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“I really didn’t know if I was going to make it...”
The star of Influence came to work today at an estate situated high above Beverly Hills with views that extend to the Santa Monica Bay.
Wearing a pink bikini and shades, she’s sipping a cocktail poolside at the six-bedroom, 10,000 square-foot, $19.9 million hideaway that Vixen Media Group secured for her promotional shoot. Vanna Bardot didn’t think she would be here—as the centerpiece of VMG’s biggest movie
of the year.
“I didn’t think I would be anywhere near here,” she admits.
On this sun-kissed, 80-degree Tuesday in October, Bardot and her Influence co-stars Vicki
Chase, Little Dragon and Queenie Sateen got together to relive some of the most memorable moments from their experience.
“I think it was really nice to be with all the girls going over everything,” Bardot tells me. “I haven’t seen everyone since we wrapped the movie.”
The former hair salon assistant from Miami made her porn debut five-and-a-half years ago, working hard for opportunities that did not come quick.
But despite her underrated start, Bardot stayed focused.
Now the 24-year-old performer enters November 2023 with five AVN Awards on her resumé, an exclusive contract with VMG’s all-girl studio, Slayed, a glittering new showcase filled with career firsts and her most recent accolade—the coveted title of Vixen Angel.
“I had a really slow come-up when I first started,” Bardot recalls. “I didn’t really have quite the same splash as a lot of the other girls who started in the same year as I did.
“And I really didn’t know if I was going to make it...It wasn’t because I didn’t want it. It was just that sometimes things don’t work out for everyone in the way that they want them to.
“And this industry is very competitive with girls.”
On the heels of her five-part crossover showcase, Influence: Vanna Bardot, which rolled out in September, Vanna accepted her Vixen Angel crown on October 17 with a glass of champagne on a yacht in Miami along with fellow VMG stars Violet Myers, Gianna Dior and Jason Luv.
And as part of her prize package, she received a custom Tiffany gold-and-diamond ‘V’ necklace, a collection of Vixen swimwear and lingerie sets.
“I remember getting Penthouse Pet [in January 2021]—and that was really crazy—but I never would’ve thought I would get Vixen Angel, especially with how much more exclusive it is now,” Vanna says.
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