Filthy logo

How to Take Selfies like a Porn Star

Kim Kardashian has nothing on these pornstar's selfies.

By Samantha BentleyPublished 8 years ago 15 min read
Like

In August 2013, the internationally respected Oxford Dictionary added 'Selfie' to its repertoire of words. Deeming it, not only acceptable to use but almost encouraged. I’m going to be honest, I take a lot of selfies. I very, very rarely post them anymore because I feel like they are either too vain or I look too stupid. But I take them none the less. Sometimes I post a carefully edited self portrait to my Instagram and quickly delete it because it doesn’t look right. Maybe I haven’t got the art down, but everyone else seems to be able to take cool, effortlessly hot selfies and I just look like a moron with a snapchat filter. I tend to only post selfies with my friends or my dog. I feel like then it is acceptable. Maybe one day I will get the technique down, but until that day….

In my industry, the selfie is the done thing. My Twitter and Instagram feed is filled with the stars of adult entertainment in various stages of undress taking selfies. So why is it so popular for porn stars in particular to take selfies? Recently on my premium Snapchat account, I got to hear from some of my long time and die hard fans (I love you) I always think my snapchat is increasingly boring: my dogs again, how many times can you really see Fang and Frankie walking or eating, me with filters on my face working on music, or me annoying my boyfriend. It intrigues me that up to 100k people view my snap story every single day (TheBadBentley if you’re wondering) the response I got when I asked ‘why' was that people are interested in what goes on in our real lives. Porn is such a mystery to so many people, love it or hate it, you’re interested. What are we like in real life? What kind of person has sex, on camera, for money, for the entire world to see. The perception of porn star goes from one extreme to the other… and the great thing about social media is that it gives people an insight into us as people. Selfies are little piece of our personal life, a gift from us to you. Whether it is a little behind the scenes on set or a no make up morning shot, it’s adding a personal touch to the porn star experience.

So without further ado, here are my favorite porn stars who selfie:

Dana DeArmond 

Dana is one of my favorite Porn girls to follow on Instagram, largely because she is hilarious, her entire gram is composed of well captioned selfies. For me, Dana is the anti porn star, she doesn’t give a fuck what anyone thinks, she knows she’s hot, she knows she’s successful, and her social media is an insight into her sense of humor and personal life. Very rarely, in amongst the selfies wearing face masks or in the bath using emojis to cover her modesty, there will be a picture from a movie, a tame one, but a small reminder that she is in-fact a bomb as fuck Porn star who, by the way, just got brand new boobies.

Follow Dana on Instagram

Dani Daniels

Ok so I’m always quick to sing Dani's praises but that’s only because she fucking rules at EVERYTHING. And social media is just another one of those things. Dani is on her 10th account on Instagram because she tends to break Instagram's frankly transparent rules on what is and what is not appropriate. (FYI this tends to be amped should you happen to work in Porn, meaning if you are a normal model you can by all means post nude shots but should you work in porn, a bikini shot on the beach is a huge no no and your account must automatically be shut down so that no one EVER need lay eyes on your holiday snaps with all your private parts covered. Good god woman what were you thinking posting those!!) Sarcasm aside, though Dani is already on account number 10 she has over half a million followers on her gram. I LOVE Dani’s Instagram, I love it because she posts EVERYTHING, everything she does, everywhere she goes, she shares her entire life with her friends and fans, she posts a lot, but that’s ok, because I love seeing what she’s been up to, and apparently so do 600k other people. Dani is one of my best friends, but I rarely see her because she lives to far away, so to feel like I can follow her adventures on social media, even if we don’t talk for a month, I still know she’s good and doing cool shit. The best thing about Dani is that she doesn’t just do porn, she is the kind of person that sticks a middle finger to the perception of porn stars and says, ‘Hey guess what, I shoot porn, I also direct it, run my own website, am an incredible artist under my real name oh and I’m in school to be a god damn pilot’ Super woman? I think so. Dani's selfies vary from what she’s wearing that day through to her favorite snapchat filter (it’s the one with the missing nose, if you guys were wondering) I cannot say enough about this girl. Just go follow her and find out for yourself.

Follow Dani on Instagram

Lexi Lowe

Although recently retired, I have to add Lexi to this list. I might be biased, as this bombshell is also one of my best friends, and I’ve eaten her pussy more times then I can count (that’s right guys, get jealous) but Lexi takes some of the best selfies I have ever seen. She has the angle down. Lexi is that tall leggy blonde that you might as well be invisible walking down the street with, because every single head turns to look at her. With silvery white locks, blue eyes and boobs bigger than my head, this welsh wonder doesn’t exactly have to work hard to take a good selfie. Lexi and I have been friends for years, we are the absolute polar opposites of each other (I’m a pale little goth that likes boys with tattoos and trainers and she’s a tanned blonde that likes men in suits and Michael Kors) but I think that is what makes our friendship so special. Although recently stepping down from boy/girl porn, Lexi is still on Basestation TV in the UK every week and don’t be too sad, she has a whole load of selfies featuring her cleavage on her Instagram and twitter for your viewing pleasure.

Follow Lexi on Instagram

Riley Reid 

AVN Performer of the Year 2016 and record breaker for most AVN's won by a single performer at any one time, this tiny all natural goddess has an Instagram brimming with smiley selfies. What I love about Riley's selfies is just that, she is ALWAYS smiling, there is no sultry pout, it’s always happy and sunny. She has a warm and inviting presence through her social media (IRL too to be fair) her selfies are anything from being naked in the desert with her boyfriend to in the shower with no make up on. What I love about Riley's social, kind of similar to how I feel about Dani’s, is that she lets people into her private life, and shows them how normal and happy she is as a person. So in-between the photos with other porn stars, and on set shots, her gorgeous dogs, her relationship and her downtime are all documented for her fans to enjoy. I think it’s both brave and giving for porn stars or anyone in the public eye to give this much of themselves to their fanbase (and also leave it out there for all the anonymous trolls that dwell in cyber space) so high 5 Riley, I hope this shout out adds to your near 1 million followers. Damn.

Follow Riley on Instagram

Skin Diamond

Scottish born Skin, originally a Gods Girl, now breaking into music in a big way, somewhere in the middle became one of the biggest porn stars in the world. Tiny and tattooed, she was Pet Of The Year runner up in 2015 and has been nominated Female Performer of the Year at AVN more times then I can count. She is one of the sweetest girls I have ever met. One of the reasons I love Skin and also why she is such a fan favorite, is that she is an all round geek. Harry Potter plays a large part in her Instagram, which I fully support. Skin is another example of a porn star that fucks the persona of porn star directly in the ass, she’s multi talented, hard working, funny, cool and just all round awesome. You should follow if you like latex, music, cats, tattoos and snapchat filters.

Follow Skin on Instagram

Carter Cruise

Let me just put this out there: Carter Cruise is a fucking badass. She’s funny and cool and just awesome. Concentrating more on her DJ career at the moment but still a huge name in the adult industry, she is killing it in all areas of life, and her social media is amazing. I particularly love her twitter because her rants are what I live for. I love waking up to a ten tweet twitter rant from Carter about how girls who do Porn don’t get verified no matter how famous or hard working they are, I think it actually worked, because twitter now DO verify porn stars!! I love Carter because she’s real, she says what she thinks and she doesn’t care what anyone thinks of it. She once tweeted ‘my brand is a mess and I love it’ Maybe your brand is a mess but that mess is working for you. Her Instagram is flooded with photos of her DJ'ing and hanging out at cool parties in generally loud tie dyed shirts with cats on or some sort of slogan along the lines of ‘Bae Watch’ Carter is worth a follow for her mixes alone which gather around 100K plays EACH on Soundcloud. Her selfies are also less pouty por nstar and more pop tarts and taking the piss out of herself and whatever diet tea is being pushed on to girls that month.

Follow Carter on Instagram

Samantha Bentley 

Obviously I have to drop myself in there, even though I basically just spent 500 words describing, in depth, how bad I am at selfies. Two years ago at Xmas, my boyfriend got a selfie stick and it was a game changer for about 10 minutes, until we realized we looked really fucking lame taking it out in public, and now I live in fear of the dude that runs around cutting people's selfie sticks if they use them in public. I’m on my 5th iPhone 6s. I can’t take another one falling to it’s death. However on a side note, if you want to take amazing selfies having sex, this is probably the way to go. That being said, occasionally I post a selfie on my Instagram, generally with my dogs or my beautiful porn friends whilst I hide somewhere in the background, and I couldn’t write this whole article without a little self promotion…. I am a Penthouse Pet with numerous AVNs to my name, so I guess I must be worth a look? Come on now…

Follow Samantha on Instagram

Misha Cross 

And of course, where there is me there must be Misha. As everyone knows, we are kind of a package deal. Misha is the polish version of me, so everything I say about me is essentially reiterated for her, except replace my dogs with her ridiculously cute fluff ball of a cat, Twiggy and her ability to take selfies shames mine. Misha is another that, upon first glance at her gram you wouldn’t have a clue she does porn, just a cute girl with tattoos that travels a lot and occasionally get’s body painted as a Star Wars character, then you look closer and realize her Avi pic is her clutching an AVN for best foreign female. I’m not sure what there is to say about Misha that I haven’t already said a million times: pale skin and piercing blue eyes, cutting sarcasm and, although born, bred and living in Poland, speaks better English than me, with legitimate slang thrown in for good measure. She’s one of my favorites for good reason, and isn’t this piece just me talking about how much I love my friends?

Follow Misha on Instagram

Ariel Rebel

Pocket sized Canadian girl/porn star Ariel Rebel is one of the cutest, happiest girls I’ve ever met. She has an infectious energy that would make even the most miserable goth (me) smile on the inside… obviously not the outside, come on now. I met Ariel in Paris earlier this year where we were shooting a feature movie for Dorcel. Let me tell you a little something about Ariel, she has been nominated Web Starlet of the year at the AVN awards 3 times and 5 times at XBiz not including 2010 when she took home the trophy. Technically that means, Ariel Rebel knows how to internet, this girl really knows how to internet. Her social media is more active then a puppy on speed. And we all know that any girl who’s good with social media, must take a good selfie or 10. She’s changed her hair color more times then me (achievement) and has all the photos to prove it, so go give her a follow and see for yourself…

Follow Ariel on Instagram

Jasmine Jae

Jasmine might be the selfie queen, I’ve had a think about it and compared the stats and I’m pretty sure she is queen. Her Instagram is full to the brim with selfies in various stages of undress with precariously placed emojis to make sure her account doesn’t get deleted as it climbs towards the 500k mark. In between the onset selfies (trust me , this girl works every single day, so most selfies are behind the scenes) there are shots from her many, many movies. I have said it before and I will say it again, Jasmine is one of the strongest performers in Europe at the moment, her work ethic, dedication and performance levels are out of this world, she is one half of the UK’s biggest Porn Power Couple, with Ryan Ryder who played Peter Pan in Axel Brauns movie of the year at this year's AVN awards. Ryan and Jasmine have rightfully taken their place as King and Queen of the UK porn scene over the past year, winning both male and female performer of the year at last year's Paul Raymond awards, knocking me out of the running for my female performer of the year hat trick. Jasmine is one of the only people I would happily step back and except defeat from, she is killing the game right now.

Follow Jasmine on Instagram

Eva Lovia

I’ve actually never met Eva, but we mutually follow each other on social media and have a mutual bestie in Dani Daniels, so I know she must be as awesome as we are. Eva is as sarcastic and cut throat as she is beautiful. Not afraid to hold back when she’s had a shitty day on set and call out floppy male talent (literally my favorite tweets off all time) her brutal tweets go hand in hand with her stunning selfies, usually looking perfect with no make up on and gym clothes (absolutely fuck you) Eva was Digital Playgrounds DP star two years ago and is now officially her own agent. Eva’s Instagram is a collection of onset selfies, dog selfies and work out selfies, with a few memes thrown in for good measure. She probably has one of the best bodies in Porn and every time I look at her Insta I remember I should really stop eating and go to the gym.

Follow Eva on Instagram

Karlee Grey

I think I’ve met Karlee once, for about 10 seconds, in a hotel room at AVN with Carter. The reason I love Karlee, as shallow as this sounds, is her dress sense. This girl is cool as fuck. Her Instagram is brimming with selfies of her oiled up on set next to selfies wearing trainers and dungarees. I don’t tend to follow girls I don’t really know, but she had me hooked literally just with her clothes. Any girls that can go from oiled up g-sting and stripper heels to cool as fuck in doc martens and sunglasses is a winner in my books. Long dark hair and curves to die for and she’s just the whole package.

Follow Karlee on Instagram

Abella Danger

I fucking love Abella. In 2016 she took home AVN, Xbiz and Xrco best new starlet. Now that’s a trophy cabinet to be proud of. Teeny tiny in the waist and a big and beautiful in the booty department, this all natural stunner has taken the industry by storm. Her selfies are generally on set behind the scenes or in her gym clothes, and I think my favorite part of her mirror shot self portraits, is her phone case emblazoned with the cover of her Hard X showcase ‘Abella’. I love a girl that is proud of the work she’s done. I know so many girls that pretend they haven’t done porn when they are out in real life, fuck that, be proud. You got a showcase, you won awards, you made that money and you worked hard. Show the world how badass you are.

Follow Abella on Instagram

listporn starsocial media
Like

About the Creator

Samantha Bentley

Born and Bred Londoner, Mother to baby Roman and my two pooches, Plant Eater, Yoga and Aerial Teacher + Learner, Music Maker... was once in Game Of Thrones, was once a Penthouse Pet, used to win awards for getting naked.

Reader insights

Be the first to share your insights about this piece.

How does it work?

Add your insights

Comments

There are no comments for this story

Be the first to respond and start the conversation.

Sign in to comment

    Find us on social media

    Miscellaneous links

    • Explore
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Support

    © 2024 Creatd, Inc. All Rights Reserved.