Radically changed their profession: 5 athletes who preferred adult films to sports (6 photos)

The life of a sportsman is short, and the life of a sports star is even shorter. After it comes the usual one. The one led by ordinary citizens.

So, beautiful stars, having left big sports, choose different paths - roads: they become coaches, go into television or sports journalism, into politics, those who are lucky become wives or mistresses of millionaires or major politicians. There are very few of these. But there are those who change their occupation completely radically and go into the film industry. And not just in cinema, but in cinema for adults, the same one that is designated by the XXX classification.





Miku Kojima

Holly Hodges (Sunny Lane), 42 years old – figure skating

This lady is the oldest on the list. She had to give up her figure skating career (Holly was preparing to qualify for the US Olympic team) in the early 2000s, as she was seriously injured in a car accident. It is strange to read in her biography that she was the only breadwinner in the family. It turns out that her nudist parents were parasites and sat on Holly’s neck. But, judging by the fact that her parents became her managers in the porn industry, it was so.

Holly, now Sunny, got her start in a strip club and is now an influencer in the porn industry and an AVN Award winner, the equivalent of an Oscar for XXX films.



Holly Hodges on Ice/ She's Already Sunny Lane

Verona van de Leer, 36 years old – artistic gymnastics

The Dutch gymnast, already at the age of 16, received silver at the World Championships and was recognized as the athlete of the year in her homeland. At Euro 2002 she received 5 medals, more than our Svetlana Khorkina. Didn't make it to the Olympics in Athens due to injury. For another four years she tried to build a sports career, but it didn’t work out. What finally ended his career was a conflict with the local sports federation and his family. In 2011, her parents kicked the girl out of the house. She managed as best she could and even served 72 days in prison for extortion.

After leaving prison, Verona was “lucky.” One popular site offered her a job as a webcam model with a salary of 70 cents per minute. The former gymnast realized that such a hobby could be turned into a profession. Next came filming in porn films and creating a website on a related topic. She created a good business, has now retired from filming, published an autobiographical book and began fighting for women's rights.



Verona van de Leer - beam performance/ performance in another capacity

Melissa Bulanhagi (Jada Kai), 31 years old – figure skating

The American with Filipino roots performed well at the junior figure skating championships. But with the transition to the adult level, problems began. The girl could not win the competition. Then she changed her citizenship to her native one, Filipino, and added several medals to her treasury. But another one went to the Olympics in Sochi. Melissa ended her career out of resentment.

She returned to the USA and decided to try herself in a new field - she started as a webcam model, and in 2019 she signed a contract to star in adult films. She is now Jada Kai.



Melissa Bulanhagi on Ice/ aka Jada Kai in one of the films

Henrietta Hargitai (Kristen Courtney), 27 - triathlon

The girl was involved in triathlon until 2016. There was no success at the world level, but she managed to become vice-champion of Hungary. Henrietta began to think about the future even before the end of her sports career. Triathlon is not a sport that brings in a lot of money. Therefore, since 2014, the athlete took up porn under the name Kristen Courtney.

She can be considered a leader in production; the actress’s filmography includes more than 300 films in the XXX category and was nominated for the XBIZ Awards (analogous to the Golden Globe). Lately she has not been filming and, judging by the photographs, is preparing for the birth of a child.



Henrietta Hargitai after the performance/ already Kristen Courtney, adult film actress

Miku Kojima (Seiki Shinkai), 22 years old – swimming

Miku became a two-time bronze medalist at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. By this time, she already had four medals, 2 of them gold, from the Junior World Championships. On the sports front, everything was going well for her. The girl could have competed at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, but in 2019 she suddenly decided to take up education.

At the same time, the swimmer posted photos in a swimsuit on her social networks. For some reason this caused a furor among subscribers. At the same time, representatives of the porn industry became interested in her and offered cooperation. Miku accepted the offer, put aside her plans to study and became Seiki Shinkai. She is pleased that there is no need to compete with anyone here. In February, the first film with a new, rising adult film star was released.



Miku Kojima on a magazine cover/ Seiki Shinkai in his first film