Gia Derza's go-for-it attitude, intense performances and sensational curves have established her as one of porn’s hottest newcomers in 2018. In fact, she stood out so much that she ended up as a Best New Starlet nominee at the 2019 AVN Awards Show.

“I’ve been so in love with porn ever since I can remember,” Derza says. “I remember seeing these girls in their pretty dresses at the [AVN Awards Show] and finding out about there being a porn awards, and then I fell in love with it after that.”

She also fell for Abella Danger, the superstar performer from Miami who was the 2016 AVN Best New Starlet. And through her friendship with Danger, Derza joined the crew at Spiegler Girls, represented by super agent Mark Spiegler.

“This is her dream job,” Spiegler says. “When I first met her she told me this is what she was meant to do and what she’s always wanted to do. Abella is her idol in the business. Intentionally or not she patterned herself after that. She hangs out with Kendra Spade and a bunch of the Spiegler Girls. They’re kind of like an extended family.”

Derza says her eventful first year in porn has made for many surreal moments.

“Mind-blown,” she says. “I didn’t think that this was going to happen. I never thought that Spiegler would take an interest in me. I never thought that I’d be good at anal. And I never thought that I would be here. I really didn’t believe in myself."