An Auckland teenager who has launched an online high-class escort agency says her age has helped get her new business venture off the ground. DuPont runs the website from her North Shore home, and acts as a conduit between clients making bookings and women who then meet them for "dates" at four- or five-star hotels. She currently has seven women listed on the website, who, it says, "will excite you with her sensuality and fulfil your deepest desires, leaving you completely content".
Client details are verified to protect the women's safety and longer bookings are encouraged. She said she had already achieved that target for the seven women listed on the site so far and planned to increase her roster to She said her 30 per cent cut was the lowest in the country. While New Zealand law was good by international standards, there were still problems and stigma for women in the industry.
Other agencies would charge significant fines for breaking their business rules, she said, even though they were not legally enforceable. Often women were pinged for applying for work at another agency. Escort agencies and businesses tend to exploit these girls for financial gain, and the girls are often unaware of their rights and their ability to access helpful resources such as NZPC.
Because I used to work in the industry myself I noticed a lack of authenticity in the higher-end establishments and some not so nice people in the industry. Being a bit younger I could relate to the girls a bit better. But she said it could also be a shock when they first met because people were used to the owners of agencies being men in their 40s or 50s. She said it could be tough to balance her business with her studies but she planned to move on to found other businesses in future. She had not yet told her family about her work but planned to soon, she said.
Susan Edmunds , Sep 19 Juliette DuPont said she wanted to launch an agency after her experience as a sex worker.
