The reinvention of Mia Khalifa
NewsFashionBeautyMusicDazed ClubDazed100Open To ChangeMagazineSearchContactAboutJobsLegalDazed media sitesDazed Review 2020Khalifa was in the porn industry for just three months in 2014, then age 21. Now 27, with 15 million followers on TikTok and the 1.8 million-strong #JusticeForMia petition, she’s reclaiming her narrative and identity with a dedicated Gen Z audienceTextAlice OpheliaIllustrationCallum Abbott31December 2020 In a year where “death” and “TikTok” were among the most popular search terms in the world, success stories in 2020 are a coveted pandemic luxury. There were however a few winners, sandwiched between cookie-cutter Connecticut teens and a 23-year-old footballer responsible for feeding Britain’s starving children (truly, you couldn’t write it if you tried), and among them was Mia Khalifa.Khalifa is no stranger to the spotlight, having spent more than half a decade being publicly vilified for her three-month-long stint in the adult entertainment industry from 2014, ag...