...the first major porn star to offer her services as a legal prostitute when she began working at the famed Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel in Nevada. Her industry peers were rather judgmental of her decision to engage in legal prostitution while making adult movies and told her that she would likely never work in the adult film industry again. Her peers were proven wrong and Sunset actually opened the door for many adult porn stars to follow suit by offering up their sexual services at legal brothels between studio porn shoots.

During her career, Sunset Thomas was approached by her niece about starting a career in adult films herself, and after explaining what she could expect from such a career Sunset's niece entered the adult industry under the stage name Sunrise Adams.