12/2/2013 - Valerie Baber may have been born in Virginia, but she often refers to Oklahoma as her hometown.
Baber, 33, moved to Oklahoma City with her military family when she was very young.
By the age of 13 Baber was enrolled in acting classes and participating in high school performances.
By 16 she was appearing in ads for the Oklahoma based fast food chain, Sonic.
After completing her Freshman year of theater studies at the University of Oklahoma, she moved to Arizona.
Fast-forward and Baber ventured into her very adult careers as a host for Playboy TV and eventually to becoming a $1,500 prostitute at the elite escort agency called the Emperor’s Club - until she was swept up in the FBI sting that brought down Eliot Spitzer.
From stripper to adult star to prostitute, she tells the whole story for the first time in an online article at vocative.com.
A more condensed version of the article/interview can be found at NYPost.com.
After the scandal, Baber moved to London to start a new life. Baber returned to a long-overdue education and discovered that not only did she love being a student, but was actually good at it, too. Baber eventually earned a master’s degree and set her sights on a different career, one that would allow her to use her experiences and insights to help make a difference in the intimate lives of women and couples.
Additional Resources:
- Official bio on IMDB.com
- Baber’s blog - Sex & Journalism
- Baber’s Twitter account.
- Baber’s About.me profile.
- Baber’s Facebook account.
- Baber’s Instagram account.
- Baber’s LinkedIn account.
Editorial Note: JohnTV provides links to articles like this, not to promote or glamorize prostitution, but to show every person’s experience with the sex industry is their own and has its own perspective and impact.
Because of this, and the reality that not all participants of prostitution are ‘victims,’ JohnTV primarily focuses on prostitution that is public, forced and/or organized.
While Baber’s participation with the Emperor’s Club may represent ‘organized prostitution,’ there is no indication the prostitution was public or non-concensual – therefore JohnTV takes no stance against it.