‘Inappropriate’ Olympic swimmer Luana Alonso joins OnlyFans

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The Olympic swimmer who caused a stir at this year’s Summer Games in Paris for her ‘inappropriate’ behavior is now taking her talents to a website that specializes in the inappropriate.

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Luana Alonso made headlines during the Olympics for her alleged out-of-competition exploits, leading to accusations from her country’s Olympic Committee of behavior worthy of sending her home from the Olympic Village.

Now the 20-year-old swimmer has turned to OnlyFans, seemingly looking to capitalize on her fame or infamy.

According to TMZ, Alonso charges $35 per month for exclusive content on the website.

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She rose to popularity as a social media influencer by posting sultry snaps of herself in revealing swimwear and documenting her trip to Paris on her Instagram account.

But her relationship with the Paraguayan Olympic Committee (COP) soured after she failed to qualify for the 100m butterfly semi-final and subsequently abruptly retired – while still stuck in Paris and staying in the Olympic Village.

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According to Larissa Schaerer, the head of COP, Alonso created “an inappropriate atmosphere” around the team and they were asked to leave the athletes’ dormitories.

“Her presence creates an inappropriate atmosphere within Team Paraguay,” Schaerer said in a statement.

“We thank her for acting as instructed, as she did not spend the night in the Athletes Village of her own free will.”

The Daily Mail also reported that Alonso was accused of being a distraction to her fellow competitors with her sociability and dress.

She was often seen in stylish outfits instead of team uniforms and chose to take a trip to Disneyland Paris instead of cheering on her compatriots.

However, Alonso fired back at these reports, insisting that it was “false information” and that she had not been asked to leave.

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“I just wanted to make it clear that I have never been removed or expelled from anywhere, stop spreading false information,” Alonso wrote in her Instagram Stories in Spanish, according to the Daily Beast.

“I don’t want to make a statement, but I also won’t be influenced by lies.”

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The post was shared alongside a sunset photo as she sipped a drink.

The added attention from the controversy has many more eyes on the former Olympian. Since her participation in the Paris Games, Alonso has seen her number of followers on Instagram more than double: from about 500,000 to more than 1.1 million on Tuesday morning.

Alonso also made headlines for reportedly saying she wanted to compete for the US team at the Summer Games instead of representing her home country.

“I want to represent the United States more,” Alonso reportedly said during a social media video ahead of the Games, Paraguayan outlet HOY reported.

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According to the report, Alonso wanted to change her allegiance because she was studying in the US and also because the Olympic qualifications in America are very different than in Paraguay.

She competed for a season at Southern Methodist University as a sophomore and also attended Virginia Tech University in 2021-2022.

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The 20-year-old had qualified for the women’s 100m butterfly under the universality system, which is designed to increase the diversity of countries participating in the Games.

During the video, Alonso is said to have criticized the way the COP treated its athletes.

“They threaten me that they are going to publish a statement, that I am going to leave because of the universality. If I support my sport, it is thanks to my sponsors. They want to humiliate me and say: ‘It’s okay that you’re leaving because of universality’ and like no Paraguayan woman has ever left a mark on the Olympic Games, and to tell me that and besides I’m still a second away, is nothing,” Alonso said.

She added that there were tensions with Olympic teammates and Paraguayan officials, who did not “support” or “trust” the athletes.

“It is no pleasure to represent Paraguay and if it were up to me, I would go back to university,” she said.

COP president Camilo Perez called out Alonso, saying her times would not have been good enough to make the US team.

“I read that she wants to compete for the United States,” Perez said, according to UNILAD. “There is no universality there. She came here as a Paraguayan. She needs to train a lot more to represent the US, her times need to be a lot better.”

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