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WHO’S WHO
Davina Davis
‘It’s a good workout’
Hometown: Providence, Rhode Island | Age: 22 | Height: 5-foot-3 | Weight: 110 pounds | Hair: Brown | Eyes: Hazel
or hitting the weights.
A fitness model who trains in Krav Maga, the self-defense system developed for
the Israeli military, Davis earned her yellow belt earlier this summer.
wWhen Davina Davis steps off the porn set, chances are she’s practicing her strikes
“My idiot friends jumped in the ocean on the Fourth of July at like 3 a.m., like
at Venice Pier, and the riptides took everyone out so I didn’t know what
to do,” Davis says. “So I just went in and tried to get everybody out. We
were out there for like 40 minutes, screaming and yelling.”
“It’s a good workout,” Davis says. “I do bag class, which is like basically the
During her rescue efforts, Davis actually passed out from pulmonary
same thing as punching.”
edema and washed up onshore. All of her friends got back to land safely
The 22-year-old performer from Providence, Rhode Island, has been bringing
with help from the Coast Guard.
that same energy to dozens of performances since March.
Then last month her misfortunes on that stretch of Venice Beach
While only a handful of her new scenes had been released at press time,
continued.
such as Digital Playground’s Secret Desires, Team Skeet’s My First Creampie 13
“The whole block is cursed. I got hit by a bus when I was jogging
and Girlfriends Films’ Hot Box Lovers 2, she has several new ones scheduled
and then three days later on Saturday I fractured my thumb because
to be unveiled soon for studios such as BAM Visions, Naughty America,
some homeless guy pushed me on the same corner. So I’m just not
Nubiles, PornPros, Mofos and CherryPimps, among others.
going there anymore,” she says.
“Everything’s been going pretty good,” Davis says. “It’s fun. It’s
Her run-in with the homeless man happened when she was walking
entertaining.”
with her friend. “He was like hollering at me and my friend and I just
While she continues to build up credits in primarily gonzo and vignette-
told him to go fuck himself,” Davis says, recalling she was wearing
style scenes, Davis says she would love to work in a full-fledged feature
7-inch heels at the time. “They think that I have a stress fracture in my
movie for a studio like Wicked Pictures.
thumb. It feels like it’s healing. I can move it so it’s probably okay. I’m
“I did some mainstream, so I can act,” reveals Davis, whose mainstream
like, what are the odds of the same corner?”
work includes various comedy skits.
Going forward, Davis would like to someday shoot a full sex scene
Now represented by LA Direct Models, Davis stripped for a year
with two-time AVN Male Performer of the Year James Deen.
and a half before moving to LA. In her spare time Davis also surfs and
“I’m just going to see where I am in a few months, because I know
knows her way around a Lyra—or aerial hoop.
when you’re new you get booked more,” Davis says. “I’ll just take it as
She learned how to surf while living on the East Coast, but she
far as I can go.”
had not been in the water for almost a year.
Davina Davis is represented by LA Direct Models. Follow her on
On the Fourth of July in 2016 she was partying with friends on
Twitter: @daveenadavis. Photo by Rick Garcia/@IndustryByRick
Venice Beach when the hijinks took an unexpected turn.
—Dan Miller
FRESH FACES
Lexi Luna
‘I had to do my research’
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana | Age: 28 | Height: 5-foot-7 | Weight: 135 pounds | 34-28-38 | Hair: Brown | Eyes: Brown
to Los Angeles. The tall, voluptuous Indiana native, who now calls Fort Lauderdale
home, has had success in the South Florida porn scene and now means to make a
wider impact.
Luna quit a teaching career to join the adult industry last spring—but she made
tLexi Luna hit the AVN offices on the tail end of her “rollercoaster” networking visit
I’ve been having a rollercoaster of a time. So many people have been so warm and
welcoming.
“The people I’ve met in the industry are the most helpful and positive people I
know. Every time I leave a conversation I feel more empowered and excited to do
the work. If I’m feeling empowered and I’m ready to go out and make video and
sure to look before she took the leap. Approached on Fetlife.com, (“the social
network and do my job, then it’s been a great day.”
network for the Fetish BDSM & Kinky community” with 5 million members) she
Her porn ambitions extend beyond performance. “I’d love to get behind the
researched the company that made her the offer.
camera, I’d love to write scripts. I’m constantly writing notes in my book about
She realized that teaching “was not satisfying me at all. I’d given it five good
ideas I have for videos and things like that.
years of really trying to turn around my feelings for teaching, my passion, and it
“I really hope to accomplish some education as well, teaching teens, 18,19-year
didn’t happen. So once I got to the point of mid-career crisis—I’m five years into
old girls and guys about sexuality, about being safe in whatever you do. Having
teaching and it’s not something I can retire from because we know that educators
someone who doesn’t judge you and wants to help you learn and explore your
are overworked and underpaid. So the opportunity came at the right time.
interests in a very safe way, that is the kind of education that I want to get into.”
“I had to do my research, though, because I know this is something
Topping her to-do list for action is a gangbang. “I like to be the center of
you just can’t try and then come back to real life. So I really had to take
attention—and what better place to be the center of attention than a gangbang? I’d
the time to think about it. I decided it was something I could do and
also like to dominate two hot guys and make them serve their mistress. I am eager
just jumped in.”
to work with Jelena Jenson, Jillian Janson, Tia Cyrus, Johnny and Kissa Sins, and
After camming and work on fetish sites she soon gained
Jay Smooth.”
attention in Florida. She did a scene for Reality Kings with
Off-camera pursuits? “Well, in Florida the weather’s always beautiful and
Bruce Venture (“Fuzzy Peach”), a threeway with Cristi Ann and
sunny, so I go to the beach a lot. There’s a great nude beach close to me,
J-Mac for Bang Bros. (“Invasion 19”) and a scene with Xander
so I like to go there. A couple of my cam girlfriends in South Florida,
Corvus for Brazzers. For Blazed Studios, she scored box covers
we hang out and inspire each other.” She also loves “trying new
for Blowjobs and Stockings and (with Reagan Lush) for Two Broke
restaurants, traveling, camming, shopping, board games, and to
Sluts.
binge watch Netflix.”
“I’ve been talking to some agents but I don’t have one yet. I
Any regrets about leaving teaching? “Absolutely not. I am
really enjoy self-booking. I do a lot of fetish work and those things
doing what I love, I am doing what I want, that’s what life is all
are easier to book on your own. But I’m aware that in L.A. it makes
about.”
it a lot easier [with an agent].”
To book her, email lexi@lexilunaxoxo.com. Follow her on
Part of her trip to Porn Valley was to scope out the territory,
Twitter: @lexilunaxoxo. Photo by Rick Garcia/@IndustryByRick
but part was just to enjoy. “This is my first time in L.A. and in
—Tod Hunter
California in general, so I’ve been playing tourist—so much fun ...
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