This article originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of AVN magazine. Click here to see a digital edition of the magazine.
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee | Age: 21 | Height: 5-foot-6 | Weight: 125 pounds | Measurements: 34-26-35 | Hair: Black | Eyes: Black
When Kira Noir spins around a pole in the Severe Sex dom-com movie Kinky Fantasy Club, she looks like a real pro—which makes sense, since that’s how this lithe young black woman got her start in adult.
“It was a slippery slope for me. I started with stripping. It was supposed to be just for a little bit, just to get some money,” Noir said, recalling her difficulties in getting a job fresh out of high school. “Nobody wanted to hire me. So I figured a strip club. ... Most people can take their clothes off and make money.”
But more than money, she found both a career and a community of like-minded people. “I loved pole dancing, I love sex workers. Most people who are in the sex industry are really, really interesting.”
Her final push into professional adult entertainment came when she saw Bonnie Rotten perform. “She was electrifying on stage. She was so engaging. She was getting on the pole and doing a bunch of tricks. When I saw her I thought, that’s what I want to do.”
Though she’s currently working out on porn sets rather than strip clubs, Noir’s physique still clearly demonstrates the benefits of pole dancing. “I used to be a stringbean,” she said. “My body definitely improved once I started packing on the muscle. I haven’t danced for six months, but it’s just staying there.”
That taut body and her dreadlocks give Noir a unique look—but that has its challenges: “I feel like some people really don’t know how people are going to react to black girls with natural hair,” she said.
“And I have a very slender body so I don’t really fit the porno black girl mold as much,” Noir continued. “I think most black girls have bigger butts and straight hair, and that’s awesome, very beautiful—it’s just not me.”
It’s not that she’s heard racist remarks from anyone in the adult industry, Noir emphasized. But she does believe “they’re concerned about what the people who buy their porn are going to think. And our country is still very weird about race.”
Though it was initially hard to get bookings, Noir said now she’s performing consistently and loving the work. She mentioned a scene with Kelsi Monroe for Lesbian Beauties 16: Interracial (Sweetheart Video) and two with Ana Foxxx. “She directed a movie for Filly Films called Filthy Fashion Models. I was a model and she was a photographer.” And in Hungry Assholes (Mike Adriano/Evil Angel), “I feel like we looked really good together in that.”
Feeling good about her appearance wasn’t something Noir always enjoyed. Before she got into the industry, Noir said, “I had pretty low self-esteem.”
One thing that changed Noir’s mindset was seeing Skin Diamond in adult movies. “She helped me a lot with my confidence. I saw there was another slim girl with my skin tone who was into alternative stuff. … I thought she was really hot. And if she’s really hot, maybe I can be kind of hot. Once I started thinking like that, once I started to consider myself a beautiful girl, things started getting better for me.”
But they could get better still, Noir believes. “I want to try to make it easier for black women to be recognized in the porn community as not just a fetish or a sub-category. I want to get to the point where black women and Asian women and Latina women are treated on the same level. Just because we’re a different race it doesn’t have to be ‘the black girl getting reamed by the white guy’—it doesn’t have to be about where you come from.”
In the interim, Noir has some more concrete goals to attain. “I haven’t worked for BurningAngel, and I actually used to be a goth kid. I have this thing in my mind—I’m a hippie and one of them fucks me into become a hardcore goth kid. They fuck the devil into me, or something like that. Other than that, I would love to shoot for Greg Lansky. … I haven’t seen Tushy have a black girl yet, so I would love to be the first, or just one of the first couple.” (Note: Since Noir spoke to AVN, Tushy released a Chanell Heart scene.)
After tackling her first gangbang and double penetration for Kink.com, Noir said she’s ready for more. “I can take such huge things in my butt. I definitely want to do a lot more anal.” So a scene on Tushy.com would fit right into her motto for the year: “More butt stuff 2016.”
Kira Noir is with SpieglerGirls.com. Follow her on Twitter: @TheKiraNoir.
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