Year after year, reports emerge of tales of debauchery in Davos as the global elite fly to the Swiss town to attend the World Economic Forum.
Earlier this week reported on how escort agencies have this year seen a surge in demand for sex parties, NDAs for prostitutes, and trans women.
The revelations exposed a hidden, hedonistic side to the prestigious summit – and the particular fetishes that have been indulged.
Adding to the intrigue, one local erotic model – Mia May, 22 – has lifted the lid on the strangest requests she’s received in her line of work.
After four years in the Swiss adult industry, Mia says most clients are ‘perfectly fine’ – but some left her stunned.
One client bizarrely asked her to have sex in front of a sleeping child, while another slid naked down a snowy mountain on his belly playing ‘penguin’ for kinky thrills.
These revelations reveal a shocking underside to the world’s most exclusive gathering of business and political leaders, where indulgence and secrecy go hand in hand.
The wildest requests
Speaking candidly to the , Mia revealed a series of the wackiest requests she has ever received from her customers.
She recalled: ‘One man booked me to come to his apartment and when I arrived, things seemed pretty straightforward – until I spotted a crib with a baby, aged about one, in it.
‘He said he didn’t have a baby monitor and that I should hold onto the crib while we do it so he could watch the baby at the same time. I turned around and left, but he transferred me money for the inconvenience. I used it to buy him a baby monitor.’
Another man had booked her as an escort and ordered her to come to his hotel room, which he shared with his four-year-old child.
‘They shared a bed and he built an enormously high pillow wall in the middle. He thought [having sex] would be possible next to it, which I declined and exited the room,’ Mia May said.
A third request she declined saw a customer ask her to come to his house and have sex with him next to his sleeping wife. He even told her: ‘My wife always sleeps quite soundly, but we still have to move quietly and carefully.’
Mia May said she doesn’t agree to exhibitionist requests. ‘Some have the urge to have sex in public, but I don’t do that either because in the end, sex is something personal and I can’t condone children to see me working in the forest, for example,’ she said.
Behind closed doors, the erotic model helps her clients fulfill their fantasies in personal sessions. For one client, that is dressing up in feminine clothing.
‘He’s a massive guy, 6ft 5, but super nice and wouldn’t hurt a fly. He has a very serious job and just feels the need to switch things up, so he will open the door wearing in high heels and a nylon outfit or fishnet bodysuit,’ she told .
‘He has the fantasy to be my little b**** in a way.’
Another longtime customer of her cam sessions also wants to take on a submissive role, asking her to pose tasks for him.
‘In the beginning, he always suggested certain things to me himself and I just said yes, and thought I’ll just see if he’s really crazy enough to pull it off,’ Mia May revealed.
‘He has already licked the urinal in public toilets – that was not my idea, I have to note -, [performed a sex act] on a roundabout in the middle of the night and even threw himself into a nettle bed.
‘We had various sessions where he looked for nettles and sat naked in them or actually put a nettle plant on his penis and then [performed a sex act] with it.
‘Recently, he went butt naked to a snowy hill and played penguin by sliding down the hill on his belly.’
But for Mia May, her job is about more than just sex. ‘Being a sex worker means we are not just that; we are often service providers, sometimes sex workers, sometimes psychologists, entertainers, caregivers, and even gift finders,’ she said.
‘I truly love what I do,’ the 22-year-old said, adding that she was fulfilling the fundamental human need of sexuality.
But her line of work also helps combat the loneliness epidemic, Mia’s assistant Frank, 47, remarked.
He said: ‘Half of the people are not just casual sex customers; rather, they are individuals seeking closeness and affection in some form, as they can no longer find this in today’s society. They have a genuine need but find it difficult to access sexuality and intimacy.’
One client who was in his 80s came to Mia May after he had lost his wife and felt lonely.
‘For him, sexuality was about having a personal closeness, building a trusting relationship with someone, and being able to speak about his deceased loved ones,’ Frank explained.
‘Another client booked twelve hours and was quite stuttery and said he was autistic. Afterwards Mia May came out with tears in her eyes, overjoyed that she finally got to hold him in her arms after twelve hours.’
A man who the erotic model remembers very fondly showed up to their meeting with a suitcase in which he carried his artificial heart.
‘He told me he knows that he won’t get a donor heart, that he won’t have that long, but still wants to just enjoy all the moments he still has. And when you’re part of something like that, it just shapes you,’ Mia May told .
‘All of these experiences occur within the realm of sexuality; these are needs that exist but are seldom associated with the profession. It just doesn’t fit into the stereotype, yet we encounter these people [sexworkers] harshly on the street,’ Frank added.
About working with high profile clients like those she serviced in the past at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mia May said: ‘They are constantly in a position of power and under pressure. They have to be present and always need to come across as serious.
‘From what I’ve seen, they then often look for a sort of relaxation window. Just a way to check back into normal life, where they can chat about trivial things and don’t have to bear the weight of nations on their shoulders.’
Mia May added: ‘Once the camera is off and they’ve unbuttoned their shirt, they’re just as much a person as anyone else.’
Inside the life of an erotic model
Sex work is legal in Switzerland and subject to taxes like any other job.
Mia May works an average of 120 hours per week for eight, sometimes ten weeks straight, before taking a short ‘holiday’, for example to help with developmental aid in Namibia, according to Frank.
While she declined to share her monthly and annual income, the erotic model did reveal to that she fell into the top tax bracket.
Nevertheless, she would only consider herself an average earner after taking high living costs in Switzerland as well as other deductions like salaries for her team into account.
Her assistant explained: ‘The customer is often amazed when she tells them she gets 300 Swiss francs (£265) an hour, but she has to pay accommodation, pension, health care and her team.’
This team supporting Mia May aren’t just her employees, but also her family members.
‘Her mother is present at the fairs and irons the T-shirts of merchandising, while her daughter has sex shows on stage upstairs,’ Frank said.
‘At the same time, one of her older brothers is her videographer and thus cuts the porn together.
‘Another brother is super conservative but still participates in the sex fairs and sells merchandise.
‘Her younger, underage, brother is traveling around the world as a chess player and is sponsored by Mia May.’
Mia May also revealed that customers can sometimes misinterpret the relationship between erotic model and themselves.
She said that one man once arrived to his 30-minute session at her apartment with a suitcase and started unpacking his clothes as well as hanging them up in her wardrobe, telling her he was moving in.
‘I can actually laugh about it now, but at the time, I was really caught off guard. It felt like someone was trying to invade my space, which left me outraged, confused, and just perplexed,’ she said.
The erotic model had to call Frank for backup, who finally managed to manoeuver the naked man out of her home – but not without him leaving a foot impression on her ceiling from the struggle to remain in ‘his’ new home.