# 10th AVN Awards

The 10th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), 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 Film | Best Shot-on-Video Feature |
| Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2‡ Bonnie and Clyde The Secret Garden 1 & 2 | The Party‡ |
| Male Performer of the Year | Female Performer of the Year |
| Rocco Siffredi‡ Mike Horner | Ashlyn Gere‡ |
| Best New Starlet | Best 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—Film | Best 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—Video | Best 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—Film | Best 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—Video | Best Supporting Actress—Video |
| Tony Tedeschi, Smeers‡ | Melanie Moore, The Party‡ |
| Best Sex Scene, Film | Best Sex Scene, Video (Couple) |
| 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 (Group) | 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 Video | Best Amateur or Pro-Am Video Series |
| Radical Affairs I‡ | More Dirty Debutantes‡ |

### Additional award winners

These awards were also announced at the awards show.

### Honorary AVN awards
#### Special Achievement Award

* Paul Thomas and Vivid Video, for loyalty to the adult film genre

#### Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame 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:
* 8 - The Party
* 6 - Chameleons
* 4 - Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2; Kiss-Off
* 3 - Bonnie and Clyde, The Secret Garden 1 & 2, Songs in the Key of Sex, Two Women
* 2 - Down Bi Law, The Legend of Katoey Island, Mindscape II, Realities 2

## Presenters and performers

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

### Presenters

| Name(s) | Role |
| Alexis DeVille Madison Kelly O'Dell | Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Video and Best Supporting Actress—Video |
| Tiffany Million Jonathan Morgan Leena | Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Film and Best Supporting Actress—Film |
| Raquel Darrian Janine Lindemulder | Presenters of the awards for Best All-Girl Sex Scene and Best Group Sex Scene |
| Sharon Mitchell Lynn LeMay Sheila Stone | Presenters of the awards for Best Tease Performance and Best Amateur or Pro-Am Series Video Series |
| Sean Michaels Sunny McKay | Presenters of the awards for Best Sex Scene on Film and Best Sex Scene on Video |
| Hyapatia Lee Rick Savage | Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year |
| Ona Zee Randy West | Presenters of the award for Best New Starlet |
| Tony Tedeschi Domonique Simone Taylor Wane | Presenters of the awards for Best Actor in a Feature Film and Best Actress in a Feature Film |
| Tom Byron Angela Summers | Presenters of the awards for Best Actor in a Shot-on-Video Feature and Best Actress in a Shot-on-Video Feature |
| Ashlyn Gere Jon Dough | Presenters of the award for Feature Film of the Year |
| Ona Zee Randy West | Presenters of the award for Best Shot-on-Video Feature |

### Performers

| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
| Randy West The Stingers | Performers | Opening number: “We Put the X in Sex” |
| Bobby Slayton | Performer | Standup comedy |
| Chi Chi LaRue The Stingers | Performers | Musical 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.”