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WHO’S WHO
Ivy Lebelle
‘I love hamming it up’
Hometown: Los Angeles | Age: 29 | Height: 5-foot-7 | Weight: 135 pounds | 34-27-36 | Hair: Dark brown | Eyes: Blue
Lebelle to try her hand at hardcore. Statuesque, curvaceous, with striking blue
it.”
Her first scene, last December, was for Amateur Allure, the company she
did makeup for. Working with “the owner who was also the talent,” she was
on intimate, familiar ground.
iIt was working as a makeup artist behind the scenes that finally convinced Ivy
eyes, the 29-year-old Los Angeles native “had always fantasized about it, but I was
insecure. Being on sets made me more comfortable with performing one day. It’s
what I always wanted to do, so after a while I decided to pull the trigger and do
“My second scene was for Brazzers—and it was very, very different. I
was very nervous. It was exciting and nerve-wracking, because it was
with a whole crew. I didn’t even meet the male talent until I was
halfway through my pretty-girls—he just came on when it was
time. I thought, OK, this is different.”
She did two more scenes with Brazzers, one with Xander
Corvus—“it was really fun”—and a boy-girl-girl with XXX legend
Monique Alexander and Isiah Maxwell. She also worked for
Burning Angel with Small Hands.
What drew her to performing? “Well, I love sex, That’s
probably the number one thing, that I get to have sex and I get
to do it on camera with hot people. I’m an exhibitionist, so it
definitely allows me to access parts of myself that
I never really got to before. I come alive on
camera. I love the cheesy dialogue, I love
hamming it up for the scene setups. And
then when it comes time for the sex I really
kind of get lost in it.”
She happens to have a boyfriend, Chad
Alva, who is also porn talent. “We’ve been
off and on for like four years.” She says he
did not influence her decision to do porn but has definitely supported it. “I think
he was a little beside himself when I told him I was going do it, but he’s been
nothing but supportive ever since. He was like, ‘Holy shit? OK. Cool.’”
Born and raised in the City of the Angels, Ivy “started doing makeup pretty
much when I turned 18. I worked for a makeup company and then went off and
did freelance for a long time. As a makeup artist I got to do some awesome
stuff and I’m glad I did that.”
To supplement her income she has also worked as a stripper. She
laughs. “You name a strip club in L.A. and I’ve probably worked there
at some point. I was never a full-time dancer but I definitely did the
circuit, to fill in the gaps with my makeup money.”
As for outside interests, she says, “I really love art at any time. I
like checking out exhibits, museums. I’m a big music fan. My taste
is dark wave, post-punk, I like to play that kind of music. I also like
traveling a lot. Whenever I have some money I will find a way to get
out of town. I love experiencing other cultures. I’ve been in Southeast
Asia, Australia, lots of Europe.”
She would really, really like to be shot by Greg Lansky, whose
work she esteems. “I’d love to work for Vixen or Blacked eventually.
I think I have the potential. So far I’ve been really well received,
which is encouraging. The Twitter following has been building. ...
“It’s exciting. I would really love to have some
AVN nominations this year. I would love to
have a full porn career.”
Ivy Lebelle is currently self-booking.
Contact her at ivylebelle@gmail.com. Follow
her on Twitter: @ivylebellexxx.
—Jared Rutter
FRESH FACES | By Jared Rutter/Tod Hunter
Kendra Lynn
‘I look up to the professional girls’
Home state: Indiana | Age: 23 | Height: 5-foot-4 | Weight: 120 pounds | Hair: Blond | Eyes: Brown
Though she’s not new to the business, Kendra Lynn
recently stepped up her ambitions by starting her own
production company. The three-year veteran began her
performing career in Florida: “I had met a girlfriend:
She and her boyfriend were kind of open,
and my boyfriend and I were open, and I
found out she was a porn star who worked
in Miami. I did all the Florida companies,
and I’d come out here [to L.A.] every few
weeks, but if you’re not living out here, a
lot people don’t know you. I moved out
here. The beaches are better here. I love
the mountains, I love being outside.”
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for Real Swingers for Vivid and Neighborhood Swingers
18 with Filthy Rich, Tommy Pistol, Ella Nova and
Whitney Wright. “It was really natural. Tommy Pistol
and I hadn’t met until right before we started the
scene. It was awesome. I squirted all over the place
and I didn’t even know I was doing it.”
She’d like to work with “so many people.” The
ones that came to mind when we asked were
Katrina Jade (“I’m going to work with her in
the next few weeks,” Lynn confided
with a grin), Dani Daniels (“I look
up to her. I love her so much”)
and Abella Danger
The Florida scenes helped Lynn’s
performance skills: “It helped me build
my confidence. Being on camera, being
in front of it, talking. Other girls don’t
think that. I wasn’t as confident about
my body. Now I can just rip off my
clothes, and I love being on camera. I
love being out there.”
Lynn says the best
of her “between 50
and 75” scenes are
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(“We’ve had a lot of conversations, She’s a really cool
girl”).
She prides herself on her work ethic: “A lot of
the girls don’t. I show up. I have my own car. I can
do makeup. I feel it sets me apart. I look up to the
professional girls in the business and I try to be one of
them. I hope it sets me apart.”
In the upcoming year, she’s looking forward to
doing anal on camera for the first time, and has started
her own production company to shoot scenes for
online distribution. Check @TropicalLustXXX for
more information.
Book Kendra Lynn through OC Modeling. Follow
her on Twitter: @KendraLynnxxx.
— Tod Hunter