# The World's Biggest Gang Bang III – The Houston 620

The World's Biggest Gang Bang III – The Houston 620 is a 1999 pornographic film directed by Greg Alves. The film is hosted by Ron Jeremy, and stars Houston in a gang bang format, who set out to beat the then-record for most sex in one day. Houston beat a record of 551 by Spontaneous Xtasy [Wikidata] and was beaten later that year by Candy Apples with 742. The film won the 2000 AVN Award for being the 'Best Selling Tape" of 1999.

## History

By 1998, John T. Bone had directed World's Biggest Gang Bang (1995), in which Annabel Chong had sex 251 times, and World's Biggest Gang Bang II (1996), in which Jasmin St. Claire had sex 300 times. That year, he met Houston, a porn star who had appeared in Baywatch and had taken 1997 out to tour as a feature dancer, and suggested that St. Claire had passed on shooting a third World's Biggest and that Houston could use a similar stunt as a comeback vehicle. Houston suggested the idea to Metro, a porn company who owned the rights to the first two World's Biggest films, who responded by distributing application forms for her workplaces, taking out adverts across the country, and getting her on The Howard Stern Show three times. Prior to the event, Houston bought a tattoo of an angel on her neck, as she was a Christian and wanted forgiveness from God.
The event took place on February 6, 1999. In a press conference conducted shortly before proceedings, she stated that preparation for the event involved "a lot of running and a lot of dildos" and that the event was "not about sex" but "just a freak show". The film was broadcast live, though 4,000 people trying to log on at once crashed the server and a rebroadcast was scheduled for February 13. At the time of the event, the gangbang record was 551 and was held by Spontaneous Xtasy [Wikidata]. The Houston 500, as it was initially known, was presented by Ron Jeremy and directed by Greg Alves. Filming took place in a soundstage in Canoga Park, Los Angeles Kevin Bisch of Salon.com described as "decorated like a garage for a high-performance Indy car".
Houston liberally applied personal lubricant between penetrations and got up to be towelled off every five. The participants, who had travelled from all over North America and largely came armed with $85 HIV tests, were described by one observer as "the professional, the hopeless and the hopeful". The professionals numbered 60 and included Misty Rain [fr], who penetrated her with a $54 Executive Double Dong Harness, and Jeremy himself, who had previously declined to take part unless they were one man short and was the last participant. Camera crews were present from Metro, the Playboy Channel, and for French TV, and ten fluffers including Laurie Holmes were hired to maintain erections. All participants were asked to follow seven rules: be a gentleman, no fingers, no facial spraying, no actual sex with fluffers, keep clean, wear your Metro t-shirt at all times, and no ins and outs of line.
Counting was perfunctory, with the rolling counter behind the set rising by twos and fours; Robert Sterling of The Konformist wrote that the consensus among the crowd was that attendance, like those of the previous two World's Biggests, was "grossly padded and as fake as the average porn queen's tits, using a brand of arithmetic that can be referred to as "Wilt Chamberlain math", a style similar to Pentagon billings by defense contractors and the kind of Hollywood accounting which declares that Forrest Gump lost money". Houston went for lunch at "300", was awarded a two-tiered, black-and-silver trophy at "500", and raised the target to 600 and then to 620 as she felt bad for those who were waiting. At "511", she took a break to put ice on her vagina. At "620", she went for mozzarella sticks at TGI Fridays with Jeremy and several Metro staff.
On March 3, she appeared on an episode of The Howard Stern Show along with Chong, St. Claire, and Xtasy, where she claimed that 300 men were present and that 620 was the number of acts. Shortly after filming, she underwent a labiaplasty and auctioned off the remnants. She stated in an August 2000 interview with The New York Observer that she had enjoyed the day as she "was able to be with my fans and have the same personality all day long for ten hours and get fucked". Her 620 total was beaten in October 1999 by Candy Apples, who had sex 742 times, and then again that year by Sabrina Johnson [Wikidata]. When Lily Phillips stated in late 2024 that she planned to have sex with 1,000 men in one day, some suggested that this would beat a world record of 919 set by Lisa Sparxxx [simple] in 2004, though Sparxxx has stated that that event only involved 150 men and Helen Lewis of The Atlantic suggested that Houston's record still stood. The film won the 2000 AVN Award for being the 'Best Selling Tape" of 1999.