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“I like the hardcore gonzo stuff.”
She had a male friend in the adult industry whom she accompanied to the AVN Expo last year,
instantly falling in love with the performers she met and the stories they shared. She had toyed
with the idea of doing porn but hadn’t much considered the mechanics.
“I never actually thought about the process of becoming a porn star,” she recalled. “Who are the
connections? What do I do? I never thought about it.”
Nature called while waiting outside for her friend to shoot a scene. “I went inside to use the
bathroom, and the photographer on set made a beeline for me.”
Opportunity knocked next.
“He asked my name,” she said
Though she had never done a scene, she had thought about it enough to pick out a stage name.
“I’m Jewel Diamant,” she announced.
A few months later, that same photographer was shooting her for the February cover of Hustler
magazine, complete with a 14-page spread. There, she struck up a friendship with the head of
the company, who would introduce her to Mark Spiegler, the Willy Wonka of industry agents and
a known catalyst in the careers of countless starlets.
“Spiegler is my golden ticket into all of this,” Diamant beamed. “I went from not knowing what
the fuck I’m doing, wanting to take it seriously, but not having the resources—to connecting with
Spiegler, who’s all like, ‘Let’s go!’ I cannot tell you how much I love it. I am having so much fun!”
Diamant, a professional model for six years, began posing nude while living in Hawaii, where one
of her neighbors happened to be a photographer for an online magazine.
“She had all these artistic shots of girls in Hawaii running around in bikinis,” she remembered.
“Beautiful work. I saw it as art. I’ve always had a thing for sex appeal. When I model and do
scenes now, my favorite thing is how confident I feel in the moment. I feel so good and pretty and
composed.”
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