Despite being fired from her reality gig, former 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? star Larissa Dos Santos Lima is cashing in on the subscriber-based platform OnlyFans.
The 34-year-old Brazilian gained a strong fan base after joining season six of the 90 Day Fiancé franchise as Colt Johnson's wife-to-be in 2018. Fans watched as Larissa and Colt’s volatile relationship quickly dissolved into insults, arrests, and eventually divorce. Both Larissa and Colt have worked to put the relationship behind them, but Larissa went the extra mile, spending $72k on plastic surgery on her face and body. She recently debuted a very different look from when she joined the show. Of course, Larissa says all the surgeries were for a good cause: to enhance her modeling career to send money back to her two kids in Brazil. But, her racy new image has a price: after rubbing oil on her chest during a one-hour live stream for the adult website CamSoda, TLC fired Larisa from the show, citing their "family friendly" guidelines.
The decision probably won’t affect her bottom line as much as people think. According to past 90 Day Fiancé cast members, participants on the show make $1,000 per episode and $2,500 for the tell-all. With 10 to 13 episodes in a season, not including the tell-all, this adds up to around $13,000 per season. With three tell-all specials, as viewers saw this season, participants can earn $20,500 a season. For spin-off shows, compensation ranges from $500 to $1,000 and slightly exceeds $1,000 for cast members like Larissa on 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Compare that to OnlyFans, where Larissa’s page shows she's charging a monthly subscription fee of $25 and a discounted subscription of 10% off at $67.50 for three months. Considering the 49 people who subscribed to her OnlyFans on the first day, Larissa earns $1,225 a day. Plus, that strip-stint that got Larissa the boot from the show made $100,000 for the site.
Larissa has been open with fans about her finances since the jump, saying in an IG Q&A session that she is making more money with her OnlyFans account than she ever did on the show. Still, 90 Day Fiancé is the reason Larissa has subscribers in the first place. TLC may not be paying the bills necessarily, but Larissa’s estimated $500,000 net worth before OnlyFans was from promotions for hair extensions, makeup brands, and fitness meals from being on the show.
It is now the norm for reality stars to have a side hustle on social media. From posting sponsored content on Instagram to intimate webcams, there are seemingly endless options to add financial compensation both during and after a show. Larissa is not the first 90 Day Fiancé star to parlay the show’s success into an adult career, and she won’t be the last.
Source: Larissa Dos Santos Lima/OnlyFans