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WHO’S WHO
FRESH FACES
Jorden Kennedy: In Like a Lion
Hometown: Somewhere in New Jersey | Age: 23 | Height: 5-foot-8 | Weight: 145 pounds | Eyes: Grey/blue | Hair: Brunette
so, and so I constantly had to go to a new
were very adamant that if I wanted to do
school, learn a new city, and I constantly
things like go out with my friends, I had
had to make news friends and adapt to
to use my own money, so from a young
situations so I could fit in and get along
age, I’ve always worked.”
with everybody for about a year—and
In her spare time, Kennedy is quite the
then we’d move again.”
dancer—ballroom, not exotic—and she
But did all that moving make it tough
particularly likes the tango.
to form long-lasting relationships?
“The Argentine tango is a beautiful,
“It did,” she responded. “You have to
passionate, intense dance,” she
be very purposeful in your long-distance
explained, which differs from the
correspondence, but the people that
American tango. “It almost looks like
really matter stick around, so the ones
ballet. … It’s kind of like a mash-up
that are the true-blue friends stick with
that originated in Argentina, and it’s
you throughout the moves.”
a gorgeous dance. It’s done with these
A college graduate in equine science
really cool shoes that have suede on the
with an eye toward becoming a
bottom so you can slide across the floor
veterinarian, Kennedy is currently taking
really easily. It’s a beautiful dance.”
a break from her education.
Kennedy is also something of a
“My goal was to go to vet school, but
horsewoman.
after I graduated, I did an externship at
“I really love horseback riding; that’s
a vet office and I found out that I really
what I did all throughout my childhood
struggled a lot with putting the animals
years, and then through high school and
down,” she admitted. “It was really hard
college, I rode horses,” she said. “I rode
on me, so I wanted to take a break and
Western, English and sidesaddle; and I
kind of reevaluate if that was what I
did polo for a while as well.”
wanted to continue doing, because vet
Animals even figure into her
about what her hometown is,
If Jorden Kennedy is a little unsure
that’s probably because she’s
what’s called an “army brat.”
“Because I was an army kid, we
probably moved around every year or
school is really expensive. So right now,
philosophy of life.
I’m kind of taking a break.
“The words I live by are, ‘Lions are not
“I’ve been working since I was 15,”
worried by the opinions of sheep,’” she
she added. “I started out as a dishwasher
told us. “What that means is, I need to
at a bar. It was a good first job, and it
be myself—not in an arrogant way. …
taught me to work hard, and my parents
When people [say] ‘You should do a real
Iris Rose: Blossoming in L.A.
Hometown: Texas | Age: 18 | Height: 5-foot-5 | 115 pounds | Hair: Blond | Eyes: Hazel
Iris Rose started off as Leigh
Awide-eyed 18-year-old blonde,
Rose but changed her stage
name when she moved to
California. “I wanted something
new. Iris is a flower, and maybe I can
bloom into someone’s fantasy flower,”
she said. “And I wanted to keep Rose.”
Rose started in Las Vegas with Porn
Pros after a friend of hers, Ashley Adams,
introduced her to the business. “She sent
me to the guy she first started off with,
which was Mike with Porn Pros.”
What she likes best about her new
career, Rose said, is getting to travel and
test her limits. One place those limits
were tested was on a Kink.com shot with
Chanel Preston and John Strong, which
she loved. “It was my first Kink shoot,”
Rose said. “I was really scared. But I
loved it. They did everything I never
tried doing before but I wanted to try it.
I wanted to test my limits. Yes, flog me.
Put that gag in my mouth—do it all.”
Despite her age, Rose already has tried
out five jobs before getting into porn.
“I wanted a job, I wanted to work. So I
started working right away,” she said.
“I had worked at Chick-fil-A, that
was my very first job,” Rose said. “I
love Chick-fil-A. My second job was Fun
Spot—it’s an amusement park. And then
I worked at Surf Warehouse … then I
worked at Planet Smoothie. Then Steak
’n Shake—not the best. I didn’t really like
that job. But it is what it is.”
In addition to loving her new job, this
Florida transplant also loves Los Angeles,
even though she finds it “freezing.”
Rose said, “I love that I’m by the
mountains. Everything outdoors is
gorgeous. I feel like the people are nice
and friendly and open. And there are so
many beautiful places in California
job,’ or they give me a hard time about
my appearance, or if I have a bigger butt
than normal, or whatever, I’m just like,
‘You know what? I don’t care about the
sheep’s opinions because I’m a lion, and
so it’s just like I hang out with the other
lions and we’re cool, because we don’t
hang out with sheep.’
“It’s just kind of a self-confidence
thing,” she continued. “Tons of people
will bring you down; everybody will
bring you down, so you can’t also bring
yourself down, so you have to be your
number one fan.”
Kennedy’s only done a few scenes,
but one of her faves was for Girlfriends
Films, directed by Dan O’Connell
and starring Mindi Mink—she can’t
remember the title of it, but we’re
betting that it’s Mother-Daughter Exchange
Club 39.
Find her on Twitter (@JordenKennedy)
and Instagram (therealjordenkennedy)
and book her at IdealImageModels.com.
—Mark Kernes
where you can just walk.”
Among her interests are playing soccer
and donating time to charities (“I really
like helping people a lot”). She’s not sure
exactly what she wants to do in her post-
porn years—perhaps “go full force in the
Marines” or become a nurse—but first
she’s got some more immediate goals.
Those include, she says, booking scenes
with Alexis Texas, Dani Daniel, Keiran
Lee and Bruce Venture.
Follow Iris Rose on Twitter
(@irisrosexxx). To book her, go to
ATMLA.com.
—Sharan Street
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