Andy, I am not going to pick on you, but I have to make a bit of a rant.
First, the age thing doesn't bother me in this thread. I would guess that the lady has seen some hard miles from her appearance. If she was 30 in the "then" pic, she would only be 52 now; even if she was a (young looking) 40 in the "then" pic, she'd only be 62 now. And the "now" picture looks like she's pretty used up, alas.
By the way, I want to congratulate you, Andy, in case you are in the U.S. because there are damn few of us here who read Der Spiegel very often.
No, it is my second thing I want to rant about. In the U.S. the word "whore" is almost always used as a pejorative. Especially those of us on this forum should know better. During the 1970s I worked in the porn business on the West Coast of the U.S. From time to time I make a comment about one or another of the women I was acquainted with in the business, and I usually get flamed, because there seems to be a crushing desire by many men to believe that the various objects of their fantasy lives are chaste, circumspect young women you'd be proud to take home to Mom.
In interviews Michelle Angelo will go on to positively mind-numbing lengths discussing how she kept her virtue intact as a nude model and dancer. I can't really blame her; it is an artifact of the business because in the 1970s (and I do not have enough experience later to say) virtually every model made her living primarily by providing attention to males for a fee. I recall that a PMOM of the era (Joey Gibson, a really wonderful lady) got bumped from consideration for PMOY because of a conviction for **31** during one of the periodic L.A. crackdowns on escort agencies.
A few years ago the Australian parliament undertook to change the **31** laws and first provided funds for some serious research on the topic. One problem the research staff faced was the negative connotations the topic has. For example, in the U.S. now and in Australia before **31** was legalized approximately .5% (one-half of one per cent; that is, one in 200) women will answer affirmatively when asked in a confidential poll whether they ever worked as a prostitute. But the Australian research pollsters were a bit more imaginative. In a confidential poll (completed on paper anonymously) of a mixed sample 50% women college students and 50% women health care workers, aged 18 to 25 (so skewed toward young women), they asked, "Have you ever participated in sex in exchange for an immediate cash payment with someone you would not otherwise have had sex with?" The surprise was that 9% of the sample answered affirmatively, or 18 times the rate of the much more judgmental question.
I note by scanning the Spiegel article, by the way, that when she left the business, she became a social worker. Now, that's a profession I have problems with.
And I should confess that I'm a lawyer. What are the differences between a prostitute and a lawyer? We charge more, and nobody comes to see me to get happy.
End of rant. Thank you very much.
Next time you meet a **33**, thank her.
Oh, and sometimes I did bring dates to meet Mom. There was one particularly memorable Thanksgiving dinner when my guest was a young lady who, I learned later from her, had made the acquaintance of one of my brothers-in-law on a professional basis. It made for a bit of tension.