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{{trope|wppage=Hooker with a heart of gold}}
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{{quote|''"You know, Jill, you remind me of my mother. She was the biggest whore in Alameda and the finest woman that ever lived. Whoever my father was, for an hour or for a month -- he must have been a happy man."''
This is a sex worker (Prostitute, Stripper, or Porn Star) who is a good person and might become a love interest for a main character. Underneath the sex kitten exterior there's actually a sweet, innocent flower that needs nurturing. If she doesn't get killed off by an angry pimp, you can typically expect her past to either be quickly forgotten or be mentioned / alluded to constantly.
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Some may take pity on a protagonist and offer him or her a place in [[This Bed of Roses]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the second episode of the ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' series, Yohji Kudo meets and befriends the prostitute Maki, who betrays her pimp for him and ends up dead because of it. Yohji later kills the pimp both to avenge her and because the pimp was one of the targets of Weiss' original mission. Meeting Maki just made the pimp seem that much more despicable, so he enjoys it more than he would have otherwise.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Stacy-X was a member of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' after her brothel was destroyed, and had a rivalry with Husk for Archangel's affections. Sadly, she was [[Put on a Bus]] and wasn't mentioned again until ''[[House of M]]'' some 3 years later, where she lost her powers and was killed shortly after the Decimation.
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* In ''Year One,'' [[Frank Miller]]'s reboot of ''[[Batman]]'', Selina Kyle (Catwoman) is a prostitute who becomes a costumed criminal. In ''[[Long Halloween]],'' set shortly after ''Year One,'' she has given up that lifestyle and used the money she stole to become anti-heroine, member of society, and friend/love interest from Bruce Wayne.
* Averted in ''[[Sin City]]'' where the prostitutes of Old Town are armed to the teeth and are willing to mow down anyone who gets in their way. [[Black and Grey Morality|Which still]] [[Crapsack World|makes them better]] [[Wretched Hive|than the ones they do mow down]].
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== [[Fan
* Joey in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]'' fanfiction ''[[Decks Fall, Everyone Dies
▲* Joey in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]] fanfiction ''[[Decks Fall, Everyone Dies|Decks Fall]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6474469/1/Decks_Fall_Everyone_Dies Everyone Dies]''.
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* Straight example of the Soiled Dove: Dallas in ''[[Stagecoach]]''.
* V from the Melanie Griffith film ''[[Milk Money]]''.
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* Paul Muni encounters one in ''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]''.
* Myra in ''[[Waterloo Bridge]]''.
* Irma ([[Shirley MacLaine]]) in the [[Billy Wilder]] romantic comedy ''[[Irma La Douce]]''.
* Lana (Rebecca De Mornay) in ''[[Risky Business]]''.
* Belinda in ''[[
* All four main characters in ''[[Bad Girls Film]] Bad Girls''.
* Sera (Elisabeth Shue) in ''[[Leaving Las Vegas]]''
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