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How Do Porn Stars Prepare For Retirement?




Porn is an industry where retirement can come without warning.

Big-name performers sometimes choose to quit at the height of their fame, while others find the demand for their services has dwindled, as fickle fans move on to the next sensation. Many careers last less than three months, and those who stay in for more than five or six years are considered veterans.

The adult industry doesn't offer 401(k)s or pension plans. When their careers end, performers really aren't able to carry their most notable skill to another job. So it's up to them to prepare for the next phase of their life.

Some blow the money on expensive handbags and shoes. Some waste it on drugs. And some spend wildly beyond their means. Some, however, are a bit more prepared.

As they walked the Red Carpet at this year's AVN Awards (adult entertainment's equivalent of the Oscars), we asked some of the adult industry's biggest stars about their financial planning—and what they're doing (if anything) to get ready for life after porn.

—By Chris Morris, Special to CNBC.com.
Posted 22 Jan. 2014





Skin Diamond

"I just try to save 25 percent of everything that I make. That way there's a nice cushion of funds there. ... I've never really been great at the whole investing thing. I figure my website is an investment. Even after I quit porn, that can still make money."





Justine Joli

"I make pot for a living outside of doing this. I'm an edible maker and I'm trying to change the way pot is viewed and also how it's eaten. ... I'm different than most edible makers as I am licensed by the state of California.

I make pot beef jerky. It's kind of a pain in the --- that every edible you encounter is sweet. You've got your cookies, your brownies,your cakes. ... Not a single bit of it is healthy, organic or—for someone like me who is modeling and always getting naked—how many brownies do I have to eat before my --- is six sizes too big?"





Prince Yahshua

"I am investing. I also have my real estate license, so I have a few prospects in my home town of Chicago. So when I stop porn I will be going back there and be a real estate agent there. I'm hoping that who I am in porn will transfer over to the real estate game so it will make it much easier for me."





Asa Akira

"I save over half of my money—and I've been doing so since I got into porn. I wrote a book, it comes out in May. ... I haven't been investing. I'm so scared. I don't know anything about it, so right now [that money] is sitting in my savings account."

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