Porn Stars
we're working on a draft proposal to be sent to the standards committee next monday ... check back in 2 weeks and we'll let you know what the final definition is ... J/K (just kidding) 
see, here's the deal. folks on this board have spent many 100s of Kbytes of discussion space on this topic and while a complete and thorough concensus has not yet emerged, one thing is for sure ... we know what/who ISN'T a pornstar! 
now as TJ and Mathesar have already indicated one must really give up the word STAR to begin with (even in Hollywood it's not clear what "star" means) ... i'll even go further, let's not even bother with STARLET which has equally vague and troublesome connotations that go with it
so let's stick with ACTRESS ... once you agree on this, then you must concede that to be an "actress" you must be recognized according to the standards of the industry. in porn per se, that means you probably work out of LA (almost a must), somehow or another you went through the World Modeling Agency (not modeling modeling, but modeling modeling, if you know what i mean or in someway or another worked your way up thru the rank and file of that "community" ... and/or worked with established companies like West Coast Video (and their ilk) or even high-end ones like Elegant Angel, Wicked, Vivid and so on ... no matter what other circumstanes there are, if you have actually worked with one of these companies then ... dagnabbit! ... you just may be a porn ACTRESS!
now ultimately what ACTRESS means is that you should have been IN a video/DVD title (maybe not on the cover necessarily, but appeared in and listed, maybe even not listed but appeared in, although that might be stretchcing it a bit). now this title has to be something that can be grabbed off the shelf in a store (not pure digital content on a website, we're talking about a *physical* product here, something that can be shipped to you from a warehouse say) ... an alternative definition (although related) is that your screen name shows up in one of the many adult video databases like www.iafd.com and so on
so by all the above, i'm afraid no matter how popular you are and how huge your internet fan base is, you're better off calling yourself an adult entertainment (or porn) MODEL than "pornstar" (which would frankly be a bit pretentious and would put some people off)
JMHO ... and hope this helps ... oh yes, FIGHT THE POWER!
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[DISCLAIMER] ... i should add that i'm very, how shall we say, "chemically-altered" right now, so if none of this stuff makes any sense, you'll excuse me i'm sure!
we're working on a draft proposal to be sent to the standards committee next monday ... check back in 2 weeks and we'll let you know what the final definition is ... J/K (just kidding)
see, here's the deal. folks on this board have spent many 100s of Kbytes of discussion space on this topic and while a complete and thorough concensus has not yet emerged, one thing is for sure ... we know what/who ISN'T a pornstar!
now as TJ and Mathesar have already indicated one must really give up the word STAR to begin with (even in Hollywood it's not clear what "star" means) ... i'll even go further, let's not even bother with STARLET which has equally vague and troublesome connotations that go with it
so let's stick with ACTRESS ... once you agree on this, then you must concede that to be an "actress" you must be recognized according to the standards of the industry. in porn per se, that means you probably work out of LA (almost a must), somehow or another you went through the World Modeling Agency (not modeling modeling, but modeling modeling, if you know what i mean or in someway or another worked your way up thru the rank and file of that "community" ... and/or worked with established companies like West Coast Video (and their ilk) or even high-end ones like Elegant Angel, Wicked, Vivid and so on ... no matter what other circumstanes there are, if you have actually worked with one of these companies then ... dagnabbit! ... you just may be a porn ACTRESS!
now ultimately what ACTRESS means is that you should have been IN a video/DVD title (maybe not on the cover necessarily, but appeared in and listed, maybe even not listed but appeared in, although that might be stretchcing it a bit). now this title has to be something that can be grabbed off the shelf in a store (not pure digital content on a website, we're talking about a *physical* product here, something that can be shipped to you from a warehouse say) ... an alternative definition (although related) is that your screen name shows up in one of the many adult video databases like www.iafd.com and so on
so by all the above, i'm afraid no matter how popular you are and how huge your internet fan base is, you're better off calling yourself an adult entertainment (or porn) MODEL than "pornstar" (which would frankly be a bit pretentious and would put some people off)
JMHO ... and hope this helps ... oh yes, FIGHT THE POWER!
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[DISCLAIMER] ... i should add that i'm very, how shall we say, "chemically-altered" right now, so if none of this stuff makes any sense, you'll excuse me i'm sure!