Allanah Starr
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Allanah Starr is an American
male-to-female transsexual pornographic actress, performance artist, model, and party promoter.
She was born in Cuba
and emigrated to the United States
at five, with her family. Her father had been a political prisoner. She grew up in Miami, Florida
, but later relocated to New York City
around 1999.
She has described herself as having "always felt extremely effeminate", but did not start dressing as a female until after high school, when she attended art school. She describes her transition
as an "evolvement of her femininity" since "I just changed the outside to match what I always felt inside of me. The change was purely cosmetic, I've always felt the same internally".
While attending art college and before her transition, Starr developed a career as a performance artist in Miami Beach during the mid 90's. She was a club kid that became well known for her outrageous costumes, make up, and performances in the local media and social circuit. She went to achieve nightclub fame and performed for the likes of Madonna
at her 32 birthday party (which was chronicled years later by her brother in his book Life With My Sister Madonna, Gianni Versace
New Year's Eve parties at his home before his death, and several high profiled events. Starr chose to retire from performing two years into transition as she felt "it was not fun anymore".
Her films include Allanah Starr's Big Boob Adventures, directed by transsexual Gia Darling
, which included a pornographic first: a filmed sex scene between a male-to-female transsexual and a female-to-male transsexual (Buck Angel
). For that performance she was nominated for two AVN Awards including Transsexual Performer Of The Year and Most Outrageous Sex Scene. During that time she was the only transsexual in the adult industry to hold a contract with a major production company, Gia Darling Entertainment.
Her first appearance in adult erotica was on the Grooby Productions
web site "ShemaleYum", and her first hardcore appearance was in the video and DVD
"Shemale Yum presents Mixed Nuts and a Chocolate Chip." She has worked with pornographic photographers Tony Vee and Joey Silvera
.
Starr has had 60 cosmetic surgeries and over 300 cosmetic procedures. She has modeled herself after the figures and faces of Jayne Mansfield
, Jessica Rabbit
, and Sophia Loren
. Part of her surgical journey has been documented by The Maury Povich Show, Cosmetic Surgery Live
, and New Magazine
She has been featured on MTV
, The Maury Povich Show, Channel 5 UK, Playboy TV
, HBO, and The Howard Stern Show, and in New York Magazine, New York Press
, and The Village Voice
. She runs club events in New York City
for transsexuals and their fans.
In January 2008, She won the AVN Award for Transsexual Performer Of The Year.
Afterwards, Starr's body was molded by Top Co Sales, an adult sex toy manufacturer, as part of their celebrity series, the model debuting January 2009. She was the second transsexual in the world, following Gia Darling to have such a contract. The first toy released was a mold of Starr's mouth.
Starr was the subject for British artist Marc Quinn
sculptures along with fellow porn star Buck Angel
. The show opened in London in the Spring of 2010 at The White Cube Gallery which featured sculptures of Michael Jackson
, Pamela Anderson
, amongst others. Starr is depicted in two sculptures with Buck Angel. In the first, they are standing nude holding hands as a post modern Adam and Eve and in the second, a sex position in which Allanah is penetrating Buck. The sculptures are life size and made in bronze.
In 2011 Allanah appeared in the video of the Bob Sinclar
remix of Rafaella Carra's 'A Far L'Amore' which became a number one hit in Italy and a success throughout Europe. The video was filmed in Milan at the Dolce & Gabbana restaurant GOLD. In October 2011 Starr appeared on the cover of the Phillip Toledano book 'A New Kind Of Beauty' which depicts individuals with large amounts of plastic surgery photographed in the style of the paintings of the Dutch Masters. She had met and modeled for Toledano two years prior in New York, and was selected as the cover by Toledano personally. She was also featured in Polaroid artist Jeremy Kost's book 'It's Always Darkest Before Dawn' for which she modeled for in Paris. During this time, Starr also chose to resume her performance career and began to make appearances and perform throughout Europe.
A long time fan of Dolly Parton
, Allanah was asked by Luis Venegas the publisher of Candy Magazine to do an editorial for the third publication dressed as Dolly Parton and to be photographed by Ali Mahdavi. Starr suggested to shoot a fashion spread that would depict Parton's iconic style and evolution of style from the 1960s onward. It was well received by both Venegas and Mahdavi and the editorial was shot in Paris in which Starr was transformed into Parton. The issue went on sale in November 2011 that features Chloe Sevigny
dressed as and photographed by Terry Richardson
on the cover. Starr also wrote a dedication to Parton that appears with the pictorial.
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male-to-female transsexual pornographic actress, performance artist, model, and party promoter.
She was born in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
and emigrated to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
at five, with her family. Her father had been a political prisoner. She grew up in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, but later relocated to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
around 1999.
She has described herself as having "always felt extremely effeminate", but did not start dressing as a female until after high school, when she attended art school. She describes her transition
Transitioning (transgender)
Transitioning is the process of changing one's gender presentation to accord with one's internal sense of one's gender - the idea of what it means to be a man or woman...
as an "evolvement of her femininity" since "I just changed the outside to match what I always felt inside of me. The change was purely cosmetic, I've always felt the same internally".
While attending art college and before her transition, Starr developed a career as a performance artist in Miami Beach during the mid 90's. She was a club kid that became well known for her outrageous costumes, make up, and performances in the local media and social circuit. She went to achieve nightclub fame and performed for the likes of Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
at her 32 birthday party (which was chronicled years later by her brother in his book Life With My Sister Madonna, Gianni Versace
Gianni Versace
Gianni Versace was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S.p.A., an international fashion house, which produces accessories, fragrances, makeup and home furnishings as well as clothes. He also designed costumes for the theatre and films, and was a friend of Madonna, Elton John,...
New Year's Eve parties at his home before his death, and several high profiled events. Starr chose to retire from performing two years into transition as she felt "it was not fun anymore".
Her films include Allanah Starr's Big Boob Adventures, directed by transsexual Gia Darling
Gia Darling
Gia Darling is a transsexual adult film actress, director, and producer.-Entrepreneur:She owns and operates Gia Darling Entertainment. A self-described "homebody," she is content to spend quiet evenings at home reading a good book in the company of her dogs, Precious and Preston...
, which included a pornographic first: a filmed sex scene between a male-to-female transsexual and a female-to-male transsexual (Buck Angel
Buck Angel
Buck Angel is a female-to-male transsexual and adult film maker and an LGBT icon of popular culture. He is also founder of Buck Angel Entertainment, as a vehicle to produce media projects...
). For that performance she was nominated for two AVN Awards including Transsexual Performer Of The Year and Most Outrageous Sex Scene. During that time she was the only transsexual in the adult industry to hold a contract with a major production company, Gia Darling Entertainment.
Her first appearance in adult erotica was on the Grooby Productions
Grooby Productions
Grooby Productions is a company founded in 1996 and based in Honolulu, producing transgender online adult entertainment. It established itself as one of the pioneer companies of online adult transgender entertainment with its website Shemale Yum, "the first transsexual pay site with original...
web site "ShemaleYum", and her first hardcore appearance was in the video and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
"Shemale Yum presents Mixed Nuts and a Chocolate Chip." She has worked with pornographic photographers Tony Vee and Joey Silvera
Joey Silvera
Joey Silvera is an American pornographic actor and director.Joey Silvera has been involved in the American pornographic industry since the early 1970s. A native of upstate New York, he got his start performing in San Francisco in 1974, and went on to appear in more than 1,000 videos...
.
Starr has had 60 cosmetic surgeries and over 300 cosmetic procedures. She has modeled herself after the figures and faces of Jayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress working both in Hollywood and on the Broadway theatre...
, Jessica Rabbit
Jessica Rabbit
Jessica Rabbit is a fictional character from the Roger Rabbit film-and-novel franchise.Jessica Rabbit may also refer to:* Jessica Rabbit vibrator, a sex toy* Melyssa Ford , Canadian model-See also:...
, and Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance...
. Part of her surgical journey has been documented by The Maury Povich Show, Cosmetic Surgery Live
Cosmetic Surgery Live
Cosmetic Surgery Live, "All New Cosmetic Surgery Live", is a UK TV show broadcast on Five. It is presented by Vanessa Feltz, cosmetic surgeon Dr Jan Adams and Daniella Westbrook, and features both live and prerecorded footage of plastic surgery and body modification."Dr Jan and Vanessa will be...
, and New Magazine
She has been featured on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, The Maury Povich Show, Channel 5 UK, Playboy TV
Playboy TV
Playboy TV is a premium monthly subscription television channel. Since its launch in 1982 in partnership with Cablevision which eventually sold their share back to Playboy, Playboy TV has become a leading entertainment channel for adult entertainment...
, HBO, and The Howard Stern Show, and in New York Magazine, New York Press
New York Press
New York Press was a free alternative weekly in New York City, that was published from 1988 to 2011. During its lifetime, it was the main competitor to the Village Voice...
, and The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
. She runs club events in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
for transsexuals and their fans.
In January 2008, She won the AVN Award for Transsexual Performer Of The Year.
Afterwards, Starr's body was molded by Top Co Sales, an adult sex toy manufacturer, as part of their celebrity series, the model debuting January 2009. She was the second transsexual in the world, following Gia Darling to have such a contract. The first toy released was a mold of Starr's mouth.
Starr was the subject for British artist Marc Quinn
Marc Quinn
Marc Quinn is a British artist and part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs . He is known for Alison Lapper Pregnant , Self , and Garden .He is one of the Young British...
sculptures along with fellow porn star Buck Angel
Buck Angel
Buck Angel is a female-to-male transsexual and adult film maker and an LGBT icon of popular culture. He is also founder of Buck Angel Entertainment, as a vehicle to produce media projects...
. The show opened in London in the Spring of 2010 at The White Cube Gallery which featured sculptures of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
, Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990...
, amongst others. Starr is depicted in two sculptures with Buck Angel. In the first, they are standing nude holding hands as a post modern Adam and Eve and in the second, a sex position in which Allanah is penetrating Buck. The sculptures are life size and made in bronze.
In 2011 Allanah appeared in the video of the Bob Sinclar
Bob Sinclar
Bob Sinclar, originally spelled "Sinclair" - , is a French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions.- Career history :...
remix of Rafaella Carra's 'A Far L'Amore' which became a number one hit in Italy and a success throughout Europe. The video was filmed in Milan at the Dolce & Gabbana restaurant GOLD. In October 2011 Starr appeared on the cover of the Phillip Toledano book 'A New Kind Of Beauty' which depicts individuals with large amounts of plastic surgery photographed in the style of the paintings of the Dutch Masters. She had met and modeled for Toledano two years prior in New York, and was selected as the cover by Toledano personally. She was also featured in Polaroid artist Jeremy Kost's book 'It's Always Darkest Before Dawn' for which she modeled for in Paris. During this time, Starr also chose to resume her performance career and began to make appearances and perform throughout Europe.
A long time fan of Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
, Allanah was asked by Luis Venegas the publisher of Candy Magazine to do an editorial for the third publication dressed as Dolly Parton and to be photographed by Ali Mahdavi. Starr suggested to shoot a fashion spread that would depict Parton's iconic style and evolution of style from the 1960s onward. It was well received by both Venegas and Mahdavi and the editorial was shot in Paris in which Starr was transformed into Parton. The issue went on sale in November 2011 that features Chloe Sevigny
Chloë Sevigny
Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an American film actress, fashion designer and former model. Sevigny gained reputation for her eclectic fashion sense and developed a broad career in the fashion industry in the mid 1990s, both for modeling and for her work at New York's Sassy magazine, which labeled her...
dressed as and photographed by Terry Richardson
Terry Richardson
Terrence "Terry" Richardson is an American fashion photographer.-Early life:Richardson was born in New York City, the son of Bob Richardson, a fashion photographer who struggled with schizophrenia and drug abuse...
on the cover. Starr also wrote a dedication to Parton that appears with the pictorial.
Awards
- 2007 AVN Award for Transsexual Performer of the Year (nominee)
- 2008 AVN Award for Transsexual Performer of the Year (winner)
- 2007 Best Party Promoter Glammy (nominee)
- 2008 Best Party Promoter Glammy (nominee)
- 2007 Most Outrageous Sex Scene AVN Award with Buck Angel (nominee)