Flintshire model disappointed after charity rejects calendar donation

One of Wales’ top OnlyFans creators Alaw Haf, of Mold, hoped to donate £5 from every calendar sold to the charity, which she has chosen not to name.

The decision came out of the blue after the charity, which Alaw has chosen not to name, initially agreed to receive the donation.

Alaw Haf's 2022 calendar

Alaw, 24, said she was hurt and surprised by the move, especially as the images in her calendar are no more explicit that those done by clubs and organisations up and down the country in the style of “Calendar Girls”.

Alaw said: “I used to compete in beauty pageants, so I’m used to fundraising for charities and I enjoyed doing so. I saw an opportunity to make a calendar for 2022 and thought it could be my way of still fundraising for charities even though I don’t compete in pageants anymore. I wanted to dedicate January to the charity as it would be the first month the customer saw and it would imply by putting them first, how important supporting them was to me.”

The law graduate added: “I contacted the charity with the initial idea of a calendar and asked to order merchandise such as clothing, for the calendar photoshoot. I was forwarded to a third-party legal team that they used to make an agreement regarding the duration of sales, the amount I was giving to charity and when I would be donating it. I studied law at university, so I was more than happy to comply with the legal side of things as I wanted people to know I was genuine and that the money was genuinely going to the charity.”

Alaw says she was contacted by a third-party legal team on behalf of the charity after she had shot the images using the charity’s merchandise as agreed.

The former gym worker said that she was left frustrated, as “naked” calendars are a staple for charity fundraisers, and her images were of her in swimwear and lingerie rather than nude.

She added: “Personally, I have seen many people advertise that they’re stripping down for charity calendars over the years, so I never thought me posing in bikinis and underwear would be an issue.

“I had to chase a reason why from the charity and explained that I was upset by this, that I had invested time and money into the calendar and had followed the correct legal procedure like they requested. 

 “Eventually, I got a reply that stated they have certain rules about nudity and explicit content, and they roughly follow Instagram’s community guidelines.

“My calendar is not explicit, and it does fall within Instagram community guidelines. Since then I have even posed for a picture with my calendar for a post on Instagram.”

Alaw’s experience comes as more and more people, usually women, are being penalised in the workplace for their choices.

Last week, Sarah Jane Dunn was dropped by Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks for refusing to quit using OnlyFans.

The actress, who first portrayed her character Mandy Richardson in the long-running Chester set soap in1996, says has lost out on her £120,000 per year job for “taking back control".

Alaw added: “Yet again I believe I was just being judged for being a glamour model, when at the end of the day I was just trying to do something good and raise money for charity.”