Chanel Preston

Chanel Preston

Preston at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo; January 18, 2013
Born (1985-12-01) December 1, 1985[1]
Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.[1]
Other names Chanel Payton[1]
Ethnicity English/German/Spanish[2]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Weight 130 lb (59 kg; 9.3 st)[2]
Website http://www.chanelpreston.com/
No. of adult films 427 (per IAFD as of May 2016)[1]

Chanel Preston (born December 1, 1985) is an American pornographic actress and the Penthouse magazine Penthouse Pet for March 2012. She entered the adult film industry in 2010 at the age of 24.

Early life

Preston was born and raised in Alaska.[3] She is of English, German, and Spanish descent.[2] At age 19, she moved to Hawaii, where she lived for six years.[4] She worked as a stripper for over a year prior to working in porn.[4] She is also a licensed esthetician.[4]

Career

Preston entered the adult entertainment industry in January 2010, shooting her first scene with Nick Manning[5] for Vivid Entertainment’s Brand New Faces series.[4]

Preston was a trophy girl for the 2011 AVN Awards.[6] She was nominated for four AVN awards that year, including Best New Starlet.[7]

Appearances

In February 2012, Chanel Preston was announced by Penthouse magazine to be their Penthouse Pet for March 2012.[8] In September 2012, Preston appeared in the Russ Irwin's music video "Get Me Home".[9]

Preston co-hosted the 31st annual AVN Awards show alongside Samantha Saint on January 18, 2014. Also in 2014, Preston was on CNBC's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars".[10][11] In 2015 she appeared in the "Bust" music video by rapper Waka Flocka Flame.[12]

Also in January 2014, she was featured alongside Dana DeArmond, Asa Akira, and Jessie Andrews in a Cosmopolitan article titled "4 Porn Stars on How They Stay Fit".[13] The article was inspired by actress Gabrielle Union's comment made on Conan O'Brien's talk show about striving to follow the fitness routines of the porn stars she saw at her gym.[14]

Other ventures

In March 2014 Preston launched a sex education based web series titled Naked With Chanel.[15] According to Cosmopolitan the series "examines how our society and upbringing influences our ideas about sex."[15]

In order to fund the series, Preston used the fundraising website IndieGogo. Her 2013 campaign generated enough to build the series’ website and to film several episodes.[16]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Chanel Preston at the Internet Adult Film Database
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Model Spotlight: Chanel Preston". RapIndustry.com. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  3. Maya Cherry (December 1, 2010). "Chanel Preston: Sweet Home Hawaii". Xtreme. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Captain Jack (December 23, 2013). "Captain Jack interviews Chanel Preston". Adult DVD Talk. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  5. "Up Close & Personal with the Gorgeous Chanel Preston". ZZinsider. 2011-01-24. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  6. Steve Javors (2010-10-28). "Chanel Preston, Madelyn Marie Named 2011 AVN Awards Trophy Girls". AVN. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  7. Archived December 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. "Penthouse Magazine March 2012". Penthousemagazine.com. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
  9. "Chanel Preston in Russ Irwin's 'Get Me Home' Music Video", XBIZ Premiere, November 2012, Vol.7, Issue 11, p.24
  10. Chris Morris (2014-01-13). "The Dirty Dozen 2014". CNBC. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  11. Robin Leach (2014-01-17). "Q+A: 2014 AVN Awards co-host Chanel Preston previews ‘Oscars of Porn’". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  12. "Exclusive: Watch Waka Flocka Flame & Pornhub Records' NSFW 'Bust' Video". Billboard. April 2, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  13. Cheryl Wischhover (2014-01-30). "4 Porn Stars on How They StayFit". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  14. Staff (March 2014). "Cosmo turns to porn stars for fitness tips". Adult Video News 30 (3): 26.
  15. 1 2 Breslaw, Anna. "Porn Star Launches Awesome Sex-Positive Webseries". Hearst Media via Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  16. Darklady. "NakedWithChanel.com Examines America’s Relationship With Sex". Adult Video News. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  17. Steve Javors (2010-10-13). "NightMoves Announces 2010 Awards Winners". AVN. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  18. "NightMoves Awards Announces 2011 Winners". AVN. 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  19. "2011 XBIZ Awards Announced Last Night". AVN.com. 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  20. Peter Warren (2011-04-14). "2011 XRCO Award Winners Announced". AVN.com. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  21. 1 2 "Past Winner History". NightMoves Online. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  22. "2013 XBIZ Award Winners Announced". XBIZ. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  23. "AVN Announces the Winners of the 2014 AVN Awards". Business.avn.com. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  24. "FSC Award Recipients Announced". AVN.com. 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2015-01-10.

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