Juliette Porter revealed that starring on Siesta Key "shaped" who she is - and padded her bank account in the process. Porter, 28, recalled being 17 when she filmed the MTV pilot before attending Florida State University with the dream of becoming a lawyer. She said during the Monday, August 11, episode of the "Trading Secrets" podcast that once the series was picked up in 2017, she was only 19 and soon her life trajectory changed, noting that being an attorney is not who she was "at my core.