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FEATURE
Candida Royalle Honored at ‘O’ Awards
Pioneer is first recipient of Chaturbate Female Empowerment Award
Candida Royalle, an award-winning adult actress and director who
front of the camera, she acted in nearly 70 films before deciding that
later turned her attention to the pleasure products segment of the
she belonged behind the camera—a move that solidified her place in
industry, will be the first person honored with the Chaturbate
the history of adult cinema. Royalle created Femme Productions, the
Female Empowerment Award.
first adult production studio to be owned solely by a woman and to
Royalle, who died in September, was selected for the
produce films from a woman’s perspective.
inaugural award based on her pioneering work not only
When she ventured into the pleasure products side of the
in adult movies but also pleasure products. In 1999,
industry, Royalle and Groet worked to create items that were
Royalle partnered with Dutch industrial designer Jandirk
ergonomically designed for easier use. Royalle wanted to
Groet to create the ground-breaking Natural Contours
make sure the non-phallic collection of pleasure products from
vibrators—with ergonomic design that is widely imitated
Natural Contours would fit the curves of a woman’s body.
today.
Considered revolutionary at the time, this concept has since been
The award—created by Chaturbate to recognize strong
followed by many pleasure product manufacturers.
women who’ve made a major impact in various areas of the
Veronica Hart, a close personal friend of Royalle’s for years, will
adult entertainment industry—will be presented during the
attend the ceremony to accept the award on her behalf.
“O” Awards, held at 9 p.m. on January 20 during the AVN
“She was such an amazing visionary and a very powerful,
Novelty Expo. For more information and a full ist of the
influential person,” Hart said of Royalle. “It’s interesting how
nominees, see page 18.
you know that your girlfriends are amazing, but it took her
Born as Candice Vadala on October 15, 1950, in
passing to fully realize all that she had accomplished. She
Brooklyn, Royalle spent most of her life and career
was phenomenal, and always cared about everything she
in the New York City area, though she lived in San
did; I mean everything, from each bite of food, to caring for
Francisco for a time in the 1970s. She entered the
her animals, to working on political causes, to making a
adult industry in 1975, starring in the VCX movie
new genre of films …”
The Analist; over the course of her nine years in
For more, visit NoveltyExpo.com and Chaturbate.com.
David Lampert, creator of
the iconic Sybian sex toy, will
be the 2016 recipient of the
Lifetime Achievement Award
at the “O” Awards.
The ceremony takes place
January 20 at 9 p.m. in the Real
World Suite at the Hard Rock
Hotel and Casino LAS Vegas.
“I am just so excited and
pleased to be receiving this
honor,” Lampert told AVN.
The 85-year-old said he will
attend the ceremony when he
travels to Las Vegas to exhibit
Sybian for the first time ever at
ANE.
Lampert helped to
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Rise of the Machine
Sybian creator David Lampert awarded for Lifetime Achievement
revolutionize the sex toy industry and women’s orgasms when he shipped the first Sybian in December 1987.
The idea for the Sybian came to Lampert in the 1970s, but it wasn’t until 1983 that he really began working on the
creation.
A Sybian is a masturbation device primarily designed for use by women. It consists of a saddle-like seat
containing an electric motor, gearbox speed reducer, and mechanism connected to a rod that protrudes from a hole
in the top center. Various attachments can be added to the rod, which vibrates, rotates and may also stimulate the
clitoris externally. The intensity of the movements produced can be increased or decreased through a control box
attached to the Sybian’s base.
Through the years, Sybian has become one of the most coveted sex toys of all time, thanks to its ability to
help women achieve longer and more intense orgasms, as well as its ability to help women train their bodies to
experience multiple orgasms, Lampert said.
Prior to making his Sybian idea a reality, Lampert lives a completely different life. He graduated from the
University of Illinois with a degree in agriculture, but the day after graduation he took over management of an
Arthur Murray Dance Studio, where he’d worked during his last year in college.
He and his wife, Sandra, taught ballroom dancing classes seven days a week for several years, teaching more
than 20,000 people through the years, he said. During the couple’s contact with so many women, Lampwert said he
learned of women’s desires and more.
“It became pretty clear that women were getting the short end of the stick, so to speak, when it came to sexual
gratification,” he said. “I felt something needed to be done about that.”
Lampert teamed up with a medical doctor to start creating the Sybian, which took several years of development
and research among hundreds of women to get it just right.
“We did a lot of testing, and for a long time we would attend swingers’ functions on a weekly basis to have
women and their partners learn to use the Sybian and see what worked and what didn’t,” Lampert said.
The Sybian, he said, is designed that if used properly can help women achieve orgasms they didn’t know they
were capable of. It can also be use as a training device to help women train their bodies to respond much more
easily to sexual intercourse in a woman-superior position.
In recent years, Lampert has brought more family members into the parent company of Abco Reseach
Associates—a son, a daughter, another daughter’s husband and two granddaughters—and given them the freedom
to expand on the original product. Recent changes include special editions with various coverings and colors, as
well as a new line of attachments. After almost three decades, Sybian continues to be a powerhouse in the industry,
all thanks to Lampert and his desire to help women improve their sexual experiences. For more, visit Sybian.com.
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