These "model"s are inspirational and empowering (so long as they're other people's daughters)

What you call it? I honestly don't know what you're getting at.

Soft core prostitution.

Yes, an accurate term and at least a somewhat humanizing one. Finding it objectionable probably says more about you than it does about sex workers.

Not at all trying to dehumanize anyone. Just don’t think pornography should be ubiqitous on the internet. A simple “adult models” would have been better. I don’t want my 7 year old daughter to search top paid models and end up finding this list of models.

Why are other high paid models who flaunt their sex appeal appropriate role models?

Let me be more specific: why is someone posing in a bikini or advertising Carl’s Jr. more appropriate than someone cooking dinner in a short skirt?

I’m sorry that your 7 year old is exposed to sexuality earlier than you feel comfortable with. That’s surely tough to navigate. But it’s not restricted to explicitly designated porn.

By definition (or at least by a definition I recognize), model is a person or thing used as an example to follow or imitate. Personally, I don't really care, but I can see why it might be difficult for some to accept some of the performers as models.

Maybe they should watch the models more and learn some things.