A former cheerleader has thanked her extreme flexibility for earning her a whopping $150,000 a month.
Miami Macy receives hundreds of requests a day to pose in a series of mind boggling positions – which she credits her athletic background for.
Having trained as a cheerleader throughout school and university, the 25-year-old decided to capitalise on her unique skill set of performing ‘never-before-seen’ poses.
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And, according to the model, it’s proving incredibly lucrative.
“I can do things in crazy positions that people have never seen before,” said Macy, who boasts 1.3 million Instagram followers (@miamimacy).
“My niche is being super flexible.
“My fans can’t stop talking about how my flexibility drives them crazy, they’re always requesting more videos of me doing the splits and getting my knees behind my head.
“Some of them have even referred that I can fold myself like a pretzel. They love it when I do certain positions like vertical and horizontal splits.”
The model says being able to offer something unique in a crowded market has been key to her success.
“It’s cool to be one of those people who can give that to the audience that’s looking for it,” she said.
From cheerleader to content creator
Macy’s flexibility didn’t develop overnight – it’s the result of nearly two decades of dedicated training.
“I started cheerleading at the age of 8, did it in school and college, followed by all-star competitive cheer, so I’ve been doing it almost my whole life,” she said.
“I owe my flexibility to all the hard work I put in at school when I first joined the cheer squad.
“I trained at least 8 hours a week during the height of my cheerleading days, but I was always looking for more time to dedicate to it as a full-time student and part-time employee.
“I used to train for performance, strength, flexibility, and endurance, which required a lot of commitment and dedication, but I was passionate.”
The intensive training regime that prepared her for competitive cheerleading has now become the foundation of a six-figure monthly income.
Skills developed for athletic performance are now being monetised in an entirely different context.
Escaping a challenging home
Growing up in Arkansas, US, cheerleading and gymnastics were a big part of Macy’s life, and proved to be something of an escape from a “challenging” home environment.
After getting into college to study psychology in Arkansas, Macy was still living in the family home, but was desperate to move out.
While she posted shots of herself posing in bikinis online, she hadn’t explored the world of adult content – until her followers began begging her to start an OnlyFans page in 2020.
“I was so offended by it at the time,” Macy said.
“I had around 10,000 followers and liked to post bikini pictures but I never intended to go into this type of industry.”
Her initial offense at the suggestion reveals how far her perspective has shifted in the years since.
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Taking back power
The decision to start OnlyFans came from a realisation about the reality of existing as an attractive woman in public spaces.
“But when I thought about it, starting one and making money off it kind of gave the power back to me,” she said.
“I could literally walk down the street in my pyjamas, having rolled out of bed, and I would get catcalled.
“I realised that I was going to be sexualized anyway – so I may as well make a profit off of it.”
This reasoning – that women are sexualised regardless of their choices, so they might as well profit from it – is common among content creators who frame their work as empowering.
Whether monetising sexualisation constitutes taking power back or simply participating in the same system is a debate that continues.
But for Macy personally, the framing clearly helped her overcome initial resistance to the work.
Instant success
Unlike many creators who struggle to gain traction, Macy’s OnlyFans took off immediately.
“I had no real hopes of making much money, I just thought I’d make a few extra dollars that I would be able to save,” she said.
“But within a month of starting my page, I was able to move out because I made thousands of dollars almost instantly.
“It was amazing, I couldn’t believe it, I could suddenly do what I wanted when I wanted.”
Making enough money in the first month to leave her family home and gain independence represents a dramatic life change.
The financial freedom allowed her to escape the “challenging” home environment she’d been desperate to leave.
Six years and $150,000 monthly
Six years later and Macy’s life has changed dramatically as her page has gone from strength to strength, pocketing her an estimated $150,000 a month.
At $150,000 monthly, Macy earns $1.8 million annually – placing her among the highest-earning creators on OnlyFans.
She credits her “niche” of uber flexibility, and continues to keep her body in tip top condition, following an intense gym schedule – allowing her to strike ever more outlandish poses.
“Now that competition days are over, to keep up my active lifestyle, I still tumble and practice handstands regularly, but I have found a love for weight training. I lift weights 4-5 times a week on top of daily cardio,” Macy said.
The dedication to fitness that once served competitive cheerleading now serves her business – maintaining the flexibility that makes her content unique and valuable.
The specific requests
Macy’s description of fan requests reveals what specifically appeals about her flexibility.
Subscribers want to see splits (both vertical and horizontal), her knees behind her head, and “pretzel” positions that most people physically cannot achieve.
These aren’t standard adult content poses – they’re demonstrations of extreme physical capability with a sexual element.
The fetish for flexibility and contortionism is specific enough that creators who can authentically deliver it face less competition than those offering more generic content.
From stigma to self-worth
Beyond the financial benefits, Macy says OnlyFans has dramatically improved her self-confidence.
“It’s made me a lot more comfortable and confident in myself to see so many people willing to spend money just to talk to me or see more of me,” she said.
However, she admits the journey to that confidence wasn’t immediate.
“When I first started, I had this idea that my opinion wouldn’t matter, that I’d just have to be hypersexual no matter what I’m doing.
“I let the stigma get to me so bad and make me feel like less of a person because I was doing this thing.
“It took years for me to overcome and now I feel like a real person with human feelings and I matter just as much as anyone else.”
The revelation that it took “years” to overcome feelings of being “less of a person” shows the psychological cost of stigmatised work.
Even while earning six figures monthly and having financial freedom, Macy struggled with feeling dehumanised by what she did.
The hypersexual expectation
Macy’s initial belief that she’d “just have to be hypersexual no matter what I’m doing” reflects common assumptions about adult content work.
Many people outside the industry assume creators must be constantly sexual, with no boundaries or personhood beyond their content.
Overcoming this mindset – both in herself and in how she allows subscribers to treat her – was apparently a multi-year process.
The fact that she now feels like “a real person with human feelings” who “matters just as much as anyone else” suggests she previously didn’t feel this way despite her success.
The catcalling realisation
Macy’s point about being catcalled “literally walking down the street in my pyjamas, having rolled out of bed” articulates a frustration many women share.
The unsolicited sexualisation happens regardless of effort, intention, or even basic grooming.
If that sexualisation is inevitable, her logic goes, she might as well profit from it on her own terms.
This reasoning reframes OnlyFans not as choosing to be sexualised but as monetising sexualisation that was already happening without her consent or benefit.
The psychology student angle
Macy’s background studying psychology adds an interesting dimension to her story.
Understanding human behaviour and motivation likely helps her comprehend why subscribers are drawn to her specific niche.
It may also help her manage the emotional labour of engaging with hundreds of fans daily while maintaining boundaries and mental health.
Whether she completed her degree or left college once OnlyFans provided sufficient income isn’t mentioned.
Maintaining the flexibility
The intensive training required to maintain extreme flexibility represents a hidden aspect of Macy’s work.
Most people assume OnlyFans creators just need to look attractive and take photos.
But Macy’s niche requires ongoing athletic training – tumbling, handstands, weight training 4-5 times weekly, and daily cardio.
This is more physically demanding than many traditional careers, requiring the discipline of a competitive athlete combined with the content creation and business management of a successful influencer.
The competitive cheerleading background
Macy’s mention of “all-star competitive cheer” indicates she was involved at a serious level beyond just school cheerleading.
All-star competitive cheerleading is expensive, time-intensive, and highly demanding – athletes train year-round and compete nationally.
The same dedication that made her successful in that arena now drives her OnlyFans success.
The transition from performing for judges and audiences in one context to performing for subscribers in another isn’t as dramatic as it might initially seem.
The pretzel comparison
Subscribers comparing Macy to a pretzel because of how she can fold herself demonstrates the extreme nature of her flexibility.
These aren’t subtle contortions – they’re dramatic displays of physical capability most people find impossible to imagine attempting.
The novelty factor is crucial to her earnings – subscribers can find attractive women everywhere, but finding someone who can put their knees behind their head while maintaining the other elements of adult content is rare.
From 10,000 to 1.3 million followers
Macy’s Instagram following has grown from 10,000 when she started OnlyFans to 1.3 million now.
This 130x growth reflects how OnlyFans success can fuel social media growth, which in turn drives more OnlyFans subscriptions.
The Instagram account serves as a funnel, showcasing her flexibility in non-explicit ways that entice followers to subscribe for more explicit content.
The Arkansas to Miami journey
Growing up in Arkansas but now going by “Miami Macy” suggests she’s relocated, likely to Florida.
Miami offers a lifestyle and image that aligns better with her brand than Arkansas would.
The move from a more conservative state to a major city known for beaches, beauty, and nightlife represents the broader transformation in her life.
Eight hours weekly as the foundation
Macy’s mention of training “at least 8 hours a week during the height of my cheerleading days” shows the foundation was built through consistent, long-term effort.
That’s 400+ hours per year for approximately 17 years (from age 8 to 25) – roughly 6,800 hours of flexibility training before she ever monetised it.
The “overnight success” of making thousands in her first month was actually built on nearly two decades of preparation.
The challenge of being taken seriously
Macy’s struggle with feeling like her “opinion wouldn’t matter” and that she was “less of a person” reflects the dehumanisation sex workers often experience.
Subscribers and society may view adult content creators as objects for consumption rather than complex people with thoughts, feelings, and value beyond their sexual appeal.
Overcoming this internalised stigma while continuing to work in the industry requires significant mental resilience.
What subscribers are really buying
Beyond the explicit content, Macy’s subscribers are buying access to a rare physical ability.
The flexibility fetish community values authentic contortionism and extreme poses that can’t be faked.
Macy’s cheerleading background provides legitimacy – she’s not pretending to be flexible, she’s genuinely an elite athlete repurposing her skills.
The freedom paradox
Macy describes OnlyFans as giving her freedom – to move out, to control her time, to escape her challenging home environment.
Yet she also works intensively, maintaining both her content creation schedule and her physical training regimen.
The freedom isn’t from work but from the constraints of traditional employment, family dependence, and financial insecurity.
From a college student desperate to escape her family home to a multi-millionaire earning $1.8 million annually from flexibility developed through cheerleading, Miami Macy’s journey shows how athletic skills can translate to unexpected and lucrative careers – though the psychological journey to self-acceptance took longer than the financial success.
