Paralympian on OnlyFans to make ends meet until 2028 gets huge offers, but draws line

The 22-year-old sprinter is using the $25,000 corporate deal to help cover out-of-pocket medical expenses for her cerebral palsy while training in California

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A U.S. Paralympic athlete facing medical and living expenses while training for the 2028 Los Angeles Games has taken on an unconventional sponsorship deal: posting strictly safe-for-work content on OnlyFans while turning down five-figure offers to post adult content.

Although her presence on the site has attracted substantial offers for adult content — including a $15,000 request for a single private video call — Guimaraes has drawn a firm line, refusing to post anything explicit.

“All my teammates were like, ‘You should totally take him up on [the call],’” Guimaraes said. “I was like, ‘Nooooo, that is not what I’m about.’ But it was crazy. I did not realize people would offer that much money for that stuff.”

Despite the platform’s reputation, Guimaraes maintains strict boundaries regarding her profile, which charges subscribers $10 per month.

“They basically offered to compensate me for posts on their platform and on my platform about them to bring a more wholesome view of their page,” Guimaraes said. “It isn’t anything racy, unless you want to count a video of me doing power cleans in a sports bra and shorts as racy.”

The financial support allows Guimaraes to manage the costs associated with her cerebral palsy while pursuing world-class training. The neurological condition affects muscle tone, posture and body movement, which Guimaraes describes as “having bad WiFi in your brain.”

Her father, John Guimaraes, emphasized that the financial backing allowed her to concentrate on her athletic performance.

“The idea behind this is to reduce her financial strain,” John Guimaraes told the publication. “When she wakes up, she shouldn’t be thinking, ‘Do I have enough gas money to get to the training center?’ It should be her training.”

“I’ve never met a 9-year-old who trained for a school race before,” Guimaraes said. “But I was at the track every other day, practicing and busting my butt, running sprints, ladders, just to get into this race.”

She eventually earned a second-degree black belt in taekwondo, joined an adaptive track club and went on to become the first NCAA Division I athlete with cerebral palsy after signing with High Point University.