Based in Miami, she has her own place at a time when one in four people her age live with their parents (who also live with their parents).įor Khalifa's Lebanese immigrant parents, pornography is not an acceptable way to make a living. in history from the University of Texas at El Paso. On average, every day, millions of people around the world see Khalifa's face-and other parts of her, as well.īorn in Beirut, her parents moved to Montgomery County in Maryland when she was around 10 years old. And Khalifa is not just any porn star-she was recently ranked the most popular actress on, the 71st most-visited website in the world, according to the web traffic analytics firm Alexa (for comparison, cnn.com ranks 73rd and ranks 97th). They're embarrassed, she says, because her job, which pays well enough to support her at the age of 21, is in porn. Except Khalifa's parents aren't proud of her. She's a daughter anyone could be proud of. She's educated, has a job that pays well and is successful in her field. By most metrics, 21-year-old Mia Khalifa (not her real name) is doing pretty well for herself.
