Melbourne, Jan 20 : Ex-Miss USA and TV actress Kelli McCarty has left her fans shocked after making a new career choice-a porn star.

Starting out as a beauty queen, McCarty took home the title of Miss USA in 1991 and even made it to the finalists in the Miss Universe pageant.

The 39-year-old from Kansas, then took up acting and played Beth Wallace on the soap opera, Passions.

However, recently Kelli bid adieu to mainstream acting for a career in the adult entertainment business.

And now that Kelli has wrapped on her first XXX film, "Faithless," she says that she enjoys her new profession.

"I enjoy acting, and I really like sex . so this was the perfect opportunity to combine two of my passions," The Daily Telegraph quoted her as saying. (ANI)