Former porn star and MAFS contestant Hayley Vernon has announced a shock career move, two years after quitting the adult entertainment industry.

The 39-year-old reality TV star, who previously made thousands of dollars a week as a high-class escort, revealed on Wednesday that she would be making a career pivot into the health care industry.

'Just enrolled in nursing. You're never too old to start or do something new,' Hayley posted on social media. 

Hayley has been working hard to turn her life around since she exited the adult industry in April 2024. 

At the time, the reality TV star announced her resignation in an emotional Instagram Story video.

During the lengthy clip, Hayley branded the sex industry as 'soul destroying' and said she would be 'ceasing all adult work', effective immediately.

'It just feels like a big breath out for me,' the bodybuilder said.

'I will not be filming any more videos for [OnlyFans]. I think I have about nine, ten releases left. I will not be engaging or soliciting myself anymore.

'Or giving any of my being to anyone further than what I have done,' she continued.

Hayley admitted that being an adult entertainer was 'so far removed' from her real identity, adding that the industry had brought 'so much negativity' into her life over the years.

'I was suffering from severe anxiety, I wasn't certain of who I was because I was trying to be someone different. I've just made the decision that it does not serve myself. It's soul destroying, I'm just going to say it,' she lamented.

'And I know that a lot of people are going to be like, 'You're a hypocrite'... But I was merely supposed to pass through this stage of my life. I was never supposed to sit in it,' she added.

Hayley, who earned a whopping AUD$90,000 within the first month of joining the subscription website OnlyFans, explained she only entered the industry out of desperation.

'I got into it because I needed money during Covid, and I said to myself that I would get XYZ, and then I'd be out. And then I got greedy,' she confessed.

'I have never felt so free and so light in my heart since making the decision to get out of the industry,' she went on.

Since then, Hayley underwent a baptism and has dedicated herself to spreading the word of Christianity.  

She has also adopted a sober lifestyle and started a life coaching business called CapitalHach.