Mistress Persephone

(Editor’s Note: This interview with adult entertainer Mistress Persephone was conducted back in December 2011 by Tom Heckbert for the now-defunct website Eyestrane.com. It’s been republished at Idol Features courtesy of Tom and Mistress Persephone, who wrote her own introduction.)

Some of you might already know everything about me and my work from the days of my first website, Mistress Persephone’s Tartarus (1996-2002), or my many appearances in fetish magazines and BDSM videos or my live performances that I have done internationally. A few lucky ones have actually served me in private sessions or maybe even taken me for dinner, drinks and shopping.

For some, this could be the first encounter you have had with me so I will sum it up as best I can.

I am a full-time pro domme and part-time pro fetish model by trade and have been active professionally since 1993. When I first started modeling, it was rare for a woman to have tattoos and get work, much less be seen as glamorous! There was no such thing as a “fetish model,” no box to tick on any model portfolio site for that category.

I just fell into it by accident because I happened to be working at a fetish boutique in Fountain Valley, CA. I loved being around the gear and sneaking off into the footwear department and was always getting scolded for leaving my lube and toy counter. The owner’s daughter suggested me to her father who in turn hired me for his Centurian Spartacus bondage catalogue and that was my first paid fetish photo shoot and I went on to do runway shows for fetish companies such as Versatile Fashions, sharing the stage with Dita Von Teese who also came from the same “stock.”

Not long after, I decided to become a pro domme after meeting people in the scene and awakening my dominance at private play parties in Orange County, CA. Eventually I moved to New York City and sharpened my skills while working at the dungeons of Arena Blaze by day and hunting for victims to feed the femme fatale in me in the NYC pervy underground clubs at night.

Eventually, I was living back and forth between NYC and Hollywood, then Hollywood and London. Now, I am taking control of the mid-west and injecting my delicious venom into those brave enough to see me for a live session.

I am a naturally dominant woman and it was natural for me to refine those skills into an art form. Above and beyond all, I am a fetishist; a lover of all things silky, stretchy, lacy or shiny. I adore vintage and contemporary undergarments as long as they appeal to my feminine senses and I am hopelessly addicted to impossibly high heels and wicked boots. Leather sends me into a frenzy and nothing could be more delicious than being laced into one of my corsets and seeing my legs encased in nylons.

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