Fresh Faces: Shauna Skye

This article originally ran in the January 2016 issue of AVN magazine. Click here for the digital edition. Hometown: Las Vegas | Age: 25 | Height: 5-foot-10 | Measurements: 34B-22-32 | Hair: Brown | Eyes: Green At 5-foot-10, Las Vegas native Shauna Skye isn’t your garden-variety porn newcomer. The 25-year-old starlet is an admitted dynamo in front of the camera, yet she’s an eclectic painter and sculptor at home. “I’ve always loved art and it’s something that I’ve done for as long as I can remember. I’m not going to stop regardless of what else I do,” she said. Though it’s been just a couple months since her arrival in the adult industry, Skye brings a creative sense of style and a background in fashion modeling that have served her well so far. “My aunt had a modeling agency when I was a kid so I was around fashion modeling all the time growing up. In the fashion industry I wasn’t comfortable with my body. People would say, you’re too thin or you’re too fat or you’re not this or you’re not that, so it was a lot of angry pessimistic people that judge you,” she said. “In an erotic environment you get a lot of positive feedback. People tell you how beautiful you look or how sexy you are, so it’s much more positive.” While studying music, art and fashion, Skye was a high achiever, earning accolades for her paintings and sculptures as well as for her modeling work. But feeling restless, she looked for more avenues to explore and found webcamming a few years ago. Doing webcam shows with her then boyfriend, Skye explored her wild side. But after a while, Skye left her boyfriend and decided to head to Los Angeles, where she could experience the thrill of adult filmmaking. “I worked with Evan Stone and he was great and helped me out a lot. It was a lot of fun. I had a great orgasm with him. But in my personal life there were very few times that a man will give me an orgasm without my help,” she said. “That’s what I love about erotic films. I lose myself and end up having a great time.” So far, Skye has worked with a number of companies, such as Amateur Allure, New Sensations and Girlfriends Films. “I love working with guys and girls, but working with girls sometimes makes me a little nervous and I think it’s because girls are a little more insecure and they get more critical, especially with hygiene and [ask] ‘Is my landing strip straight?’ and ‘Do my nails look right?’ and things like that,” she said. “I love the sex. It’s a great job because you’re always having great sex with really nice and really good-looking people. Now I don’t settle for bad sex in my personal life.” Skye continues to paint while pursuing an adult career, with the ultimate goal of creating a sex education show. “I want families to be able to give their kids another avenue to sex education. Most schools don’t teach sex education as much as abstinence. It’s wrong,” she said. Shauna Skye is represented by Matrix Models. Follow her on Twitter: @shaunaskyeXXX. Click here for more photos of Shauna Skye taken at AVN's Talent Night.