Amelia Quest Says Nude Photo Leak Left Her 'Devastated' Before Her Reported Six-Figure OnlyFans Career

Amelia Quest says she went from earning about $1,700 in a single 90‑minute TikTok livestream to losing her account and discovering leaked nude photographs of herself on Reddit within a matter of hours, an ordeal she describes as 'devastating' and 'violating'.

In an interview published by OK! on 12 October 2026, Quest recalled finding the intimate images the same day she lost access to TikTok, which she said had been a key source of income through livestreaming.

Quest later launched an OnlyFans account after taking time away from social media and working as a barista. OK! describes her subsequent business as six‑figure, although the interview does not specify the period covered or whether the figure represents revenue or profit.

It is not established how the images came to be shared, who uploaded them, or whether anyone profited from their distribution. The account of the events described here is based on Quest's recollection as reported.

From Gym Streams to Income

Quest said she had no initial plan to enter adult content. Her livestreams began, she said, when her trainer told her to walk more at her local gym and she decided to broadcast the workouts because she was bored.

'My trainer was telling me that I needed to walk, and I was so bored with it,' she said. 'So I started livestreaming, and people were like, "Why are you wearing so many clothes? Aren't you hot?" And it just naturally turned into, "I'm not gonna take off my jacket unless you guys pay me to do it."'

Quest said her best 90‑minute TikTok Live session brought in about $1,700, which she attributed to direct payments through Cash App and Venmo rather than TikTok gifts.

She later moved the streams home, where she said followers paid for her to change outfits from a clothing rack behind her. 'It was like a "Barbie doll" kind of livestream,' she explained. 'I'd just be hanging out at my house. I'd have a clothing rack behind me with different outfits, and people could pay for me to change outfits.'

The Leak and TikTok Ban

Quest said TikTok first suspended her livestream privileges after a broadcast in which she placed a yoghurt shot between her breasts and attempted to drink it. She said her account was banned within 24 hours.

'The shot got me banned off of livestream and then within 24 hours banned off of TikTok,' she said.

Quest said that, on the same day, she found a Reddit fan page featuring intimate photographs she had previously shared privately. She said Reddit removed the photographs after she reported them, although commenters subsequently offered to share copies.

'I went from having this great income that I was making off of TikTok to losing that all and, within maybe an hour or two, finding out that not only did I just lose that source of income, but men are making money off my t— on Reddit,' she said. 'I was like, "What the f—?"'

Quest said she feared that people were profiting from the images, although the interview did not establish whether anyone had received payment for sharing them.

'I was devastated. I was crying. I was very depressed. I felt incredibly alone, defeated, and violated,' Quest said. 'I was just thinking, whoever sent it in, didn't you already get enough from me? Why did you feel like you had to hurt me?'

Reclaiming Her Image

Quest said she stepped away from social media for about six months following the incident and worked as a barista during that period. She said it took that long before starting an OnlyFans account felt like a realistic option, rather than an immediate response to what had happened.

'It took me like six months of being depressed and upset about what had happened before it even became an option to me that I was going to do OnlyF—,' she said.

'It wasn't even just like, "Oh man, this s----- thing happened. Let me immediately jump on OnlyF—. I'm gonna make money off this." It was devastating for a long time before I saw the silver lining.'

Quest said conversations with people in a swingers community in Orlando, Florida, helped her regain confidence. She said anger over the leak also gave her a reason to return online.

'I think enough people hyped me up that it gave me the confidence to feel like I could do it, and then also the kind of vengeance of being like, "I'm gonna take back my power. If they're gonna make money off me, I'm gonna make money off me,"' she said.

Quest said she views her work as offering companionship rather than simply selling explicit material.

'Taking Back My Power' on OnlyFans

'I would never cheapen myself by doing p—. I'm not selling s–. I'm selling companionship,' she said. 'I'm creating a narrative online that makes men feel like I'm a safe person, or like they would want to be in a relationship with me.'

Quest said the decision to return to online content creation followed months of distress and a period away from social media. She described the move as a way to regain a sense of control after the photographs appeared online.