10th AVN Awards

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10th AVN Awards
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The 10th Annual AVN Awards Show VHS box cover
DateJanuary 1993 (1993-01)
Site Bally's Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada
Hosted by
Produced byGary Miller
Directed byS. Marco DiMercurio
Highlights
Best PictureFace Dance, Parts 1 & 2 (Best Film)
Most awardsThe Party (8)

The 10th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), honored pornographic films released in 1992 in the United States and took place in January 1993, at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. [2] During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 67 categories. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by S. Marco DiMercurio. Actor Randy West hosted the show for the second consecutive year, with actresses Porsche Lynn and Ona Zee as co-hosts. [1] [3]

Contents

The Party won eight AVN awards but Best Film went to Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2, which also won Best Director—Film for John Stagliano. [1]

Winners and nominees

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony in January 1993. Ashlyn Gere won the grand slam of erotic acting: Female Performer of the Year, Best Actress in a Feature Film and Best Actress in a Video. [1] [4]

Major awards

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Rocco Siffredi, Male Performer of the Year winner
Ashlyn Gere, Female Performer of the Year, Best Actress--Film and Best Actress--Video winner Ashlyn gere adjusted.jpg
Ashlyn Gere, Female Performer of the Year, Best Actress—Film and Best Actress—Video winner
Mike Horner, Best Actor--Film winner Mike Horner.jpg
Mike Horner, Best Actor—Film winner
John Stagliano, Best Director--Film winner John Stagliano 2009.jpg
John Stagliano, Best Director—Film winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Best FilmBest Shot-on-Video Feature
  • Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2‡ [1] [3] [4]
    • Bonnie and Clyde
    • The Secret Garden 1 & 2 [1]
Male Performer of the Year Female Performer of the Year
Best New StarletBest Tease Performance
Best Actor—FilmBest Actress—Film
Best Actor—VideoBest Actress—Video
Best Supporting Actor—FilmBest Supporting Actress—Film
Best Supporting Actor—VideoBest Supporting Actress—Video
  • Melanie Moore, The Party‡ [1] [3]
Best Sex Scene, FilmBest Sex Scene, Video (Couple)
Best Sex Scene, Video (Group)Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video
Best Gonzo VideoBest Amateur or Pro-Am Video Series
  • More Dirty Debutantes‡ [1] [3]

Additional award winners

These awards were also announced at the awards show. [1]

Honorary AVN awards

Special Achievement Award

Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1993 were: Erica Boyer, David Christopher, Debi Diamond, Jim Holliday, Fred J. Lincoln, Richard Mailer, William Margold, Peter North, Loni Sanders, Jeff Stryker, Marc Wallice, Ona Zee [1] [4]

Multiple nominations and awards

The following twelve movies received multiple awards:

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. The show's trophy girl was Shayla LaVeaux. [1] [3]

Presenters

Presenters
Name(s)Role
Alexis DeVille
Madison
Kelly O'Dell		Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Video and Best Supporting Actress—Video
Tiffany Million
Jonathan Morgan
Leena		Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Film and Best Supporting Actress—Film
Raquel Darrian
Janine Lindemulder 		Presenters of the awards for Best All-Girl Sex Scene and Best Group Sex Scene
Sharon Mitchell
Lynn LeMay
Sheila Stone		Presenters of the awards for Best Tease Performance and Best Amateur or Pro-Am Series Video Series
Sean Michaels
Sunny McKay		Presenters of the awards for Best Sex Scene on Film and Best Sex Scene on Video
Hyapatia Lee
Rick Savage		Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year
Ona Zee
Randy West 		Presenters of the award for Best New Starlet
Tony Tedeschi
Domonique Simone
Taylor Wane 		Presenters of the awards for Best Actor in a Feature Film and Best Actress in a Feature Film
Tom Byron
Angela Summers 		Presenters of the awards for Best Actor in a Shot-on-Video Feature and Best Actress in a Shot-on-Video Feature
Ashlyn Gere
Jon Dough 		Presenters of the award for Feature Film of the Year
Ona Zee
Randy West 		Presenters of the award for Best Shot-on-Video Feature

Performers

Performers
Name(s)RolePerformed
Randy West
The Stingers		PerformersOpening number: “We Put the X in Sex”
Bobby Slayton PerformerStandup comedy
Chi Chi LaRue
The Stingers		PerformersMusical number: “Two Tons of Love”

Ceremony information

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Randy West hosted the 10th AVN Awards

Actor Randy West hosted the show for the second consecutive year. His co-host for the first half of the show was Porsche Lynn while Ona Zee co-hosted the last half. Randy West opened the show with a song, “We Put the X in Sex”, the lyrics of which contained names of several actors and actresses. [1] [3]

Several other people were involved with the production of the ceremony. The live show was produced by Gary Todd while musical direction was undertaken by Mark J. Miller. A VHS videotape of the show was also published and sold by VCA Pictures, which was produced and directed by S. Marco DiMercurio. [3]

There were several new categories this year, including Female Performer of the Year, Male Performer of the Year, Best Gonzo Video and Best Amateur or Pro-Am Video series. [1] [3]

Chameleons was announced as both the top selling movie and the top renting movie of the year. [1]

Critical reviews

Hustler magazine was critical of the awards, pointing out the Best Marketing Campaign award went to a video that wasn't released in 1992, and adding, “No matter. The AVN show isn't about accuracy. The annual exercise is a tuxedo-clad circle-jerk from AVN to all its advertisers. The joke is watching so many smut peddlers and performers take it seriously.” [2]

Cheri magazine was more charitable, calling the awards “the porn industry's biggest party of the year.” [4]

See also

Notes

^1 Randy Spears was announced as the winner of Best Supporting Actor—Film in VCA Pictures' VHS videotape of the awards show, and a clip featuring him in The Secret Garden is shown. [3] Cheri magazine also reported Spears as the winner of this category. [5] However, Adult Video News magazine reported that the category was won by Joey Silvera for his role in Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2. [1] AVN has repeated this in its lists of past winners published online and in subsequent awards show official programs. AVN did not report whether an error was made at the show, so it may be an error in their publications.

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