What itâs like to work as an escort AUT student bares all Illustration by Hope McConnell Itâs 11pm, and the phone rings. It's not unusual for people to be calling this late. In fact, this is quite early. I pick it up: âHey, how can I help?â He asks for Anna and asks if she's available for a one-hour booking at midnight. I assure him that she is, and that all up, itâll be $250 â more if he wants extras. I rattle off the extras to him: âDirty talk, cum on body, cum in mouth [with a condom on] and girlfriend experience are all an extra $50, anal is an extra $200.â He asks for girlfriend experience (GFE) and assures me he will be there at 12pm. I hang up and yell out, âJasmine, Iâve got a booking!â Itâs just another night being an escort in Auckland City. I got into the sex industry in November last year. My former best friend got me into it, and as shocked as I was that I knew someone who worked in the sex industry, I was also very intrigued. People paying me to have sex with them?
Sign me up! After a couple of meetings with Jasmine, we were in the apartment she works from and she was asking me to strip down so we could take photos. It didnât take long to get bookings. My prices were higher than some of those advertised, but my photos were good, I was great at what I did and I knew how to be sexy with clients. Iâll never forget my first booking. He booked me for half an hour and paid for GFE on top, a total of $250. He showered, jumped into bed beside me and away we went. Twenty minutes later he came, he wanted to cuddle, so we just lay there while he asked me questions about myself. Part of being in the sex industry is looking after yourself, so of course I couldn't tell him the truth. I quickly learnt that it's easier to keep the same story. I told them of Anna, the girl from Hamilton, here to study law but working as an escort to pay rent. When they ask why I work here, Iâll smile and tell them, âI like the sexâ.