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Tera Winters likes to keep it simple with her approach to adult performing.
“I learned really quickly to do what I want to do in the industry and make it fun because it’s supposed to be fun,” Winters says.
“If you really think about porn, it sounds like such a fun job—so make it fun. If it’s work, then it’s no longer that.”
Winters’ positive attitude is serving her well during her return to Porn Valley.
This year she came back to full-time performing after an extended hiatus in which she took care of a medical condition that derailed her career just when it was about to reach the next level over four years ago.
Upon returning, Winters wanted a fresh start, so she changed her stage name—she was Kimber Veils during her first tour around Porn Valley.
“What happened was when I got sick I was super sad because I started getting a bunch of work at the time,” Winters recalls. “My career started to boom and then it abruptly stopped because of it.
“I lost a year of my life dealing with my eye because I thought my career was over. I was like my face is ruined.
“I was sad and right after that I decided to nix the name. So I deleted every social media, everything. ... We’re going to see how this career goes as Tera Winters.”
So far, so good for the gorgeous former exotic dancer from Arizona.
Winters decided to sign again with OC Modeling, the same agency that was booking her when she had to step away the first time. Some of her credits this year include Wankz VR, LoveHerFeet, CherryPimps, BJRaw, Nookies and New Sensations.
Tera tells AVN she’s been doing porn off and on since she was 19—or for about the past 10 years.
When her career was beginning to take off in 2019 she was diagnosed with Graves’ eye disease, also known as thyroid eye disease (TED)—an autoimmune disorder that can cause protruding eyes due to swelling and other symptoms.
“You know that guy off of Harry Potter with the wonky eye? Well I looked like his daughter,” Winters says.
“It was really bad. So I ended up having to turn down a bunch of scenes because I thought my career was over. I had really bad, bulgy eyes.
“And I realized what it was and I ended up needing to get surgery to fix it. So I had to disappear from the porn industry for a while. Then everything kind of went south when 2020 hit. I was just like, you know what? I got my face fixed and I am going to travel.”
So Tera made her way to 22 different states—everywhere except the northeast—around when the country slowed to a halt during the pandemic.
“So I’m starting new four years later. I was like screw it, I’m going to go all in and change my name because I look different now. I used to have long black hair and now I have short blonde hair,” she says.
“I’m also like 20 pounds heavier than I was—I tried to put it in the right places though.”
Winters tells AVN she worked as a traveling stripper for five years, living in hotels for three of them.
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