What is(was) your professional/stage/working name?
Mercedes Carmicheal
What city(ies) do you work in now (if you’re still working), or did you work in (if no longer working in the sex industry)?
Montreal
How old are you now?
18
At what age did you engage in your first professional sexual experience?
17
Describe your first professional sexual experience, including what happened, how you felt, what you were thinking, how you felt afterward.
At first, I was beyond nervous, not to see my client but to be busted by the cops (little did I know, prostitution is legal in Canada, where I live) So I wore jeans, a tank top and a coat. just so I would look like a tourist entering in the hotel. the call was for 7am. I briefly chatted on MSN, he had posted an ad on cl and I replied. I had no idea of screening process and what not but he did give me his work phone number so I told a friend so It was for a blow job just in case something went wrong.
The man was mid 30’s, typical business man, nice guy, not exactly in shape. I wanted to get the blow job over with as fast as possible so that I wouldn’t have anything to worry about after. I knew that I was doing a good job though by his moans and I have always loved sucking cock. So as I left the room and went home, I was extremely happy to have made 200$ for a 10 minute blow job. I briefly thinking how I could do this as an ongoing thing. But as my first experience being an official escort, I was nervous, but my client was very nice and I couldn’t of been happier afterwards and knew I would do this work gladly for a long time.
At what age did you entertain the first (serious) thoughts of going into sex work?
At age 17, I wanted to do caming shows
What made you decide to enter the line of work you’re in?
First off, I have expensive tastes so the money was the main factor, and I have always had the need to please other people sexually so I knew I would do a good job. A friend of mine was a receptionist and told me how the escorts are respectable, independent well off women so a day after my 18th birthday, I met with the agency owner and started shortly after.
What do you enjoy most about your work?
I really enjoy exploring my sexuality and trying new things. Especially with my kinkier clients, I get to try so many things, it really is a breath of fresh air from the vanilla clients or non clients I get. the money is amazing as well.
What do you like the least about your work?
The security issue, the fact that my parents or friends could find out at any moment.
Does your family know what you do? If so, what do they think?
No, they do not know.
How much longer do you think you’ll do what you’re doing now, and what are your plans for when you quit? If you’ve already left, what made you decide to leave and what did you decide to do for work when you left?
I plan to do this for a very long time. Once I finish my degrees, I will be only doing it part time until it doesn’t fit my lifestyle.
Describe your educational background.
I am currently in college studying business administration, then fashion marketing then special events then a masters in business administration
If you had to go back and tell your younger self (mid to late teens) that you’d be doing what you’re doing now (assuming you’re still working in the sex industry), what do you think your younger self would say about it?
I would still be a little shocked, I didn’t think I would go this far, but now I know how escorting is (well from my experiences) I love my job.
What advice would you give someone who was looking to get into your line of sex work?
You shouldn’t do the work unless you enjoy it. It will be a bad experience for you and both the client. It isn’t for everyone. The money doesn’t make up for everything if what you do doesn’t make you happy. If you do try it, try not to have any assumptions and always be as safe as possible. Doing this job will most likely make you crave sex a lot more. Just to let you know. 
Being an escort has made me feel powerful, the feeling I give to my clients during and after an appointment and to myself, I can respectfully recognize my very sexual self, experiment without judgement and meet great people. Not to mention put me in the best possible shape I’ve been in, I look my best all the time because of my job. And it has made my goals possible when I thought they weren’t. It is quite possibly the best job I will ever have.
Mercedes’ Twitter: @mercedescl
Mercedes’ Blog: Labels and Lust
