10th AVN Awards

The 10th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News, honored pornographic films released in 1992 in the United States and took place in January 1993, at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 67 categories. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by S. Marco DiMercurio. Actor Randy West hosted the show for the second consecutive year, with actresses Porsche Lynn and Ona Zee as co-hosts.
The Party won eight AVN awards but Best Film went to Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2, which also won Best Director—Film for John Stagliano.

Winners and nominees

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony in January 1993. Ashlyn Gere won the grand slam of erotic acting: Female Performer of the Year, Best Actress in a Feature Film and Best Actress in a Video.

Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.

Best Film	Best Shot-on-Video Feature
Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2 * Bonnie and Clyde * The Secret Garden 1 & 2	The Party
Male Performer of the Year	Female Performer of the Year
Rocco Siffredi * Mike Horner	Ashlyn Gere
Best New Starlet	Best Tease Performance
Alex Jordan * Chrissy Ann * Nikki Dial * Kiss * Tiffany Million * Tiffany Mynx * Kelly O’Dell * Alicia Rio	Racquel Darrian, Bonnie and Clyde
Best Actor—Film	Best Actress—Film
Mike Horner, The Seduction of Mary * Rocco Siffredi, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2	Ashlyn Gere, Chameleons* Tiffany Million, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2 * Ashlyn Gere, The Secret Garden 1 & 2
Best Actor—Video	Best Actress—Video
Joey Silvera, The Party * Tony Tedeschi, The Buttsizer	Ashlyn Gere, Two Women* Tiffany Million, One in a Million * Victoria Paris, Two Women * Ashlyn Gere, Gerein’ Up * Taylor Wane, Just Friends
Best Supporting Actor—Film	Best Supporting Actress—Film
Randy Spears, The Secret Garden 1 & 2 * Joey Silvera, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2	Ona Zee, The Secret Garden 1 & 2
Best Supporting Actor—Video	Best Supporting Actress—Video
Tony Tedeschi, Smeers	Melanie Moore, The Party
Best Sex Scene, Film	Best Sex Scene, Video
Angel Ash, Chrissy Ann, Sheila Stone, Sierra, Tiffany Mynx, Rick Smears, Rocco Siffredi, Tom Byron, Woody Long; the blindfold butt orgy, Face Dance, Part 1 * Rocco Siffredi, Sierra; Face Dance, Part 2	*Joey Silvera, Alex Jordan; The Party Rocco Siffredi, Silver; Butt Freak
Best Sex Scene, Video	Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video
Marc Wallice, T. T. Boy, Ashlyn Gere; Realities 2 * Danyel Cheeks, Jim Sparks, Joey Silvera, John Stagliano, Woody Long; the anal gang bang, Butt Freak	Diedre Holland, Ashlyn Gere; strap-on dildo scene, Chameleons* Summer Knight, Porsche Lynn; Where The Girls Play * Madison, Flame; Buttwoman II: Behind Bars * Pool table orgy, Kittens III
Best Gonzo Video	Best Amateur or Pro-Am Video Series
Radical Affairs I	More Dirty Debutantes

Additional award winners

These awards were also announced at the awards show.Best All-Girl Video: Kittens IIIBest All-Sex Video: Realities 2Best Alternative Release, Film: Desert PassionBest Alternative Release, Specialty or Featurette Tape: Playmates In ParadiseBest Alternative Release, Video: Love Scenes, Vol. 2Best Amateur Tape: Amorous Amateurs #12Best Anal-Themed Video: Dr. Butts 2Best Art Direction: Bonnie and ClydeBest Big-Bust Specialty Tape: Adventures of BreastmanBest Bisexual Video: Down Bi LawBest Bondage Specialty Tape: Ona Zee's Learning The Ropes 1–3Best Boxcover Concept: Bonnie and ClydeBest Boxcover Concept, Gay Video: Mindscape IIBest Cinematography: Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2Best Compilation Tape: Only The Very Best On FilmBest Director, Bisexual Video: Josh Eliot, Down Bi LawBest Director, Feature Film: John Stagliano, Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2Best Director, Gay Video: Chi Chi LaRue, Songs in the Key of SexBest Director, Video Feature : Alex de Renzy, Two Women; Anthony Spinelli, The PartyBest Editing for a Film: ChameleonsBest Editing for a Gay Video Feature: James Stark, Kiss-OffBest Gay Video Feature: Kiss-OffBest Gay Video Solo Release: The Beat CopBest Music: ChameleonsBest Music, Gay Video: Straight To The ZoneBest Newcomer, Gay Video: B. J. SlaterBest Non-Sexual Performance: J. B., The Dirty Little Mind of Martin FinkBest Non-Sexual Performance, Gay Video: Kenneth Weyerhaeuser, Kiss-OffBest Overall Marketing Campaign: The Party, Pepper ProductionsBest Packaging, Feature Film: Sin City—The MovieBest Packaging, Gay Video: Mindscape IIBest Packaging, Specialty Tape: The Legend of Katoey IslandBest Packaging, Video Feature: IllusionsBest Performance in a Gay Video: Michael Brawn, Kiss-OffBest Pro-Am Tape: Biff Malibu's Totally Nasty Home Videos #6Best Screenplay, Film: Michael Torino, The Secret Garden 1 & 2Best Screenplay, Gay Video: Stan Mitchell, Songs in the Key of SexBest Screenplay, Video: Michael Ellis, Jack Stephan; The PartyBest Sex Scene in a Gay Video: Erik Houston, Brett Ford, ScorcherBest Spanking Specialty Tape: Defiance: The Spanking SagaBest Specialty Tape — All Other Genres: The Legend of Katoey IslandBest Supporting Performance in a Gay Video: Wes Daniels, Songs in the Key of SexBest Video Editing: Gene Sixx, The PartyBest Videography: Two WomenBest Videography, Gay Video: Ellary Stag, DisconnectedTop Renting Release of the Year: ChameleonsTop Selling Release of the Year: ''Chameleons''

Honorary AVN awards

Special Achievement Award

Paul Thomas and Vivid Video, for loyalty to the adult film genre

Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1993 were: Erica Boyer, David Christopher, Debi Diamond, Jim Holliday, Fred J. Lincoln, Richard Mailer, William Margold, Peter North, Loni Sanders, Jeff Stryker, Marc Wallice, Ona Zee

Multiple nominations and awards

The following twelve movies received multiple awards:

8 - The Party
6 - Chameleons
4 - Face Dance, Parts 1 & 2; Kiss-Off
3 - Bonnie and Clyde, The Secret Garden 1 & 2, Songs in the Key of Sex, Two Women
2 - Down Bi Law, The Legend of Katoey Island, Mindscape II, ''Realities 2''

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. The show's trophy girl was Shayla LaVeaux.

Presenters

Name	Role
Madison Kelly O'Dell	Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Video and Best Supporting Actress—Video
Jonathan Morgan Leena	Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Film and Best Supporting Actress—Film
Janine Lindemulder	Presenters of the awards for Best All-Girl Sex Scene and Best Group Sex Scene
Lynn LeMay Sheila Stone	Presenters of the awards for Best Tease Performance and Best Amateur or Pro-Am Series Video Series
Sunny McKay	Presenters of the awards for Best Sex Scene on Film and Best Sex Scene on Video
Rick Savage	Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year
Randy West	Presenters of the award for Best New Starlet
Domonique Simone Taylor Wane	Presenters of the awards for Best Actor in a Feature Film and Best Actress in a Feature Film
Angela Summers	Presenters of the awards for Best Actor in a Shot-on-Video Feature and Best Actress in a Shot-on-Video Feature
Jon Dough	Presenters of the award for Feature Film of the Year
Randy West	Presenters of the award for Best Shot-on-Video Feature

Performers

Name	Role	Performed
The Stingers	Performers	Opening number: “We Put the X in Sex”
	Performer	Standup comedy
The Stingers	Performers	Musical number: “Two Tons of Love”

Ceremony information

Actor Randy West hosted the show for the second consecutive year. His co-host for the first half of the show was Porsche Lynn while Ona Zee co-hosted the last half. Randy West opened the show with a song, “We Put the X in Sex”, the lyrics of which contained names of several actors and actresses.
Several other people were involved with the production of the ceremony. The live show was produced by Gary Todd while musical direction was undertaken by Mark J. Miller. A VHS videotape of the show was also published and sold by VCA Pictures, which was produced and directed by S. Marco DiMercurio.
There were several new categories this year, including Female Performer of the Year, Male Performer of the Year, Best Gonzo Video and Best Amateur or Pro-Am Video series.
Chameleons was announced as both the top selling movie and the top renting movie of the year.

Critical reviews

Hustler magazine was critical of the awards, pointing out the Best Marketing Campaign award went to a video that wasn't released in 1992, and adding, “No matter. The AVN show isn't about accuracy. The annual exercise is a tuxedo-clad circle-jerk from AVN to all its advertisers. The joke is watching so many smut peddlers and performers take it seriously.”
Cheri magazine was more charitable, calling the awards “the porn industry's biggest party of the year.”