When becoming a porn star it’s really to bad they don’t give a class on how to pick your name. In reality we know that most girls go into this business for money but what nobody stops to think about or just doesn’t understand is how to BE a porn star. That is the business end of things. Let us start with something simple like picking a name.
All to often young starlets pick a name like Peaches or Princess or some weird spelling variation thereof. Or an even bigger mistake they don’t investigate the name they do pick. Such is the case with the story of Nikki Jaymes.
I was reading a really fucking funny story today on AdultFYI in which some photographers were complaining about how the pussy of this girl named Nikki Jaymes really smelled bad. Then there was this other girl who also happened to be a porn star named Nikki Jaymes (and blonde to boot) who was catching shit over it. People apaprently kept asking how her pussy was and if it really stunk.
So girls let me give you a little bit of advice before becoming a porn star, at least about your name.
Pick a name that is easy to spell. If you pick a complicated name then it will make marketing your image much harder. If your name is Candy spell it like Candy not Candee or some other confusing variation.
Pick a first AND a last. You want to give yourself every chance you have to set yourself a part from the crowd. Being a successful porn star is about building a brand and to build a brand you need a way to indtify that brand. There are a lot of Tera Patricks in this world but there is only one Tera Patrick. There are a lot of girls who go by the name of Jenna in this world but there is only one Jenna Jameson and only one Jenna Haze.
When you pick a name learn to fucking use Google. Find out if there are any other adult performers or nude models using that name. Had the young Nikki Jaymes from the AdultFYI story bothered to do that she would have found the other girl and it would have saved her a load of grief a month into her career.
My last bit of advice is to not infringe on any other person’s fame, brand or legal copyright. This means don’t pick names like Barbie (first or last), Lexus, Mercedes, Toyota or something like Jenna Jamerson or Tera Patricka. They may seem like popular choices but the second you gain any sort of real fame the people who own the rights to those names will sue your ass off.
A good case in point is Lexus Locklear who got sued by the auto company Lexus and now has to go by Lexi and the countless Barbie lawsuits.
Actually I do have one more bit of advice for you and that is OWN THE RIGHTS TO YOU OWN NAME. Never -ever- under any circumstances agree to any deal where you the performer doesn’t own the rights to your own name. Do not let them put it into your contract and do not let them trademark your name.
Pick a name and buy the .com for it BEFORE performing and if there is any talk of trademarking your name, YOU be the trademark holder for your name.
Don’t be a stupid whore …. be a rich one.
About The Author
Someone should have told that douchebag Tommy Gunn this. He knew there was another Tommy Gunn in the business but taking a break for a couple of years. But douchebag still goes ahead and takes the name. Then has the audacity to sue or try to sue Tommy Pistol for his name. Though the name Tommy Gunn is a character name from a Rocky movie!