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Amy Lynn Baxter (born September 6, 1967), known professionally as Amy Lynn, is an American
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, model, and exotic dancer. Her career catapulted in the 1990s after multiple appearances with
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. She was '' Penthouse'' magazine's Pet of the Month for June 1990 and appeared on '' Geraldo'', ''
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'', and the '' Maury Povich Show''. She appeared in many
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s and soft core pornography films.


Early life and education

Amy Lynn Baxter was born in
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. Baxter "couldn't wait to get out" of Plymouth as a teenager. Her school report cards described her as "outrageous" in her behavior and that she needed to "settle down." When she was seventeen, she won a bikini contest in Florida. That year, she moved to
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and lived with Max Baer, Jr., who introduced Baxter to
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, whom she would date for a few months.


Career and life

In 1988, Baxter's father paid for her to have breast augmentation surgery to enlarge her breasts, while Baxter worked as an
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. In a 1992 interview with the ''
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'', Baxter said she had paid off the surgery dancing. Baxter appeared as Pet of the Month in '' Penthouse'' in June 1990. Soon thereafter, she was on the ''
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'', covering herself in
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during her appearance. She soon appeared on ''
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'' radio program, invoking the same baby oil
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. She modeled, with Stern, for the cover of his autobiography '' Private Parts''. However, the photo was never used as the cover. In May 1991, Baxter got engaged to Ed Begley, Jr., who left
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to date Baxter. By 1992, Baxter was in a relationship with John Scialpi, who owned New York City's Goldfingers strip club. The couple lived on
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. She had a baby with Scialpi, and within months she was back to exotic dancing. As of 1994, Baxter was 26-years-old and her income averaged $250,000. She worked six days a week, making appearances at strip clubs across the US eight weeks out of the year. Her mother travelled with her, helping to care for Baxter's baby and selling merchandise. Part of Baxter's headline show was her baby oil set from ''The Howard Stern Show''. Baxter appeared in ''
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'' as part of their Women in Radio pictorial in 1995 for her work on Stern's radio show. That same year, she made promotional appearances for ''Penthouse'', promoting their new
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, and Famous Rotisserie & Grill in New York. In 1996, Baxter co-starred as a news reporter, alongside
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, in ''Broadcast Bombshells''. The film is considered one of her best adult films. Baxter auditioned for
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for the role as Sheila in the 1999 film ''
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''. The interview involved Baxter reading a sex scene with De Niro. Ultimately, Donna-Marie Recco was given the role.


Views on the adult entertainment industry

In a 1992 interview, Baxter shared that being a self-described egomaniac gives her the confidence to be an exotic dancer, saying "I love the attention...It's such a great feeling. he audiencesay, 'Wow, look at her,' even before you take your clothes off."


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