Aria Giovanni (born November 3, 1977) is an American former erotic actress and model who was ''

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'' magazine's Pet for the month of September 2000. She has modelled in a range of photographic styles including amateur, artistic nude,

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, fetish, and glamour, and has also had roles in films and television shows.

Early life

Aria Giovanni was born November 3, 1977, in

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, the middle of three children. She has an older sister and a younger brother. Giovanni attended a junior college in

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, majoring in

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. During an appearance on ''

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'', Giovanni revealed that her father left the family when she was 10, and that she got into trouble as a child because she was frequently left to her own devices. At age 12, her mother sent her to

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after discovering her unconscious in her own vomit. She says that she physically developed early, and was about a

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by the age of 12, and a DD by the time she was 14. Giovanni has stated that she was not popular in school. She characterizes herself as having grown up an "

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", and was never asked out on dates in high school.

Career

Giovanni was attending a junior college to major in Biology and waitressing five nights a week when she began modeling, having attained 17.5 credits by the semester when she was discovered. She began modeling at the end of 1999, initially to pay for college. About six months into modeling, she was made ''

'' magazine's Pet for the month of September 2000. Her pictorial was shot by

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. Around this time she was accepted to

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as a junior transfer student with a major in biochemistry and a minor in English writing. However, she decided not to complete college. In 2001, Giovanni played Monica Snatch in the movie ''Survivors Exposed'', a parody of the ''

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'' television series. She also appeared on the November 16, 2001, episode of the TV dating show '' Shipmates''. The following year, she starred in ''Justine'', which was recommended by

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as one of nine pornographic movies that women can enjoy. Giovanni was ''

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''s Model of the Day for June 6, 2007. In October 2008, Giovanni appeared in the first episode of

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's short-form web video series, ''

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'', playing a role opposite

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. Giovanni stars on the 2010 Nerdcore Horror Calendar. In May 2010 Giovanni was included in ''

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'' magazine's list of The 50 Prettiest Porn Stars of All Time.

Awards and recognition

* 2010

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Nominee - Web Babe/Starlet of the Year

Personal life

On ''The Howard Stern Show'', Giovanni stated that she married her boyfriend of five years on her 21st birthday, November 3, 1998. During the same appearance, she revealed that she had been living with guitarist

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for the past five months and that this was the first time she had dated someone in the entertainment industry. Giovanni and John 5 married in 2005, but later divorced.

References

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