She calls herself a defender of women’s rights.
A former adult film performer known on screen as Amaranta Hank has traded the camera for the Senate floor. Alejandra Omaña took her Senate seat in Bogotá this week, running on a platform built almost entirely around protections for adult content creators.
The Historic Pact holds 25 seats, making it the largest bloc in Colombia’s Senate. Omaña placed 23rd in the runoff voting that decided her spot.
She called the results a moment of validation, telling supporters afterward, “I feel embraced by my people.”
From Amaranta Hank To The Colombian Senate
Before politics, Omaña worked as a journalist. She entered the adult film industry in 2017 under the name Amaranta Hank and appeared in 26 productions over three years before leaving the business in 2020. Since then, she has built a political career from the ground up. It all started with her winning a regional seat in Norte de Santander before securing her Senate spot with the left-wing Historic Pact party — the same party that backs outgoing President Gustavo Petro.
Omaña has faced plenty of pushback along the way. Critics have argued that her background in porn should disqualify someone from public office. She’s pushed back just as hard, pointing to Italian performer Ilona Staller — better known as Cicciolina — who won a seat in Italy’s parliament decades ago as proof that voters can separate a candidate’s past from her policy platform. That comparison has become a recurring talking point in interviews, giving her a ready answer whenever critics bring up her past.
Alejandra Omaña’s Platform For Adult Industry Workers
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Omaña’s central campaign promise focuses on legal protections for adult content creators, many of whom she says operate without basic labor rights or social security coverage.
“These women have been unprotected by the state because, due to misinformation, prejudice and double standards, no one has declared to regulate it,” Ortiz argued in one of her campaign videos.
She’s also called for stronger enforcement against companies that exploit performers financially, arguing that regulation protects workers rather than punishing them.
“My experience allowed me to understand inequality, the struggle for freedom and the popular economy, arguments that I now promise to bring directly into legislative debate,” Ortiz said.
“The problem is that society consumes adult films but denies us the possibility of speaking in spaces of power.”
Whatever comes next, Omaña’s rise from performer to senator has already made her one of the more talked-about new voices in Colombian politics. Colombia’s political landscape has rarely seen a background quite like hers, and that novelty alone has kept her name in headlines well beyond her home country.
