If you've been reading the site for a while now, you'll probably remember running across a news story about the first in-game Second Life millionaire, a woman by the name of Anshe Chung who has become a real-estate barren, buying up and then selling or renting land to other players. Recently, word has come out that perhaps the entire business got started after earning some money as an exotic masseuse, who used to run classes in virtual lovemaking within the Second Life world.

From the article:

Anshe Chung, the Second Life real-estate magnate, who has become the poster girl of the virtual business world, got her start as an exotic masseuse, who used to run classes in virtual lovemaking.

Anshe is the online persona - or avatar - of former language teacher Ailin Graef who, with her husband, Guntram Graef, have created a booming business inside the Second Life virtual world.

In November, Anshe announced that she had accumulated computer-generated assets worth the equivalent of more than $US1 million (in real money), making her - according to her press release - the world's first virtual world millionaire.

The claims of the avatar's past have come to light after a series of attempts by her company, Anshe Chung Studios, to cajole blogs and websites into removing images and video of a recent attack on her by hackers backfired.

According to a post in the Valleywag blog today, Anshe worked as a "black mistress" and as an "escort" out of a place inside Second Life known as the Cannabis Cathedral.

According to Valleywag, escort services in Second Life "involve going to a restricted area, and watching sexy or kinky 3D animations, while the escort talks dirty".

Read the full article over at smh.com