Porn Star, Olivia Nova Dies at 20 throwing the industry into mourning.

The death of another porn star woman, Olivia Nova, the fourth in less than three months, has thrown the industry into mourning this week

According to news.com, porn stars are some of the most watched and best loved people in the world but they’re also under more pressure and face greater stigma than many can even begin to imagine.

On the morning of January 7, Olivia Nova, whose real name was Lexi Forte, died after less than a year in the porn industry.

The circumstances surrounding the 20-year-old’s death are still unknown but she had taken to Twitter on Christmas Day to write, “Alone on the holidays and want to give a fan a holiday call. Would lift my spirit”.

Feeling lonely and isolated while working in the porn industry is something both Lucie Bee and Madison Missina, two of Australia’s most famous porn stars, understand well.

“We’re considered outcasts from society. A lot of us have to hide parts of our lifestyles and that leads to isolation and a lot of us have strange relationships with our families and friends because most of aren’t ‘out’ which can lead to more loneliness,” Ms Missina told news.com.au.

Ms Bee, who has been in the porn industry since 2010, said the loneliness can come from the stigma they face on a daily basis.

“When you can’t get that help and you don’t have a lot of people who can at least listen to you to talk about what you’re dealing with — that can be very isolating. Isolation and feeling alone sucks,” Ms Bee said.

“What’s really killing us at the moment is stigma. When we enter this industry we immediately get stigmatised, they treat us like garbage while simultaneously engaging and enjoying whatever we’re creating.

“They love and watch the content but they don’t really give a shit about the people that are making it, which I find incredibly frustrating,” she said.

Ms Missina, who’s been named “porn star of the year” for three years running, said there are also huge issues with bullying in the industry.

In December, famous porn star August Ames ended her life days after she sparked an online firestorm over tweets about working with men who had appeared in gay adult movies.

Ames, 23, was labelled a “homophobe” for the tweet and brutally bullied online. She died on December 8.

“All that bullying came from within the industry,” Ms Missina said.