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AVN.COM | 1.23 | EDITOR’S NOTE
EDITOR’S NOTE
Abella Danger and Reya Sunshine will forever be connected in adult industry history as hosts of the 40th annual AVN Awards Show on January 7.
But the superstar duo already shared something in common—they’ll never forget January 2016.
That was when Danger won the Best New Starlet and Hottest Newcomer trophies at the 33rd annual AVN ceremony—the most coveted awards for a new female performer in adult. That same week Sunshine attended her first-ever AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, commanding attention at the MyFreeCams booth on the convention floor even though she only started camming 20 days before arriving in Sin City.
Now they’ll take the industry’s biggest stage on the first Saturday of the new year in what will be the first in-person AVN Awards Show in Las Vegas since 2020.
Both women demonstrate what’s possible when talent meets professionalism in the business of sexy. They manage their brands like the multi-million-dollar corporations they are, adapting and thriving in the golden era of independent content creation while building global followings in the process.
They talk more about their final preparation for the 2023 AVNs in this month’s cover feature.
Speaking of industry success stories, we also profiled native Texan Violet Summers, a passionate sports fan who started out flashing in front of baseball stadiums and monuments during a cross-country road trip.
The former car hop at Sonic now enjoys a six-figure monthly income on OnlyFans—she was doing similar numbers on Nudiez prior to that—en route to becoming one of the top creators in the world.
DAN MILLER
Editor-in-Chief