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FEATURE
NOMINEES SPEAK
Only 15 new adult performers get recognized every year as con-
tenders for Best New Starlet honors at the AVN Awards. What’s on
OTHE 2017 BEST NEW STARLET
their minds in the weeks leading up to the big awards show? We
decided to find out, so we asked each one to send us a selfie and
tell us, “What does it mean to you to be nominated for the 2017
AVN Best New Starlet award?” The winner will be announced at
the AVN Awards Show, taking place January 21, 2017, at The Joint
inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. To find out more about
the nominees in the other categories, go to AVN.com/awards.
Kimmy Granger
Jojo Kiss
To be nominated for Best New Starlet
Not only is being nominated a honor and
feels a little surreal. I never thought that
something that just makes me happy, it’s
when I got into adult films I would be
validation that I’m doing well at my job. Which
here and adored by so many. My fans have
is obviously an amazing feeling! I’m so appre-
been amazing and I can’t even express the
ciative and can’t wait till Vegas in January!
gratitude I feel for them. I have had sooo
many people supporting me and loving me
Katy Kiss
through this crazy ride and I want them
First things first, I can’t thank AVN enough
to know that I love them and couldn’t
for nominating me this year, for multiple
have done it without their comfort and
categories! It truly means so much to me, to
encouragement. I look forward to many
be nominated, specifically for Best New Starlet
more endeavors and I wish the best of luck
because I’ve worked so hard this year! I feel
to all the rest of these beautiful women and
that this will open new doors for me and is the
men I get the pleasure to work with!
moment I’ve always wished for! Not only do
I work in the industry, but I go to school for
Holly Hendrix
music production full time as well! I embrace
This year, I was nominated for Best New
the paste, being a natural redhead having blue
Starlet for the 2017 AVN Awards. WOW!
eyes and a personality down there! I believe
Do I feel honored to be a nominee? I have
I deserve to win this award. It can only get
been a performer in the porn industry
even better from here! Most importantly, I am
for a little over a year now and never
positive and confident!
did I believe I’d see this much success
from myself in just a year! I believe being
nominated for such a position is a blessing.
This is definitely a huge accomplishment
for the beginning of my prolonging career
in the business.
It’s extraordinary to think about this
position—BEST NEW STARLET!? This
is a peak I’ve always always dreamed to
reach! I have surprised many, including
myself, with my huge leap of progression
this year. This title gives me confidence,
motivation, and lots of encouragement
towards being the most successful female
performer I dream to become. Once again, I
am extremely honored for all of this year’s
nominations I’ve earned. Much love to the
AVN team! Excited for AVN Awards 2017!!
Elsa Jean
To be nominated for Best New Starlet
means all my hard work from the beginning
had paid off. I’m beyond excited to see who
wins. This means the world to me and I
have no words for how thankful I am.
Lyra Law
Getting nominated for Best New Starlet by
AVN is an enormous compliment. I was home
sick when I got the text about the nomination
from a friend attending the nomination
party. I think it cured my fever instantly. The
affirmation from one of the leading voices in
porn had me dancing around my apartment,
despite doctor’s orders. Essentially AVN said
that they think that what I’m doing is working.
What a surreal moment ... I remember
one of my first experiences going to AVN
headquarters to interview before having done
my first [boy-girl] scene. I was really nervous
but AVN had a fun energy, even after they had
a long day of interviewing all the new talent. I
was the last to interview and they all still had
the genuine interest to really find out who I
was and what I was bringing to the industry.
That encounter set the tone for my career
over the last year. I’m extremely glad that the
decision I made at AVN that day has worked
out so well. I guess my decision to be my
authentic self has paid off.
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