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Share this with family and friends. Stream free On Demand. It's after dark in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, and year-old Selena not her real name is getting ready for work. She slips into a black lingerie bodysuit, pulls on lacy stockings and puts on makeup. Her workplace is a queen-size bed in front of a large monitor and a camera mounted on a tripod. Within arm's reach, there's a microphone and a keyboard. She logs in online and starts warming up.
Selena is a webcam model. Using an adult live streaming platform, she performs for fans and viewers all around the world, from the United States to Australia, and chats with them in real-time β in exchange for tips. She doesn't disclose how much she makes, but the income, she says, is better than what she previously earned in the agriculture business.
It's the promise of money that draws young women into this industry, she says, especially in a country like Romania, which has some of the lowest wages in the European Union. So, plenty of money," she said. With a combination of poverty, high internet speeds and low employment, those in the industry claim around 40 per cent of the total global industry is based here, earning the country the label of the cam girl capital of the world.
But Romania's thriving sex cam industry is facing new scrutiny in the wake of the arrest of controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate. Models such as Selena are increasingly managed by studios that provide them with everything they need for online work.
