Carmen Luvana
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Carmen Luvana is the stage name of a former American pornographic actress.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
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, New York on 23 August 1981, Luvana's family moved to Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 when she was five. She moved to Miami, Florida, at the age of 18 and got her start as a dancer in Miami strip clubs.

Luvana entered the porn industry in 2001. Her first hardcore appearance was in More Dirty Debutantes #211. She was initially a contract girl with Digital Sin/New Sensations
New Sensations (film studio)
New Sensations is an American pornographic film studio. It is the parent company and sister-label of Digital Sin. New Sensations was founded in 1993 by Scott Taylor. In 2006 it was described by Reuters as one of the handful of studios that dominate the U.S. porn industry...

, but was afterwards with Adam & Eve Sex Toys sister company Adam & Eve Pictures
Adam & Eve (business)
Adam & Eve is a marketer of adult products that sells sex toys and produces pornographic films, as well as funding non-profit social marketing organizations that address issues such as population growth, disease control and sex education in developing countries. In 2006 it was described by Reuters...

.

Luvana did not do anal sex on camera initially, saying that she would not do anything she was not comfortable with. After doing it in her private life and finding that she liked it, she proceeded to do it for the first time on film in the movie The Perfect Secretary.

On 15 June 2006, Luvana won the Howard Stern
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 Pornstar Beauty Pageant, beating Taylor Wane
Taylor Wane
Taylor Wane is the stage name of a British pornographic actress, director, and model. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2005....

 and Taryn Thomas
Taryn Thomas
Taryn Thomas was is an American pornographic actress.-Biography:Upon turning 18, Thomas began working for Lightspeed Media Corporation doing internet photo shoots and softcore pornography . In late 2004, Thomas traveled to Southern California with the intention of pursuing a career in hardcore...

 for the crown.

In late 2006, Carmen appeared in an advertisement of a fictional lingerie/clothing catalogue similar to Victoria's Secret
Victoria's Secret
Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of women's wear, lingerie and beauty products. It is the largest segment of publicly-traded Limited Brands with sales of over US$5 billion and an operating income of $1 billion in 2006...

 called Foreplay in the movie Let's Go to Prison
Let's Go to Prison
Let's Go to Prison is an American comedy that was released in theatres November 17, 2006, starring Dax Shepard, Will Arnett and Chi McBride, and directed by Bob Odenkirk....

.

In December 2007, Luvana announced that 2008 would be her last year performing in adult films, saying that after six years in the industry "I do not want to be known [as] the girl [fans] are tired of seeing and that has been in the industry way too long."

As of 2007, she resided in Florida.

She has stated that she is bisexual.

Awards

  • 2003 XRCO Award – Best New Starlet
  • 2003 Night Moves – Best New Starlet
  • 2004 XRCO Award – Best Girl-Girl Scene (with Jenna Jameson
    Jenna Jameson
    Jenna Jameson is an American entrepreneur and former pornographic actress, who has been called the world's most famous adult-entertainment performer and "The Queen of Porn."...

    )
  • 2004 KSEX
    KSEX
    KSEX , also known as, KSEXradio, was an online radio station which discussed topics on sex and pornography, and was one of the only adult Internet radio stations specializing in news and current events in the United States pornography industry...

     Radio award – Hottest KSEX Jockey "Naked", Listeners Choice Award
  • 2006 F.A.M.E. Award – Favorite Oral Starlet

Partial filmography

(See external links for complete lists)
Release date Movie Title Webography
2007 Carmen Inked
2006 Latin Love Dollz
2005 Pirates
2003 Sex Across America: Ninth Stop Puerto Rico
2001 Spanish Fly Pussy Search 5

External links

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