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dingusstingus
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35 Posts
10/07
Posted - Oct 11 2007 : 11:16AM
I know American stars often have other handles but maybe 1 or 2, or different spellings, but some of these Euro girls have over 10 different monikers.
eduardo911
Senior Member

1299 Posts
8/03
Posted - Oct 11 2007 : 7:25PM
My guess would be that Europe doesn't seem to have the same kind of porn infrastructure and institutions like the US has (no AVN, no Howard Stern show etc).
So there is less to be gained by 'building up a reputation' in an attempt to achieve 'stardom', and more by keeping a low profile and staying as anoymous as possible by changing names a lot.
Some of these girls have regular mainstream modelling careers etc.
The Euro girls that attain a measure of stardom seem to do so primarily by working in the US.
Edited by - eduardo911 on 10/11/2007 7:27:27 PM
Dr. Nasty
Senior Member

Asa Akira.....Damn!
3797 Posts
9/05
Posted - Oct 11 2007 : 7:28PM
also when they come over here they usually get different "suggestions" on what there name should be from companies, directors etc...
Dracula
Member

Women's necks are too damned sexy for me!
756 Posts
3/06
Posted - Oct 12 2007 : 1:16AM
That's a lot of alias, web sites and movies to search through to find that one Euro chick!
Ramsey
Senior Member

Trina Michaels fan
10332 Posts
10/02
Posted - Oct 12 2007 : 1:07PM
My problem is girls using the same names as other pornstars, that's very confusing like there are 2 Helen Duvall's out there for example.
 
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14595 Posts
3/02
Posted - Oct 12 2007 : 4:18PM
I believe the Helen Duval thing was the result of a contract dispute over who actually owned that name - the actress, or her (ex) business partner.
Draxxx
Senior Member

3831 Posts
2/07
Posted - Oct 13 2007 : 12:36PM
That's annoying when I'm looking for a movie with the white Crystal Clear or Cherokee in it and black girls with a overly huge asses get their movies mixed in with theirs. I still haven't ever secen a Crystal Clear (white version) movie. It's most confusing with Cherokee because she's known for having a nice butt too.
With the Euro girls I was curious about seeing Natlie Heck and was looking for some of her stuff and finally realized she was Savana Gold. The strange and funny part is that I have a couple of movies with Savana Gold in them but I still like Natlie Heck better even though I know they're the same person. I've seen a "Natlie Heck" movie and a couple of "Savana Gold" movies and for some reason I think "Heck" is a sexier, better looking, and a better performer that "Gold" even though I now know they're the same girl. I know it sounds weird....
Ramsey
Senior Member

Trina Michaels fan
10332 Posts
10/02
Posted - Oct 13 2007 : 5:04PM
You're right but it's very confusing for the fans. Same for Cherokee that's also mentioned. That's why use the name Cherokee D'Ass when writing about her. I wonder why Candi Apples didn't pick another name since we already had Candy Apples. Same for Lucy Lee.
john thomas
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1168 Posts
6/06
Posted - Oct 16 2007 : 7:55PM
Some Euro companies do like to give girls their own names. So a girl might have one name for all her work with one company and a completely different one for all her work with another. Private and Viv Thomas have been particular offenders in the past but seem now more often to go with the girls standard name so perhaps things are changing.
Then there is the fact that some Euro girls, perhaps the ones who come into porn through more pro-am stuff, might begin their porn careers under their given name and only adopt a nom de porn later on. I can think of a couple of examples where this definitely was the case but with the prohibition on giving a girl's real name I will not repeat them here. (This may also be why some girls change their name if they start working in America.)
Finally a girl might start work with a name that works in her home country but, as she starts to work abroad, finds that it doesn't travel.
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