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Mia Khalifa on why her work in the adult film industry wasn’t a ‘death sentence’: ‘The difference is now, it is all for me’
Mia Khalifa’s public identity has long been associated with her body after she appeared in a Pornhub video in 2014 and became the most viewed actress on the site. After speaking out about the trauma that she experienced as a result and how she’s working to move forward in her life, the 29-year-old is reclaiming her body and her relationship with it through her latest work with Playboy Centerfold. Khalifa shares her complicated history with Yahoo Life, explaining just how her body impacted her self-worth throughout her upbringing. It also made her feel more distant from her American classmates when she immigrated from Lebanon as a child and allowed her to seek attention by other means. “I grew up very overweight and I didn’t start losing weight until I was like 18, 19, 20,” she says. “It made me insecure, it made me act hypersexual when the opportunity presented itself. Also, [I was] constantly craving validation.” She recalls looking for attention from men specifically as a means to feel good about herself at her lowest moments. “I did not feel good about myself so I just let anyone have access to it,” she recalls. “I only thought that I was worthy of just existing when someone else desired me or seemingly desired me.”
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