Joanna Jet - The Lifetime Achievement Award

[GroobySteven]

Joanna Jet is the 2010 Tranny Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.

This award is so deserving to so many people who have helped made our industry what it is today. Previous winners Meghan Chevalier and Olivia Love, were pioneers in the early 90's TS video revolution with more scenes between them than practically all the scenes put together by today's stars. Joanna Jet was on the next wave.

The first time I saw anything from Joanna were some amateur photos she sent in of herself for publication on Shemale Yum. This was in about 1996-7, and she was still a crossdresser and before Shemale Yum even shot it's own content (submissions only). She then went on to win our first banner design competition, and that banner can still be seen in some places.




Over the following years as Joanna transitioned she done a number of shoots for Shemale Yum including most memorably for me, an early Allanah Starr shoot as well as with a post-op model and another hot New York transsexual model - all these scenes were shot by Tony Vee in NYC. If anyone was ever meant to be a transsexual pornstar, Joanna Jet was.



Joanna relocated for a time to Los Angeles and ran her video/DVD production company, Jetset productions, releasing some of the highest quality and hardest content of it's time and I thoroughly recommend you trying to see it. She worked for many producers including Joey Silvera and some of her most intense scenes were with the other blonde bombshell, Vicki Richter. Joanna has always been control as producer, director, model and designer of her content and in the late 00's took a sabbatical from performing to concentrate on the production of her non-TS content in the UK.

Joanna Jet is a highly intelligent individual whom before her transition into porn, was a successful business person and she's taken that into her adult career in the marketing of her image. She excels at porn because she's simply, really, really into it. She's a perfectionist who stands behind herself and her product.

She's never really been given the credit for being one of the first TS producers (if not the first) who genuinely did the direction and production. She's also never been properly credited with being instrumental in getting AVN to recognise transsexuals for the Best Transsexual Performer Award, something she has yet to win herself.

Joanna made a modeling comeback for http://www.shemale-pornstar.com in 2010 and it was very highly received and welcome. She also, along with Liberty Harkness became part of the Grooby production crew. I love hanging out with her as she we've similar tastes in a lot of things, other than the adult industry.

TS models working today, owe Joanna a debt of thanks for being so outspoken to the media about transsexual porn and for being so tenacious with getting our scene recognised.

Joanna wasn't able to be at the awards due to a shooting conflict in Europe but she did pre-record her speach. http://www.tgirls.com/videos/joanna-...eech-4171.html

I hope everyone will join me in congratulating Joanna Jet and I look forward to seeing what she does in the future.

[BellaBellucci]

I'm all about ceiling breakers. Congrats Joanna!

~BB~

[WendyWilliams]

FYI: Her company was Altered State Productions and Gia Darling would be the first followed by Joanna then myself. Only 3 Independant Ts Productions Companies thus far (sad if you think about that).


Anyhow let me say if it wasnt for Joanna Jet I would not know and or have the business I have today or career. In 2003 it was Joanna Jet who put me in my first DVD (JetSet 3) then in 2004 Joanna moved me from Florida too California to run her business while she was in the U.K. Joanna put my company Hot Wendy Productions under Altered State while she taught me the ropes of Producing (pre and post production). During this time I was able to make the contacts that eventually lead to me branching on my own with distribution etc..........Joanna is one of the smartest and business savy people I have EVER met. I owe her so much and she will never know how thankful I am to have met her. I dont think people could understand how amazing of a Producer she really is and just how intelligent she is from writing the code for her website, from shooting, editing, and dvd production, SHE DOES IT ALL..........

Congrats to Joanna and I wish her much success!

[luv4Tgirls]

Joanna, is sooo Gorgeous, Congrats on the award. She is so deserving of such an adward. So Seanchai, when you get lifetime award for the great work you do??

[lovesall]

Congrats Joanna with better years ahead!!!

[BellaBellucci]

So Seanchai, when you get lifetime award for the great work you do??

~BB~

[AllanahStarrNYC]

Congratulations Joanna.
Well deserved.

My first ever ts lesbian shoot, and gave me my first ride from Heathrow to my hotel the first time ever I was in London. I have many fond memories from the years I have known her.

I have always said all the Transsexual AVN Award Performer winners owe a great debt to Joanna, without her there may not be an award for it.

Congratulations again-

[scubaman]

Congratulations Joanna.

This is one well deserved award. I remember the days when she graced our presence at Allanah's infamous monthly party at the Shelter. I'm happy to see that your immigration problems have been solved and I hope to see you soon in NYC.

[BigDF]

Congratulations, Joanna, a well deserved tribute for you.

[DeliaTS]

Remarkable, inspirational, and beautiful. Thank you Joanna for all that you've done for this industry. Congratulations and may you continue to thrive for years to come.