak of her OnlyFans career in May 2020, Sydney became pregnant with her first child.
She gave birth to a baby boy in January 2021, however, he sadly passed away just a month later due to unknown causes.
Sydney admitted that continuing her career on Onlyfans while pregnant made her extremely uncomfortable as she said men would even sexualize her pregnancy.
She said: ‘I posted about my pregnancy on social media and kept posting on Onlyfans until I started noticing it.
“People were sexualizing the fact that I was pregnant, they were sexualizing my baby; men were asking me to breastfeed them.”
In November 2021, Sydney found out that she was expecting her second child and gave birth to him in August 2022.
This time, Sydney decided to keep her pregnancy a secret and stopped posting online.
Sydney said: ‘It completely destroyed my mental health and my entire person. I was very aware of my body; At that time I was very thin.
Sydney Ruiz, 24, began sharing raunchy photos of herself topless and in a bikini, as well as explicit video content, five years ago to make some “quick money.”
The Dallas, Texas-based brunette beauty earned $5,000 in her first month and quickly rose among top content creators, raking in six figures a year.
“I feel like getting pregnant saved my life because I gained the weight I needed.”
Sydney confessed that everything on the app was “hypersexualized” and that he was often called a slut or an idiot.
She confessed that this had left her struggling with her confidence.
Sydney admitted: ‘It completely destroyed my mental health and self-image. At the peak of my OnlyFans career, I was very worried about my body.
‘I feel like girls who have just turned 18 should be careful about entering the industry. I have self-esteem issues, I have body confidence issues.
“I feel like if I had never entered the industry my life could be completely different – I would be confident and not afraid of men.”
Sydney was 18 years old when she started working in the adult entertainment industry.
He worked on a site called Fancentro for a year before joining Onlyfans in October 2019.
Sydney added: ‘I joined Fancentro because I saw other people doing it and thought it was quick money.
However, her dream of living a luxurious life releasing sexy films turned into a nightmare after receiving an overwhelming amount of death threats and abuse.
“I left the site and took a break before anyone approached me about OnlyFans and how they could manage me.”
In her first month, Sydney took home $5,000, and at her peak she earned between $10,000 and $15,000.
The Texas-based creator: ‘I never did porn, it was more risqué content like bikini photos, topless photos and some videos.
‘My first month I earned $5,000 and I kept it up, when the pandemic hit my earnings increased more and more.
“In my highest month I made between $10,000 and $15,000 and in my first year I made $100,000.”
She responded to men who criticized her online.
She said: ‘Men would never come up to you on the street and tell you what they say to you online.
In June, Sydney finally decided she’d had enough and left the risky industry behind, confessing she’s been struggling with her confidence ever since.
In June 2024, Sydney decided to permanently leave the adult entertainment site.
“They often called me a whore or an idiot and told me to kill myself. I always received death threats; It was something normalized.
“Men would expect free things and when I said no, they would call me a useless whore and tell me to end my life.”
Regarding her decision to leave the industry, Sydney explained that she “hated” being so sexual and that she no longer wanted to be seen as an object.
She said: ‘I didn’t have the time or energy to keep producing the content. Onlyfans has become so saturated that there were women willing to do more online, but I had limits.
‘I hated being so sexual, I don’t want to be looked at as an object. When June rolled around, I realized I wasn’t making enough money to do this for my mental health.
Since leaving the site, Sydney said she had become “cautious” around men due to the abuse she experienced online.
She said: “I’m extremely cautious around men, it makes me feel like men are programmed to take advantage of us women.”
“I received messages from girls asking me to block their boyfriend, men with wives and children sent me messages, which makes me not trust men.
“I’m not criticizing women still working in the industry; I just decided I couldn’t continue any longer.”