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Angela White, Harli Lotts tapped as 2018 AVN Awards Show hosts
On July 13, the co-hosts of the 2018 AVN Awards Show
were revealed to the hundreds of guests assembled at
the second annual AVN House Party. At the event, which
was sponsored by MyFreeCams.com, the night began with a
star-studded red carpet and a set by vocalist Vonzell Solomon,
aka Baby V, who took third place on American Idol (behind Carrie
Underwood and Bo Bice). Then up came AVN Media Network
CEO Tony Rios, who let the cat out of the bag, calling on
performer/director Angela White and cam star Harli Lotts one at
a time and then showing a video of the two together.
Rios expressed his delight with the two adult celebrities
chosen to be the faces of the 2018 AVN Awards Show. “Both
Angela and Harli are superstars in their own right,” Rios
asserted. “They both have this wonderful mix of talent, beauty,
brains and absolutely no aversion to taking risks. As we take the
AVN Awards to yet another level in 2018, I can’t think of a better
combo to do just that.”
Contacted the night before the party, both women were
tingling with anticipation— and even though they’d been in the
know for weeks, they were still genuinely astonished to find
themselves tapped for one of the most high-profile gigs in the
adult industry: hosting the porn industry’s equivalent of the
Oscars in a variety show that eventually will be broadcast on
cable networks around the globe.
FOR ME THE AVN
AWARDS IS ALL ABOUT
CELEBRATING THE
INDUSTRY, AND I’M ALWAYS SO EXCITED
TO BE THERE AND
CELEBRATE ALL THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
THAT THE ENTIRE
INDUSTRY HAS MADE
OVER THE YEAR.
—ANGELA WHITE
AVN HOUSE PARTY
Angela White is no stranger to the AVN Awards, having
taken home multiple trophies the past two years and served as a
presenter at the 2017 show. But she was caught off guard when
she was asked to host the 2018 show. “I still can’t believe it,
actually. It still feels like a dream,” White said. “I was absolutely
shocked when I came into the office and Tony gave me the news.
Even now, talking about it, is it real?”
She added, laughing, “My cheeks hurt afterwards from smiling
so much.”
Harli Lotts, who in just two short years has become one of the
top names on MyFreeCams.com, also made her presence felt on
the AVN Awards Show stage—but in a way that suits this cam
star’s quirky personality. At the 2017 show, she and fellow MFC
performer Kati3kat agreed to “pull a Kanye” if one of them were
to win the Fan Award for Favorite Cam Star. When Kati3kat’s
name was called, Lotts jumped into action, grabbing the mic
while Kati3kat acted out the part of a sideswiped Taylor Swift.
DYNAMIC DU0 2018 AVN Awards Show hosts Angela White and Harli Lotts. Photo by Jeff Koga/@KogaFoto.
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