Mia Khalifa (born February 10, 1993, in Beirut) is a Lebanese-American media personality who became a global sensation in 2014 after starring in a controversial pornographic scene wearing a hijab, which drew both immense popularity and severe backlash, including death threats and being publicly disowned by her parents. Despite her adult film career lasting only three months, she was voted the top performer on Pornhub in 2015 and became the most-searched actress on the site in 2016 and 2018. After leaving the industry, she reinvented herself as a webcam model, OnlyFans creator, and sports commentator, while also advocating for sex workers' rights and launching her own jewelry line in 2023. Growing up in a conservative Catholic family, she moved to the US in 2001, faced bullying after 9/11, and later earned a history degree from the University of Texas at El Paso. Khalifa defended the controversial scene as satire and criticized Lebanese media for focusing on her instead of more pressing political issues.