Monica Foster

I was born in the state of Washington to a mother who was an art and music major, and a father who was an engineer. I grew up in the out-skirts of Houston, Texas, which is where I spent most of my childhood. As a young girl, I was a natural athlete and artistic, but I spent most of my early years in the solitude of my bedroom developing my interests in computers and electronics.

For me, the simple logic of computer programming was an escape from the world and the people around me. I often had the feeling of being a square peg, attempting to fit into a round hole being such a "nerd", but in turn, the situation gave me a "thick skin" comprised of strength and confidence that would allow me to go bravely into any situation later in life, regardless of the comfort level.

From my early childhood up into my late teens, my mother encouraged me to seek an audience. Whether it be the school's cheerleading team, dance team, track team or student council, I always excelled and attracted a lot of attention. In 1993, I, along with my mother and sister, moved to South Florida, where I attended high school - but never finished due to lack of interest.

Later, after getting my GED at 18, I enrolled in Florida Atlantic University's Computer Science program. After 1 year in the university, I found that a career in the field of computer science was not what I wanted for myself. Though I loved computers and technology, the artist and entrepreneur within me both screamed for release, so I dropped out of college, found my first apartment, and decided to try to start my own multimedia design business.

I quickly found that the few clients I was able to gain multimedia design work from, did not pay nearly enough to support myself so I found fulltime work with an office supply company as an on-site copy and fax machine repair technician. As you can imagine, that job didn't last more than a year with me ? the hours were far to long, the work was tedious and un-imaginative, and by time the day was over, I was far too tired to work on her true passion of trying to develop my own business.

The turning point came, when I was called out to fix a fax machine in one of the local strip clubs. I'd never been inside a club like that before, nor had I ever thought about working in such an arena, but after fixing the fax machine and experiencing the adult entertainment environment, I resigned from my 9 to 5 job the next day and began research on exotic dancing.

"Research on exotic dancing" ? the phrase alone sounds a little odd, but who said I'm your average everyday girl? I'm very adventurous and I like to walk the unbeaten path, but I'm also the type of person who likes to learn as much as possible about a situation before going into it, so I visited countless websites and online forums on exotic dancing and the exotic dancer lifestyle and after about a week, I started dancing at the same club that I'd repaired the fax machine for a week prior.

Though the first night was extraordinarily unnerving for me (by the way, I initially chose the stage name "Katrina", but was later dubbed "Monica" by the DJ) I managed to get through it and rather enjoyed the job. Due to my background in cheerleading and dance as a teenager, I was a natural on stage and found that I was a bit of an exhibitionist which was a part of myself I hadn't discovered prior to this new experience.

I found several benefits to dancing. The easy money, the flexibility of only working when I wanted, and the camaraderie of the other young women I worked with. Many of the other dancers too, were doing the job to fulfill their dreams. In fact, I wound up gaining many of the girls I worked with as clients ? photographing and creating modeling portfolios for some, building websites for others, and so forth.

Of course there were the drawbacks of dancing too - the often overly aggressive men, the scene and the constant propositions for sex from both the club customers and management. After a few months of dancing it was the agitation of the constant sexual propositions that made me decide that exotic dancing wasn't something that I'd want to do long term at that stage of my life, so I temporarily put my stripper shoes on the shelf and thought "what's next?"

Well, what was next wasn't anything too exciting ? it was a job as a computer tech-support operator ? once again I was back to the hum-drum life of a 9 to 5 job with little time to develop my business. This situation was one which wasn't workable as far as I was concerned, and that was when I had a breakthrough idea that would allow me to develop my business and still bring in a decent income, which would enable me to support myself.

The "idea" that I came up with was the birth of www.MonicaF.com. While developing the online persona of Monica, I went back to working as an exotic dancer on and off until mid 2006. I also bartended on my breaks from exotic dancing. I realized from working as an exotic dancer that the idea of sex truly does "sell" so I merged all of her talents and skills into one project ? a website which would showcase my alter ego "Monica" to internet surfers world wide as a model and adult webcam performer.

When I first began working as a dancer, I had been photographed a few times by a photographer by the name of Daniel Norton. He was an outstanding, but not very well known, photographer who felt I had a good look for "glamour photography" and he had the goal of getting me into a magazine like Playboy or Perfect 10. That goal never panned out, but the series of shoots introduced me to the world of high-end glamour photography, which is something I hadn't known of prior.

Since I was a fair photographer already and tech savvy, I rigged an automatic interval-timer to my camera and began producing several sets of glamour pictorials of myself. I designed and built my own sets, chose my own wardrobe, did my own hair and makeup, etc. I didn't have access to a studio at the time so the entire photo production process took place in my apartment, as it does to this day.

Once I had enough photos put together, I built and officially launched the website. Upon selecting a domain name, since the domain name www.Monica.com was already taken I needed to come up with something else ? that was when I remembered that while dancing, I'd come up with the last name "Foster" to my stage name "Monica" due to so many customers constantly hassling me for my "real name". www.MonicaF.com was available so that was the domain name I used for my site.

My Monica Foster site in the end consisted of a member's section filled with pictorials that visitors would have to pay a monthly fee to view, a live pay-per-view web cam feed, a pay-per-minute phone line visitors could call to speak with me, several videos and many products showcasing me as Monica Foster (posters, prints, custom pictorial sets, and a DVD video pictorial). In time my website began generating the income I was looking for which would allow me to work from home to build my photography and multimedia business, ID-CD Productions (www.ID-CDproductions.com). Consequently, the website has become a creative outlet which allows me to experiment with different photography and lighting techniques, web-design ideas, and graphic and multimedia applications on a subject which I've come to love ? myself. It also allows me to continue to enjoy from home, one of the aspects I truly loved about exotic dancing - being in the "spotlight".

As of current, my online popularity is slowly but steadily increasing. I have been featured in a few publications, a video game, and a couple Internet broadcasts.

RED T-Back (Real Exotic Dancers Talk Back) is my current project which is a weekly online video broadcast (through NowLive.com) of which viewers can call in live and ask questions and/or share their experiences about the adult industry and working as an adult webcam performer. The show's primary goal is to:

1) Assist newcomers to the adult entertainment industry.

2) Promote individuals currently in (or retired from) the adult industry.

3) Inform the public as to the myths and truths of the adult entertainment industry.

I'm currently developing the framework for another online video guide and call-in show called "GettingIntoPorn.com" - I definitely don't claim to know everything about becoming a successful adult video star, but I know what CAN work, what DOES NOT work and what to AVOID - so hopefully I can steer a few people in the right direction with this particular project.

The WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) spotted my website and invited me to attend the 2005 Diva Search in Los Angeles, California. Though I did not progress very far in the competition, the trip to L.A. in itself gave me more clarity and drive in regards to what direction to take my modeling, hosting, photography and artistic endeavors.

I feel that if given the opportunity I could ultimately find the most success in hosting a television program ? especially a program dealing with technology, the performing arts, nightlife, adult entertainment, fringe science or the paranormal (my primary interests).

Beginning March 2008, I decided to get into the world of adult video. As of current, October 2008, I have a total of about 27 or 28 scenes under my belt, and have worked with key adult video industry labels such as West Coast Video (Productions), Naughty America, David Christopher (Pussyman), Jim Powers, Sticky Video, Kick Ass Video, Vouyer Media, Silver Sinema, & Jules Jordan Productions. I am now retired from XXX porn/adult video as a performer and am happy with my decision.

I have an adult online mini-series in the works which I've written with the working title "American Madame". This is a project which I will cameo in, direct and (hopefully) produce.

Along with progressing and promoting the Monica Foster image (at least until the end of this year, 2008) I also plan to continue to develop my photography and multimedia production/design business, and possibly implement my skills into forming a talent development and marketing division of my business.

Monica Foster has been and continues to be a fantastic vehicle to aid me in reaching my goals. One day soon, I will retire Monica Foster from my life completely, but until then, Monica and I continue our journey hand in hand. After all, you gotta be your own best friend, strongest supporter and at all costs, biggest and loudest cheerleader.

Biography courtesy of www.monicaf.com