I've earned £116k in two years doing strip shows and sex acts on Snapchat Premium… and I won't let my kids have accounts until they're 18
Known as Snapchat Premium, although it's not endorsed by those behind the popular app, this subscription-based model sees people forking out hundreds for anything from naked snaps to full-on porn.
Valentina, 27, from New York, earns her money through Teddy's Girls, a third party company offering "premium" access to X-rated Snapchat and Twitter accounts.
Opening up about the dark side of Snapchat most parents aren't aware of, she says thousands of girls all around the world are doing the same thing.
Speaking exclusively to Fabulous Online, she reveals: "I make between £11,600 and £15,500 a month.
"I've been doing Snapchat Premium since May 2017 and have been with Teddy's for about a year.
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"On Teddy’s Girls alone there’s more than 200 girls doing this.
"There’s a whole bunch of other websites and girls who sell on their own using payment apps. So there’s thousands and thousands of us.
"It’s definitely the best job I’ve ever had. I used to work at a tanning salon and make £150 every two weeks."
Valentina's old job saw her manning the till and cleaning the beds, but she had to take time off when she broke her knee trampolining.
The mum, who has a two-year-old daughter and four-year-old son, said: "The doctor told me I couldn’t work. I have two little babies so I needed some money.
"I already had more than 10,000 followers on Instagram and people were asking me to make a Premium account.
"At first I thought, 'I can't do that, I'm shy', but I finally gave in and did it and I never looked back."
The model behind Snapchat Premium is simple.
Those cashing in create public Snapchat accounts, which anyone can access, and post teaser images which aren't nude or explicit.
They use these to advertise a second account, a private premium Snapchat, which people have to pay to access.
Valentina charges her 700 clients £15.50 for a month's subscription and £77.50 for a lifetime.
She posts a daily nude video, as well as sex clips with her fiance and partner of six years John.
She also offers custom pics and videos for customers who tip her – with some naughty snaps netting £230 – or they can buy something off her Amazon wishlist.
She said: "I'm sure if John could pick out another job for me he would, but he knows how well it's worked out for our family.
"He helps me take pictures. He guest stars in some of my shows.
"Before we lived pay cheque to pay cheque. My kids always had what they needed, but we would literally sit at home and count all of our change to try and afford the McDonald’s dollar menu, so me and John could get food."
Valentina says she has everyone from NBA basketball players to doctors, lawyers, police officers and builders on her account – as well as people in the military.
If my kids get a Snapchat, it will be when they’re old enough to understand everything
She says her clients are aged between 18 and 60 and at least half of them are married, although many of them watch with their partners.
Valentina has also had kids as young as 13 request to follow her – who are immediately blocked.
The minimum age for Snapchat users is just 13 and it's relatively easy to create a fake date of birth.
As a parent herself, Valentina is well aware of the dangers this type of content poses to teens.
She said: "If my kids get a Snapchat, it will be when they’re old enough to understand everything and I will definitely monitor it.
"I would want passwords for everything until they’re 18. I might be a strict parent but that’s how I feel.
"It’s not because I’m trying to keep my kids away from girls like me, but there’s things young kids shouldn’t be exposed to."
Snapchat's Community Guidelines state: "We prohibit accounts that promote or distribute pornographic content", but Valentina has never had an account deleted.
She said: "It's kind of what Snapchat is made for. Pictures disappear, videos disappear, it's like it's meant to be a naughty site.
"Instagram's very strict, you can't post anything on there or it will get removed.
"On Snapchat you can get away with anything. There are plenty of people who post full nudes and explicit videos on their regular public Snapchat and nothing happens."
Valentina has received rape threats but insists she's "not worried" about her job, because she never meets her clients in person – despite being offered £11,600 to fly abroad for sex.
She said: "I’m not really worried about myself. My kids are different but I never post anything about them.
"There’s plenty of people who are judgemental but I never acknowledge that, I don’t have time.
"I’m on here to make money, I’m not on here to argue with people. I’ll just block them.
"I have more male clients but the people who say bad things to me are normally men.
"Usually guys will ask if I will sleep with them and when I say ‘no’ that’s when they say horrible things."
A Snapchat spokesman said those behind the app take such breaches of their terms of service extremely seriously, and encourage users to report any nudity or sexual content.
He added: "We do not allow pornographic content to be promoted or distributed on Snapchat.
"Accounts that privately distribute pornographic content are an intentional abuse of the terms of tervice of our platform, and we remove them when reported."
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