The Olympic swimmer who made waves at this year’s Summer Games in Paris for her “inappropriate” conduct is now taking her talents to a website that specializes in the inappropriate.
Luana Alonso made headlines during the Olympics for her alleged exploits outside of competition, leading to accusations from her country’s Olympic committee of conduct worthy of getting her sent home from the Olympic Village.
Now, the 20-year-old swimmer has turned to OnlyFans, seemingly looking to capitalize on her fame, or infamy.
According to TMZ, Alonso is charging US$35 per month for exclusive content on the website.
She gained popularity as an influencer on social media for posting sultry snaps of herself in revealing swimwear and documented her trip to Paris on her Instagram account.
But her relationship with the Paraguayan Olympic Committee (COP) soured after she failed to qualify for the 100-metre butterfly semifinal and then abruptly retired – while still sticking around Paris and staying in the Olympic Village.
According to Larissa Schaerer, the head of COP, Alonso was “creating an inappropriate atmosphere” around the team and was asked to leave the athletes’ dorms.
“Her presence is creating an inappropriate atmosphere within Team Paraguay,” Schaerer said in a statement.
“We thank her for proceeding as instructed, as it was of her own free will that she did not spend the night in the Athletes’ Village.”
The Daily Mail also reported that Alonso was accused of being a distraction to her fellow competitors with her socializing and attire.
She was often seen sporting stylish outfits as opposed to team uniforms and opted to take a trip to Disneyland Paris instead of cheer on her compatriots.
However, Alonso fired back at those reports, insisting that they are “false information” and that she wasn’t asked to leave.
“I just wanted to make it clear that I was never removed or expelled from anywhere, stop spreading false information,” Alonso posted in her Instagram Stories in Spanish, according to the Daily Beast.
“I don’t want to give any statement but I’m not going to let lies affect me either.”
The message was shared next to a sunset photo as she sipped a beverage.
The added attention from the controversy has put a lot more eyes on the former Olympian. Since taking part in the Paris Games, Alonso has seen her follower count on Instagram more than double, jumping from around 500,000 to more than 1.1 million as of Tuesday morning.
Alonso also made headlines for reportedly saying that she wanted to compete for the U.S. team at the Summer Games instead of representing her home country.
“I want to represent the United States more,” Alonso allegedly said during a video on social media before the Games, Paraguayan outlet HOY reported.
According to the report, Alonso wanted to change her allegiance because she was attending college in the U.S. and also because Olympic qualifications in America are much different than in Paraguay.
She competed for one season at Southern Methodist University as a sophomore and also attended Virginia Tech University in 2021-22.
The 20-year-old had qualified for the women’s 100-metre Butterfly through the universality system, which is designed to increase the diversity of participating nations at the Games.
During the video, Alonso allegedly slammed the COP’s treatment of its athletes.
“They threaten me that they are going to publish a statement, that I am going to leave because of universality, if I support my sport it is thanks to my sponsors, they want to humiliate me and say ‘it is not a big deal that you are leaving because of universality’ and like no Paraguayan woman has ever made a mark for the Olympic Games and to tell me that and on top of that I am one second away is nothing,” Alonso said.
She added that there was tension with Olympic teammates and Paraguayan officials, who don’t “support” or “trust” the athletes.
“It’s not a pleasure to represent Paraguay and, if it were up to me, I would go back to college,” she said.
COP president Camilo Perez called out Alonso, saying that her times wouldn’t have been good enough to make the U.S. team.
“I read that she wants to compete for the United States,” Perez said, according to UNILAD. “There is no universality there. She came here as a Paraguayan. She has to train a lot more to represent U.S.A., her times have to be much better.”