LOS ANGELES — AVN Media Network is pleased to announce adult entertainment superstars Mia Malkova and Mighty Emelia will co-host the all-digital 2022 AVN Awards Show presented by MyFreeCams.
The 39th annual ceremony—which will reveal the winners in more than 120 award categories—will be live streamed starting at 8 p.m. Saturday, January 22 on AVNAwards.com.
Malkova won the 2014 AVN Award for Best New Starlet, while Mighty Emelia graced the cover of the 2021 issue of CAMStar.
“I’m honestly just really excited,” said Malkova, a native of Southern California who made her industry debut in 2012.
“I’ve always wanted to host. Every year that I’ve gone I thought, wow I’d love to host the show someday but I’ve always had a little bit of stage fright and I decided it wasn’t going to be for me. But this year with it being in a studio instead of in front of thousands of people was perfect for me.
“It always just looked like they were having a lot of fun up there.”
Mighty Emelia, who debuted in 2014 and entertains her loyal fanbase known as The Mightys every week on MFC, told AVN, “I’m kind of in shock.”
“I would’ve never thought I would be chosen for this role,” Emelia said. “I’m beyond excited and super honored. I also know that AVN has so many options to choose from for these roles, so it feels kind of unreal. This will be an experience I won’t forget.”
A self-styled “internet goofball” from Northern California, Mighty Emelia has a penchant for cosplay, which was on display in October when she unveiled numerous themed costumes during her cam shows. She logged on as Wonder Woman, Slave Leia, Harley Quinn, a Greek goddess, Sailor Moon, a pumpkin and even as a burger, among other sexy looks.
“October is always really fun for me,” Emelia said. “I love doing dress-up and cosplay and the more artistic and creative side of things, so October is always a really good month for that.
“I had the most fun with my new costumes.”
One of her new outfits was inspired by The Purge.
“I actually just did it last minute and we played this game where if we didn’t get a goal, basically I died, so they killed me a couple times,” Emelia joked. “It was just kind of creepy wearing a mask because the viewers can’t tell if you’re happy or not. But it’s also kind of a fun change because I think I’m usually smiling, but they couldn’t tell.”
Malkova, who also captured an AVN Award for Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene in 2014, emerged as one of the most popular adult performers of the past decade with more than 600 credits through 2018. During the past three years she has continued to raise her profile through independent content creation and more recently—Twitch. Still, Mia admits she was “100 percent surprised” to get the call to host.
“I’ve presented awards before—like the next year’s Best New Starlet—and I’ve been a Trophy Girl at one point, but even accepting awards I shake like a little leaf when I get up on stage. It’s also been a few years since I’ve been on stage and I’ve done a lot of things like feature dancing and I did a Bollywood film—a lot of things that have gotten me out of my comfort zone—so I think I’m going to be perfectly fine and have a great time.”
Tony Rios, CEO of AVN Media Network, said the 2022 hosts are among the most talented women in adult today.
“Mia and Emelia are shining stars in our industry who are on top of their games, so we couldn’t be happier to have them share the stage as our Mistresses of Ceremonies for the 2022 AVNs,” Rios said. “We have so many exciting things planned for our all-digital broadcast—including some surprises—so save the date and we’ll see everyone in January.”
To see the 2022 AVN Awards nominees, click here.
