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OnlyFans boxer Ebanie Bridges earning generational wealth from ‘findom paypigs’

As a boxer, Ebanie Bridges would have two paydays per year. But as an OnlyFans star, she is pulling in huge money. She opens up on the two sides to her life.

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She went viral for her lingerie weigh-ins, had risqué posts blocked on Instagram, and has built a business empire by using her sex appeal.

Now world champion boxer Ebanie Bridges is “rinsing” men of their money on OnlyFans.

Far from being wary of social media, 36-year-old Bridges has worked it to her advantage to build the “Blonde Bomber” brand.

While she often receives distasteful comments and requests, the England-based Australian remains unperturbed and has turned her attention to “findom” fetishists, who derive pleasure from giving their hard-earned money to domineering women.

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Ebanie Bridges' post was pulled down. Photo: Instagram
Ebanie Bridges' post was pulled down. Photo: Instagram

“I’ve got freaks that want to buy my dirty socks and buy my bathwater, I rinse them for it, I’ll take your money,” Bridges said.

“I don’t have time for it, but if I did put my bathwater in a jar I could sell it.

“Some of these paypig guys, these findom (financial domination) guys, I can get two grand in half an hour from them. I’ve had people just want to pay for my bills.

“They’re honoured to give me their money, they feel privileged to give me their loser money. That’s what they say, ‘I feel so privileged to give you my pathetic, weak, loser money’. Well, give me another $50 then.

“I have a few of them, that’s what OnlyFans is good for.”

Bridges joined OnlyFans before she defended her IBF bantamweight title against Aussie rival Shannon O’Connell last December, and is earning so much from the website she says she will create “generational wealth” for her future family.

“I was the first female boxer on OnlyFans, but now you’ve got Mikaela Mayer, Siniesa Estrada, guys like Devin Haney, Derek Chisora, Andy Ruiz, a whole bunch of influencers that are using it,” Bridges said.

“It’s not porn, it’s moving away from porn. I got paid over a quarter of a million pounds just to start it.

“OnlyFans knows that I’m a bit of a pioneer and that if I did it, others would do it, and that’s what happened.

“There is a stigma around it but it’s not porn, I put everyday stuff on there that I would post on social media anyway, but now I’m getting paid for it.

“I am a boxer, but I box twice a year. Two pay cheques a year is nothing. I’m not getting millions, like the men, off boxing, so I’d be dumb not to maximise what I can earn elsewhere.”

The former mathematics teacher is not bothered by her critics.

“I can’t say I’ve even felt like, ‘I wish people would stop hating on me’. You don’t know me, I don’t know you, so why should I care?” Bridges said. “I wasn’t scared of people judging me because I don’t care what people think, I did it my way.

“Others are scared to be judged, but I’ve been brought up to not care what people think and to just be myself. Obviously that worked in my favour.

“And a lot of others followed.

“I just knew I needed to be known. I don’t give a ---- who it is, the more people who know Ebanie Bridges the better.

“If you’re known you get talked about. Hated, you get talked about. Loved, you get talked about, and I knew that.

“I know who I am as a person so it didn’t bother me what people said. If you’re not strong enough to handle the hate then it might not be for you.

“When I became world champion, I found that I got a whole lot more fans, and a whole lot more haters. But they’re all talking about me.

“They say ‘She’s hot’, or ‘She can box’. But no matter how many world titles I win, some people will say ‘She’s only champion because of her tits’ or because I’m hot or I’m a fake.”

Bridges said she would continue to embrace social media and push boundaries.

“Where we’re at now in society, it’s all about social media, that’s how you promote and market,” she said.

“When it comes to sport, especially boxing where you’re not in a team, you’re by yourself, you’re your own business, your own brand. It’s important to use social media to build your brand, and it’s free.

“So I’ve used it to build my brand and I’ve got to think about life after boxing. If I’ve got the celebrity-type status I’m going to continue to make money once I’ve retired from sport.”

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