Zara Whites (born Esther Kooiman, 8 November 1968) is a French-Dutch former

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. Zara Whites dropped out of school at an early age and moved in with her boyfriend when she was 17. In her late teens she worked as a

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and at the age of 19, as a prostitute in two men's clubs in

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Career in pornography

In 1992, she was briefly married to Italian porn actor Roberto Malone and reoriented her career towards non-sex roles in soft core with a French TV series for M6, ''

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''. In 1998, she made a comeback with a lesbian hardcore movie,
La Dresseuse
' directed by

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Campaigner for animal rights

She has appeared in various French TV programmes on issues such as the

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and

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. In 2006, Zara published her autobiography, titled ''Je suis Zara Whites mais je me soigne''. She was nominated for the French electoral campaign of 2007, by the name of Esther Spincer.Liberation: Woman With Hair
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References

Works

* Zara Whites (1992). ''Ma vie et mes fantasmes'' –

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– ''(NOTE: in French)''. * Zara Whites (2006), ''Je suis Zara Whites mais je me soigne'' – Jean-Claude Gawsewitch – ''(NOTE: in French)''.

External links

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Blog of Esther Kooiman / Zara Whites
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whites, Zara 1968 births Living people Dutch activists Dutch women activists Dutch pornographic film actresses Dutch prostitutes People from Binnenmaas