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He thanked ImLive, which bestows a special gift upon the top three
performer winners, and the show’s presenting sponsor Chaturbate,
along with his wife.
“You rock and I love you.”
Shyla Jennings took home the All-Girl Performer of the Year honor
for the second time in three years since the award was created.
The recently named Girlsway Girl of the Year is a five-year industry
veteran from Texas.
She thanked her “LVLZ crew, Girlsway and Girlfriends Films.” Last
time she won the award in 2014 she wasn’t in Vegas to accept it.
“It’s awesome to hold this trophy,” Jennings said backstage.
“Wow.”
The award for Best Parody went to Axel Braun’s sensational Peter
Pan XXX from the Wicked Fairy Tales line. The silly sendup starred
British stud Ryan Ryder in the title role along with Keira Nicole in
the role of Wendy, Steven St. Croix (Captain Hook) and Riley Steele
(Tinker Bell).
Twice Is Nice
Venus Lux Discusses Back-to-Back Transsexual
Performer of the Year Wins
won AVN’s Transsexual Performer of the
It’s hardly surprising that Venus Lux has
Year for the second year in a row when
one considers everything that’s going
on in the Asian beauty’s life over the past
year—but she’s still a bit overwhelmed by
the win anyway.
But that’s only part of what makes Venus
Lux a star in her field.
“Transglobal magazine has been a passion
project of mine since Day One, before the
“I thought the first time was difficult
enough; now winning again has sealed
the deal, meaning that my performances
have been well received,” she told AVN.
“As a performer, you’re always challenging
yourself to be a better performer and to
reach new heights, and when you have
that expectation of yourself, nothing really
seems to be satisfactory, so I’m always
working hard, and now that I have a second
AVN Performer of the Year underneath my
belt, it feels very accomplished.
“Thank God for my staff!” she added.
“Unfortunately, I kind of stumbled on stage
and forgot to thank my staff who have been
with me for so long, and have helped me
assemble the things I have and really see
my vision and have stayed with me through
thick and thin and helped me establish my
brand further.” (Lux, pictured above back
stage at the awards; photo by Chris King.)
Fact is, this hasn’t been a big year for
Venus in terms of video output. She starred
in three scenes for Kink.com, but perhaps
the bigger news is that the deal she inked
with Pulse Distribution late in 2014 to
market her Venus Lux Entertainment
signature videos has finally borne fruit.
Venus Lux Fantasies, which was announced
in late 2013, was released in June, followed
quickly by her TS Fetishes, and the star
expects to street several more this coming
year.
adult industry, before anything happened,”
she confided. “I worked in non-profits for
eight years before joining the adult industry,
so having this kind of outlet to be able to
express myself and share my experiences to
a community that I’m very well immersed
in and a part of, I need to feel that sense
of giving back somehow, and so I created
Transglobal to be able to help others have
a platform to express themselves and to
showcase their stories and experiences
as a transgender person, and to inform
those who don’t know too much about the
transgender world and its many lifestyles.”
But even that’s not all! Her writings have
been collected into a volume called Venus
Lux Diaries, which is available as an e-book
on Amazon, and she hopes to release a
hardcover edition soon—and possibly to
expand her tales of the trans world into a
novel or an autobiography.
“I thought the first time
was difficult enough; now
winning again has sealed
the deal, meaning that my
performances have been
well received.”
—Venus Lux
But most of all, she wants to give back to
her community.
“In the transgender industry, we have
no managers, no agents,” she noted, “so
you have to be able to dictate your own
career and control the success. That’s
the reason why I choose to show others
the experiences I’ve been through and to
elaborate on some of the things that could
be beneficial to them—and also for those
who haven’t had the opportunities I’ve had
in the past, to help them create their own
voice.”
As for the future, Venus is currently in
discussions with several manufacturers
about the release of her first transsexual
toy line, something she notes that the adult
community hasn’t seen in many years.
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