NEW YORK – “To like camming, you have to like cumming—and who doesn’t?”

That, claims the live-cam performer known as LittleRedBunny, is the secret to her success. The lithe, vivacious redhead definitely has been successful. Earlier this year, she won AVN’s fan award for Favorite Webcam Girl. In 2013, she won the Best Webcam Girl Sex Award.

The story behind her name?

“I’m very petite, I’m a natural redhead, and I like hopping all night long on my bed,” she told YNOT.com in an exclusive off-camera, one-to-one session.

YNOT: What got you into camming?

LittleRedBunny: I was online and looking for ways to work from home. I saw a girl sitting on a chair in front of the webcam on a cam site — LiveJasmin — which is where I started and where I still work.

I assumed the footage of the girl was a pre-recorded video, but it turned out she was live. The thought kept on growing in my mind: Maybe I should try it out, see how it goes and how much I like it. And here I am today, five and one-half years later and still loving it.

Why did you choose camming instead of adult videos?

I had never worked in any level of the adult industry—stripping or movies—and never intended to. Working from my own apartment was appealing to me, and I have worked with my body all my life doing ballet and yoga. Sexuality has always been part of me; something I’ve always been comfortable with, even though I’ve never been a flirt in public.

Camming is an easy thing to try out. You can see quickly if you enjoy it or not, without any serious consequences and without owing anything to anybody. There’s no contract with a movie company, you don’t have to do anything with partners, etc.

What do you like about camming?

You are independent in your work. I would not want to share a sexual experience with someone in front of the camera. That is something I like to keep private for myself. Some parts I share with others, mostly while verbally exchanging desires to stimulate our imagination, but I am still the only one touching myself so I can maintain a personal dimension and intimate feel, all in the comfort of my own room, with the music I enjoy while working all the hours I like.

Also, what appeals to me with camming is that it is so much more than just sexual. There is a huge interaction with others. I meet people and develop friendships. This I share in public chat and in private chat, but at different levels.

The entertainment part of it, which I also developed through the years, is something I really enjoy sharing. I play my old jazz music in my cozy, old-fashioned room, and people feel like they have traveled back in time. As if they come to party in a speakeasy—with my pinup and burlesque teases and dances—while we are all exchanging random conversations and joking around. It is very social, and between all those moments I get to share more intimate pleasures and fantasies with a single person at the time.

What was your first camming experience like?

Quite strange, honestly. I was a little nervous and very shy. I wasn’t showing my face and wasn’t talking either—only typing. There were a lot of technical things to understand and get used to, along with the dynamic of the chat and facing all these names and numbers while listening to what they had to say.

I was new, so some pretended to be administrators, saying I had to strip all naked to record a teaser video to promote me on the site. This was only one of the techniques some members used to try to get any newbie naked in free chat, which is not allowed. I did not get naked, because I knew what they were trying to do!

I started on the couch in my living room and quickly realized that it was too limited for my taste—too limited to tease in freely, and not comfortable during private play. Next day I had two couches pulled together.

What makes camming different from other types of online porn?

Camming is completely different from “regular” porn. I strive for intimacy, whereas porn is a quick and convenient medium to relieve a sexual urge. The person watching porn is on the outside, witnessing only a sexual situation. With the webcam it is interactive, social and much more personal.

Many people have a perception that the interactions are strictly sexual. While sexuality is the primary element that brings people to these sites, sex quickly becomes a competing reason with intimacy and friendship.

Even if we’re in a public chatroom and there are tons of people in the room at the same time, we all get to know each other. However, private chats really create a closer connection between me and the other person as we hide for the time that we have together.

When people come online with the intention of sharing a sexual experience, they know webcamming is both interactive and personal. They actually can be as picky as they want. They browse for the body they like and the personality they like, and they meet a real person. I know some girls create a persona to distance themselves from what they do, but not all of them do. I certainly don’t.

I will act and react accordingly to a private member’s fantasy. We both feed off each other’s sexual energy in the time we have. Most importantly, webcamming allows for all the foreplay you oftentimes don’t see in porn—the flirtation and the tease. Plus, after the “fun” is over you can just leave and go to sleep, or we can chat for a bit; relax while the climax is slowly calming down.

Webcamming is closer to a real-life sexual encounter, despite the fact it’s virtual. You can’t actually touch, smell or taste me, but these elements aren’t in porn either.

There’s also the whole social aspect to it; people can have a drink and laugh with me every night while I dance and sing for them. There are regular members who socialize amongst themselves in my room. People don’t always want to go out to a bar or a club at night. They are tired from work and many times just want to wind down, meet people and enjoy their evening while in the comfort of their home.

I think both the personal and social dimension of webcamming often trump the initial sexual reason that brings people to the site. People need to be around people. They can find a performer whom they form a strong bond with. Plus, they get to see her naked. There is conversation and friendship, but also a sexual interaction.

What is camming like for you personally, in terms of being a career and something that defines you?

It is something that I have dedicated myself to for many years, and I have put a lot of myself into it. Camming is something I take pleasure in doing, and I still enjoy it a lot after all these years. The creative and artistic part of me has sharpened the way I entertain, tease and interact with all the people I get to meet. It is a part of my life, not just as a career but on a social level, as well.

I get to put together the many things that shaped me as I grew up. To be able to share that with my guests, and see them enjoy my company and my personality along with the ambiance of my room, is very gratifying—especially when they say I made their day or night so much better. It is very flattering, and the pleasure I bring to people every day is enough to make me happy and motivate me to keep doing what I do.

What have you learned about adult content consumers that the mainstream porn industry should know about?

That answer would probably be different depending on what type of performers you ask. People have different tastes. I do believe that I attract a smaller niche than other types of performers, which made it even more surprising to me when I won the two awards.

I’m a very simple person. I have natural red hair, small breasts, I’m not fully bare “downstairs,” and I play music from the 1920s to the ’60s in a dim room. I don’t really fit any of the clichés of the industry.

I believe a lot of people like to see a real person, interact with her and bring the virtual sexual experience as close as possible to a real experience, and maybe—more often than we think—less is more. I don’t act unless asked to do so for roleplaying, and a lot of individuals really enjoy seeing a girl enjoying herself for real. It’s not all about a pornographic approach, even if the actions can be similar at times, as it can be real wild and naughty and we can accommodate all kinds of fetishes.

Don’t get fooled by the innocent look of a girl like me: There is a seriously wild side hiding in the shadows, waiting to be exposed. And trust me, it’s exponentially better when it’s happening in the moment.

You’ve been camming for five years. What are your future plans?

Honestly, I never planned to be working on cam, even less for so many years and to be successful at it. Having so many sweet guests keeping me company daily is really what kept me going and probably what led me to the two awards I won, which may have been the most unexpected things in my life.

At the moment, my plan is to follow this great ride and see where it will take me. I constantly try to improve my relationships. I’m finally taking part in social media, which I was not involved with at all until recently.

I am also growing my website. There will soon be a very nice surprise on LittleRedBunny.com for all the people that want to get to know and see more about me in between our online time together.

I am totally open for anything that may come up along the road. I do believe I have a lot to offer beyond being a camgirl, but we can rarely predict where our path is really going.

I hope life will surprise me greatly. I’m hungry for exciting moments.