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Shelley Lubben (May 18, 1968 – February 9, 2019) was an American former pornographic actress, author, singer, motivational speaker, and anti-pornography activist. Born in Pasadena, California, she suffered childhood sexual abuse at age nine. Between ages 18 and 26, she worked as a prostitute and stripper, giving birth to a daughter from a client. Entering the adult industry at 24, she performed in approximately 15 hardcore films from 1993 to 1994 under names like Roxy Dada. She contracted herpes, HPV, and cervical cancer, requiring partial cervix removal, while battling drug and alcohol addictions.
A profound conversion to born-again Christianity transformed her life. In 2008, she founded the Pink Cross Foundation to support individuals exiting the porn industry with emotional, financial aid, and religious resources, operating until 2016. Lubben testified before U.S. Congress in 2010 on industry dangers, spoke at Cambridge University in 2011, released a rap album to fund recovery efforts, and authored 'Truth Behind the Fantasy of Porn' (2010). An ordained chaplain, she was married to Garrett Lubben and had three children. Tragically, her eldest daughter Tiffany died by suicide four days before Shelley's death at age 50 in Springville, California.