This article is about the pornographic actress. For the erotic dancer involved in framing George Ratterman, see April Flowers (dancer)

April Flowers (dancer)

April Flowers was a prominent exotic dancer at the Tropicana Club. Her real name is Juanita Jean Hodges.She played a prominent role in the frameup of George Ratterman, when he was a candidate for sheriff of Campbell County, Kentucky, in 1961....

April Flowers (born March 28, 1978) is an American pornographic actress.

Flowers was raised in Wasilla, Alaska

Wasilla, Alaska

Wasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 7,831 at the 2010 census...

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Flowers began her career as an exotic dancer after discovering exotic dancing during a contest held at a local club in Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...

. She claims that she earned more in one night than she would have working three weeks at her regular job.

She was introduced to the adult industry while dancing in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

. She was approached by a talent scout who asked if she would be interested in doing print work. She later moved to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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 and took the leap into pornography

Pornography

Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...

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Starting in 2001, while continuing in the adult industry, she also appeared in several mainstream films under the names Diana Espen and Diana Espin, including A Man Apart, Cheerleader Massacre, and The Model Solution.

Awards

• 2001 AVN Award nominee – Best Tease Performance - Blondes
• 2001 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene (Film) – Facade
• 2002 AVN Award nominee – Best Supporting Actress (Film) – Bad Wives 2
• 2002 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Film) – Bad Wives 2
• 2003 AVN Award nominee – Female Performer of the Year
• 2003 AVN Award nominee – Best Supporting Actress (Video) – Something So Right
• 2003 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Video) – Breathless
• 2003 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene (Film) – Paradise Lost
• 2003 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene (Video) – Heroin
• 2004 AVN Award nominee – Best Non-Sex Performance – Unfinished

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