Flaunting her assets has ensured Steph Oshiri is sitting on a fortune...
When Steph Oshiri launched her OnlyFans account in 2020, she didn’t realise how lucrative her new career would become.
Posting saucy snaps and X-rated videos to her 8,500 monthly subscribers, the content creator is now raking in earnings of nearly £45,000 a month and hopes to buy a house – with no chance of going into mortgage arREARS!
Steph’s legions of fans admire her body-confident attitude, and her appeal comes primarily from her plus-size body shape, including her incredible natural 55-inch bum and 36DDD boobs.
Steph, 28, says: 'I’ve always had a knack for social media and building an online following, and paired with my sexual curiosity, I was confident I’d do well on OnlyFans, but I wasn’t expecting to earn as much money as I did. I love my job and wake up every day excited to go to work. My bum receives a lot of attention, so I focus a lot of posts around that.'
Until she was 24, Steph worked as a special effects make-up artist, and was studying social work at college. Then the pandemic hit, and out of boredom and wanting to make some money in lockdown, she joined adult content site, OnlyFans.
She admits: 'I’d always wanted to branch into sex work but wasn’t sure how to get into it. OnlyFans was getting popular then, and I saw how easy it would be to launch my career. My life was put on pause due to the pandemic, so it seemed like the perfect time.'
For the first two years, Steph posted content of her body while hiding her face. She earned around £2,500 a month but knew hiding her identity was holding her back.
After joining TikTok in February 2022, and rapidly gaining followers, she took a leap of faith and revealed her identity.
She recalls: 'My goal was to earn £30k a month, and I knew I could achieve that if I showed my face, as people like that personal connection. I was aware there would be consequences – my life would completely change.
'But I’m really happy I listened to my gut. It was so exciting watching my subscribers – and the money in my bank account – going up.'
She adds: 'Some people disagree with my career choice. But I’m an adult who can make my own decisions.
I grew up without a dad and my mum passed away a few years ago, so I haven’t had an awkward conversation with family about what I do. I believe Mum would support me if she were still here though, because my job makes me happy. My friends constantly tell me how proud they are of me.'
Every day, Steph uploads a post, including a full-length video at least once a week.
Steph reveals: 'It’s a lot of work and very demanding, both physically and emotionally. I have to be switched on 24/7, because work is constantly at my fingertips on my phone.'
Inevitably, Steph – whose audience is around 95 per cent male – has to deal with nasty comments from trolls who shame her for her plus-size figure and career choice, telling her to 'get a real job' and that her size means she’s 'seconds away from a heart attack'. But she refuses to be the butt of their jokes.
She says: 'A lot of the comments come from angry men who don’t think I’m attractive, so they don’t like that I earn more money than them. I remind myself that they must have a lot going wrong in their lives to try to tear down others. The insults that I’m ‘fat’ and ‘disgusting’ are childish. They attack my health despite not knowing my lifestyle – I work out at least a few times a week.
'You need to have a thick skin in this industry, which I do, because I was bullied due to my size during childhood. Although I come across as body confident, I do have insecurities. It’s hurtful to have hundreds of people pick apart my body and point out imperfections I didn’t know I had. But I just block and ignore them.'
Thankfully, Steph also receives a lot of support from those happy to see a plus-size woman thrive in the industry.
She says: 'Receiving comments from women who say that my posts help them with their own body confidence gives me such a boost. I also regularly get declarations of love and proposals from men, but I don’t interact with them.'
While she doesn’t currently have a partner, she’s aware that dating comes with its own challenges.
She says: 'I’d need to date someone open-minded who’s secure with my job, especially as they might face stigma for being in a relationship with me. Because of that, I don’t worry that they’d just be interested in me just for fame or my body.'
Going into her third year on OnlyFans, Steph plans to continue to grow her following. She’s hoping to make her first £1 million, and is aiming to reach 10,000 subscribers in the next few months.
She says: 'I save and invest what I earn on the site, and I’d like to buy a house with the money one day. I know this career won’t last forever, so I want to earn enough to retire from it at 35 – I really am sitting on a fortune!'
