10th AVN Awards


The 10th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News, 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. 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.
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.

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.

Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.
Best FilmBest Shot-on-Video Feature

  • The Party
    • Male Performer of the YearFemale Performer of the Year
  • Rocco Siffredi
  • * Mike Horner
  • Ashlyn Gere
    • Best New StarletBest Tease Performance
  • Alex Jordan
  • * Chrissy Ann
  • * Nikki Dial
  • * Kiss
  • * Tiffany Million
  • * Tiffany Mynx
  • * Kelly O’Dell
  • * Alicia Rio
  • Racquel Darrian, Bonnie and Clyde
    • Best Actor—FilmBest Actress—Film
  • Mike Horner, The Seduction of Mary
  • * Rocco Siffredi, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2
  • Ashlyn Gere, Chameleons
  • * Tiffany Million, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2
  • * Ashlyn Gere, The Secret Garden 1 & 2
    • Best Actor—VideoBest Actress—Video
  • Joey Silvera, The Party
  • * Tony Tedeschi, The Buttsizer
  • Ashlyn Gere, Two Women
  • * Tiffany Million, One in a Million
  • * Victoria Paris, Two Women
  • * Ashlyn Gere, Gerein’ Up
  • * Taylor Wane, Just Friends
    • Best Supporting Actor—FilmBest Supporting Actress—Film
  • Randy Spears, The Secret Garden 1 & 2
  • * Joey Silvera, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2
  • Ona Zee, The Secret Garden 1 & 2
    • Best Supporting Actor—VideoBest Supporting Actress—Video
  • Tony Tedeschi, Smeers
  • Melanie Moore, The Party
    • Best Sex Scene, FilmBest Sex Scene, Video
  • Angel Ash, Chrissy Ann, Sheila Stone, Sierra, Tiffany Mynx, Rick Smears, Rocco Siffredi, Tom Byron, Woody Long; the blindfold butt orgy, Face Dance, Part 1
  • * Rocco Siffredi, Sierra; Face Dance, Part 2
  • Joey Silvera, Alex Jordan; The Party
  • * Rocco Siffredi, Silver; Butt Freak
    • Best Sex Scene, Video Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video
  • Marc Wallice, T. T. Boy, Ashlyn Gere; Realities 2
  • * Danyel Cheeks, Jim Sparks, Joey Silvera, John Stagliano, Woody Long; the anal gang bang, Butt Freak
  • 'Diedre Holland, Ashlyn Gere; strap-on dildo scene, Chameleons
  • * Summer Knight, Porsche Lynn; Where The Girls Play
  • * Madison, Flame; Buttwoman II: Behind Bars
  • * Pool table orgy, Kittens III''
    • Best Gonzo VideoBest Amateur or Pro-Am Video Series
  • Radical Affairs I
  • More Dirty Debutantes

    • Additional award winners

    These awards were also announced at the awards show.

    Special Achievement Award

    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

    Multiple nominations and awards

    The following twelve movies received multiple awards:
    The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. The show's trophy girl was Shayla LaVeaux.

    Presenters

    NameRole

    Madison
    Kelly O'Dell    		Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Video and Best Supporting Actress—Video

    Jonathan Morgan
    Leena    		Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Film and Best Supporting Actress—Film

    Janine Lindemulder    		Presenters of the awards for Best All-GIrl Sex Scene and Best Group Sex Scene

    Lynn LeMay
    Sheila Stone    		Presenters of the awards for Best Tease Performance and Best Amateur or Pro-Am Series Video Series

    Sunny McKay    		Presenters of the awards for Best Sex Scene on Film and Best Sex Scene on Video

    Rick Savage    		Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year

    Randy West    		Presenters of the award for Best New Starlet

    Domonique Simone
    Taylor Wane    		Presenters of the awards for Best Actor in a Feature Film and Best Actress in a Feature Film

    Angela Summers    		Presenters of the awards for Best Actor in a Shot-on-Video Feature and Best Actress in a Shot-on-Video Feature

    Jon Dough    		Presenters of the award for Feature Film of the Year

    Randy West    		Presenters of the award for Best Shot-on-Video Feature

    Performers

    NameRolePerformed

    The Stingers    		PerformersOpening number: “We Put the X in Sex”
    PerformerStandup comedy

    The Stingers    		PerformersMusical number: “Two Tons of Love”

    Ceremony information

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

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