The Story of Tiffany Shepherd, Retold

By Jessica Madison on August 31st, 2009

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Last April, Tiffany Shepherd, then a 30-year-old Biology teacher and mother of three, was fired amidst a local scandal in which pictures of her wearing a bikini were found on the Internet. Fast-forward to present day and Shepherd has made the news once again, this time for her recent entry into the world of porn. Figures, right? White Trash Mom Becomes Porn Star? Not so fast now. Let’s take a look at the story.

Starting, once again, in April, Tiffany Shepherd had been recently divorced and could no longer afford to pay the bills and take care of her three children. So she picked up a second job with Smokin’ Em Charters, a boating service in which customers can fish beside bikini-clad women. Not ideal, but far from “controversial” either. After all, a single mom’s gotta do what a single mom’s gotta do. And as Shepherd notes, she never wore a thong nor did she ever take her top off, rather she wore what she would normally wear every day to the beach. Her bikini. Four days later, Shepherd was unexpectedly fired.

While the Port St. Lucie High School insisted (convincingly) the problem was not the new job – or the photos on the company’s website – but rather her long record of unexcused absences, over thirty days worth, it was hard not question the suddenness of the decision. Then came in the media. Making the rounds from illegitimate news sources to legitimate news sources, the story made sure anyone with a TV, computer or radio knew the story of the “slutty” teacher from Florida who exchanged her job for bikini pix. And – poof – just like that, her name and reputation were ruined forever.

Since then, she had been unable to pick up a job, despite sending out over 2,500 resumes across the country, in just about every field and at any pay. Well, just about. Directly after the whole incident, Shepherd did receive an offer from Playboy to do a spread, she, however, refused on account of her children and her reputation. She still wanted to teach.

Now it appears that dream is over. Unable to find a job Tiffany Shepherd has since been evicted twice and has also lost custody of two of her children. With no apparent options left, she is now a porn star, and according to Page2live.com, she “hates it.” She went on to say, “I’m an educated woman, but I never thought it would come to this. No one gets brought up thinking they’ll be a floozy.”

And that’s the end of the story. Today, as search engines become flooded with searches for “tiffany shepherd video” and so on, a woman with a pre-med degree resigns herself to a career of selling her body for money. The reason? Because she took up a second job, wearing a bikini, to make ends meet for her and her children.