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“I love painting people and realistic faces in a dramatic fashion...”
Kitt likened the Twistys Treat honor to the Miss America pageant.
“And there are only 12 [Twistys Treats] in a year,” she says. “Imagine that level of competition, imagine being able to achieve that out of all the women in the adult industry. It leaves you with a feeling of disbelief. It took me a while to actually accept that it’s happening.”
Kitt, who is represented by OC Modeling, was a featured model in the 2023 AVN Awards graphics reel and also presented an award live on stage on January 7 in Las Vegas.
She has performed in more than 60 scenes for numerous leading studios since her industry debut.
“I honestly didn’t really feel the effects of all the work I’ve put in and the opportunities I’ve had until AVN this year,” Kitt says. “That was my first AVN ever. It’s weird... Because you think you’re doing a good job and you think you’re growing and think you’re rising and you’re becoming more recognizable but you don’t really have proof of that.
“But it’s only been two-and-a-half years since I started and I’ve accomplished a lot It’s been a whirlwind.”
She continues, “There’s a rush when you first start and after you get past that rush, things just slow down. And now I’m actually starting to build a brand and take off in a sense.”
A former professional go-go and burlesque dancer who “came out of retirement” to dance at EDC Las Vegas last year, Kitt says she recently took up oil painting “as a way to just kind of burn off my extra energy and channel the stress that comes with being so busy.”
“That’s what dancing used to be for me, a stress reliever,” she says.
Kitt, who was born near a military base in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, and moved to Oklahoma when she was 6, likes the neoclassical era of art.
“I love painting people and realistic faces in a dramatic fashion,” she says, adding she has been inspired by the work of the late Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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