Nevermind the details, but as a consequence of some recent visits to Russia I had the chance to talk with a few of the girls who work in the Russian amateur porn scene (St Petersburg). And no, I didn't have sex with any of them, not that I didn't want to. Here are the highlights:
First the good news - yes, some of these girls are actually university students, and in their early 20s.
The girls I chatted with had mostly left porn, although one said still does lesbian vids. They all left for combinations of the following: They didn't make the money they thought they would, they just got tired of having to have sex with different guys, they found out that the porn vids were available for free on Russian websites (after they had been told they were only going to be on Euro or Amer pay sites) and friends/parents/etc saw them, they were treated poorly during the shoots, and medical problems/diseases.
If you have seen the Russian "fitness" videos, the girls get about 50$ for those (includes free transportation to the lake). For the hardcore, they get about 150-200$ a video, but it depends on how "fresh" they are. The more vids they make, the less money they get paid. One girl told me she was offered 800$ for "one day" of video shooting, and when she arrived she found out she had to make 5 vids with 5 different guys. A nude photo shoot (pics only) earns about 50$. When I asked them if they got more money for anal, deep throat, threesomes, etc, they all said "no." But after making other vids, more and more hardcore vids were the ones they would be offered.
They all used "agents." These agents are contacted by a porn "studio" and then the girl is called if she fits what the studio wants or a studio may ask for a girl by name if they are familiar with her. But one girl complained her agent told her a studio wanted to make a vid with "soft" anal. She ended up in a ass-to-mouth video and, to quote: "I threw up four times and after 10 minutes I couldn't feel my ass anymore." So if your wondering what goes on during the edited parts of the deep throat vids, the girl is barfing.
Finally, diseases/medical probs. All of the girls said they had chlamydia. One girl said she had gotten gonorrhea. And all of the girls admitted that they didn't get tested for STDs before the shoots, they just paid a doctor to give them a paper saying they were clean or paid a friend to make one on the computer. Only after they had medical problems did they go to a doctor. One girl, who said she had made over 35 vids, said she ended up in the hospital for 6 weeks with a vaginal infection. Two girls got vaginal infections from rectal material (those vids where you see the guy put his cock in her ass.. then vagina... don't try that at home - and one said the guy told her after the shoot that he saw he had shit on his cock, but the director told him not to stop).
finally, how did they get started? the most common was they started out on adult video chat sites and someone asked them if they wanted to work less and make more money. Or an ad. One girl said she had a bf who knew guys who were making porn vids and she and her bf decided to do it together for the money, but to keep getting work they had to start making vids with different partners.