Bellesa

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Bellesa is a Canadian internet pornography website founded in 2017 and marketed mainly towards women. It produces original pornographic films under the company Bellesa Films, with Jacky St. James as a director. Bellesa Boutique (BBoutique) offers sex toy products, and the website also features webcam models, pornographic fiction and other media. Under the name Bellesa Plus, they have a tiered subscription service. The company was initially founded to host pornographic videos and other content shared by women, but after a positive profile in Bustle, it was widely criticized by sex workers for embedding content without consent from the production studios, directors or performers, and without paying them. Alongside an apology from CEO Michelle Shnaidman, the website underwent redesign. Bellesa later began working with St. James to produce films in which the pornographic actors had agency over storylines, outfits and who they would work with. They have a BIPOC Creators Program to give $20,000...

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