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In 2014, Bella French found herself in dire straits. The French-Canadian had just earned a degree from the prestigious business school HEC Montréal, where she studied marketing and logistics, and decided it was time to take a big swing.
Paper magazine
When you're young, paid pittance, and living in one of the world's many high-priced capitals, transitioning into sex work looks more lucrative by the minute. In 2018, an essay for PAPER, French explains her vision and what she believes to be the future of sex.
Yahoo Finance
The webcam community can be supportive and beautiful, but at the same time, it can be pretty harsh. I realized we need to provide more tools to content creators and webcam performers, and that started the whole ManyVids idea.
In 2021, Bella French made the intentional decision to stop accepting interview requests.
“At the time, it became clear that most journalists were more interested in gossip, competition, and revenue than in the deeper question: How do we evolve the adult industry so profoundly that it either ceases to exist or becomes unrecognizable?
Rather than fueling the noise, I chose to step away from the public eye. I deleted all my social media (already shadow banned) and redirected my energy — laser-sharp — toward building the ecosystem capable of achieving this near-impossible feat, all while under constant attack from institutions and competitors.
This has proven to be the most effective way to protect today’s online sex workers and to do everything in our power to ensure that no new human ever has to get naked to survive.
The faster we achieve this, the faster we rebalance the internet.
We’re here to architect a future rooted in dignity, safety, and radical transformation.” - Bella
ManyVids’ Founder Bella French On The Future OF Online Sex Work, MEL—September 2021
Camgirls Are Changing The World One Clip At A Time, The Pulp Mag—November 2020
ManyVids Change La Facon De Percevoir Le Travaile Du Sexe, Strategies—April 2020
ManyVids’ MV Social Creates A Sex-Positive Social Porn Paradise For Creators, Forbes—February 2020
Camgirl turned CEO empowering sex workers, CityNews—December 2019
Cam Girl and CEO Bella French, Juicy Scoop w Heather McDonald—November 2019
The Former Cam Girl Shaking Up the Porn World, The Daily Beast—July 2019
Crush of the Week: ManyVids CEO Bella French, Penthouse—February 2019
Bella French: Masterful CEO and Champion of Sex Workers, XBIZ Magazine—February 2019
ManyVids CEO Bella French, Holly Randall Entertain at AVN Show, AVN Magazine—January 2019
Women in porn: Webcam CEO says performers choose self-empowerment, CTV News—November 2018
Sex work: time to end the stigma and the condescending narratives, National Observer—November 2018
A Cam Girl-Cum-CEO on the Future of Sex, Paper Magazine—August 2018
These women are advocating for their rights in the porn and sex work industries, Mic—June 2018
From Penthouse to the White House and Back Again, The Ringer—May 2018
Montreal CEO of top adult site says #MeToo counts in her world, too, Montreal Gazette—May 2018