UK’s lucrative porn trade lures young SA starlets
Weekend Post Correspondents
SOME young South African women are paying for their two-year working holidays in Britain by working in the UK’s porn film industry.
Whereas menial waitressing jobs pay an average of £10 (R111) a day, a day-long shoot for a pornographic film scene generally pays between £250 (R2 750) and £400 (R4 400).
The owner of Beehive Studios in Britain said he hired “many young” South Africans to work in the adult entertainment industry. “You have to be young to be in this business and we get a lot of South Africans to work with us,” said the owner, who did not want to be named.
“We find they are professional and do have a good work ethic. One of our main photographers is a South African.”