£500 isn't that much in the scheme of how much the 'top girls' can make, but it a lot compared to what most sex workers make. The escort I knew never really talked about the sex acts (just like she never talked about clients) but she was regularly taken on trips abroad and to events as a companion. The girls on the show didn't mention this, which is strange if they have genuinely 'elite' clients. Being booked for a 'tour' (if a client is holidaying on the continent, for example, for a few weeks then the girl I knew would be flown out too and join him) was another way she would work. Also, she was far more subtle- VERY polished and beautiful but would always try to look fairly inconspicuous and discrete when working, not waltzing into a hotel wearing what appears to be just a coat and 6 inch heels. Most of the 'elite' clients prefer to meet at hotels or at their property (an outcall), too risky to go to the escort's place.
The set-up you've described does indeed sound like escorts, Misty.
I can't imagine how Cookie's parents must feel nor what made them agree to be filmed and the how thing did seem a bit set up with the clients. Far too risky to be filmed! I was surprised at the sugar daddies being ok with their escorting? But then I don't know anybody with experience of a sugardaddy so not sure how that works. Agree they were more punters than clients with the whole internet set up.
The whole set up with using the internet for punters seems unprofessional and bad for the girls mental health, they didn't appear to ever 'switch off' or have any hobbies outside of their work.
Gosh I sound like some kind of escorting expert
, I knew the escort because my friend was friends with her.