Extreme Pornstar Showdown 2012! Meet Your Combatants

AVN just announced the nominees for the 2012 AVN Awards, and we're damn excited to see some of our favorite names on list for Female Performer of the Year. We don't know who will earn the title, but hey, we have sixteen ladies, so we can easily make a big ol' bracket with all of their names on it. Let's have a showdown!

If you were around for the first Extreme Pornstar Showdown, you know how this works: two girls enter, we show you a clip of each, you vote for your favorite, and she battles on towards glory. This time, they're not just battling for our priceless and infinite love, they're fighting to earn the most coveted title handed down by the AVN Awards. (Er, sort of. It's not like we have any sway with those folks.) You like "Highlander," right? Perfect.

Now, let's take a look at the nominees!

Asa Akira
This lovely young woman earned four different AVN awards for "Asa Akira Is Insatiable" last year, including the Fan Award for Favorite Movie! Those are some impressive accolades for one movie, and it's the kind of thing that may make AVN want to honor her with the Female Performer of the Year title. If not that, maybe all of the fans who voted for her last year will swamp our polls! It could happen.

[Photo via Penthouse (galleries.penthouse.com)]
Lexi Belle
Honestly, how can you say no to this face? Lexi Belle wields her cuteness like a weapon, and if you don't fall to the first sweet salvo, she'll get you with her seemingly endless energy and enthusiasm. She recently won Switzerland's ver own Orgasmik Award for Best Female Performer, and even though AVN isn't likely to fall in with European trends, it's possible that this year is the year for Lexi.

[Photo via ZTOD (promo.ztod.com)]
Dana DeArmond
Dana hasn't received any awards from AVN, but she's been blessed with a devoted fanbase and the Urban X award for Best Anal Scene! We wouldn't be surprised if she went from having zero AVN Awards to having the most badass AVN Award. After all, her ass is as bad as they come.

[Photo via Penthouse (galleries.penthouse)
Gracie Glam
Gracie was awarded Best New Starlet by AVN last year; has she grown enough in a year to be dubbed the supreme female performer? What kind of upset would it cause the rest of the community? There would be pandemonium! Cougars could be fighting kittens, gangbang queens would be masturbating by themselves, and squirters might even flood Las Vegas in their confusion and rage. Or, you know, we'd have an adorable new queen named Gracie Glam and everyone would love it.

[Photo via Naughty America (cmsgallery.naughtyamerica.com)
Allie Haze
Like Gracie Glam, Allie Haze has been working the fresh faced starlet angle with great success. However, she also earned the AVN Award for Most Outrageous Sex Scene last year for her part in "Enema Boot Camp." If there's one thing the public loves these days, it's a young woman who is wise beyond her years and well-traveled in the lands of jaw-dropping sexual oddities. It's been a busy year for this Vivid contract girl, and she definitely deserves a reward for her hard work.

[Photo via ZTOD (promo.ztod.com)]
Jesse Jane
In many ways, it seems like Female Performer of the Year may be too small of a title for Jesse Jane. She's arguably one of the most popular pornstars in the world, she's appeared in some of the most expensive pornos ever made, she's got one of the bangin'-est bodies in the history of humanity, and, oh, by the way, she's a mom. Jesse is wearing boxing gloves; she knows what's going down.

[Image of Jesse Jane courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)]
Kagney Linn Karter
Watching Kagney Linn Karter work is like watching celestial bodies in motion. Her round ass, orbtastic tits, and big blue eyes have captured the cock of many a man, and it's time for her to start earning awards that reflect that. In 2010, she was named Best New Starlet by AVN, XRCO, and XBIZ; she didn't get any awards in 2011, so she's pretty much due for something huge this time around.

[Photo via Footsie Babes (fhg.footsiebabes.com)]
Kimberly Kane
We love Kimberly Kane. That is, we love all of the glamorous gladiators entering the Female Performer arena, but we have serious crushes upon Kimberly. With last year's "Sex Files" series, the world learned that she's a talented and mesmerizing actor; this year we've been treated to a serious slew of hardcore antics. Could this be the recipe for success?

[Photo via Glamour Girls Gone Bad (pps.glamourtryouts.com)]
Kayden Kross
We loved her when she was with Adam & Eve, and we love her now that she's with Digital Playground. No matter where she is or who she's banging, Kayden brings something uniquely sexy and smart to porn. Maybe it's her eyebrows! They're always doing things to us.

Uh, anyway, she earned the 2010 Nightmoves Award (Fan's Choice) for Best Female Performer, so there's that!

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Lily LaBeau
If you search for "Lily LaBeau wiki," the second thing that comes up is the page for "Footjobs." Ok, so that doesn't mean she's Female Performer of the Year material, but maybe 2012 will be the year of the footjob mistress! Or not. Anyway, Lily went from fashion model to pornstar in 2009, and she's never looked back. Her progress over the last few years has been absolutely stunning, and we'd like to think that Nyomi Banxxx's gave her the discipline she needs to win after they worked together in "Kimberly Kane's Been Blackmaled".

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Phoenix Marie
Big, blonde, and brassy: that's Phoenix Marie summed up with some alliteration. When you meet her in real life, you walk away with the sense that this woman really, absolutely, 100% loves what she does, and any moment that she's not being banged is a wasted one. If Phoenix doesn't win Female Performer of the Year, she needs to win Unsung Starlet or something; the girl gives too much to not be recognized in some showy way.

[Photo via Team Skeet (galleries.teamskeet.com)
Chanel Preston
Another "Best New Starlet" winner? Why yes. Chanel Preston was born in Alaska and got her start stripping in Hawaii, so she knows when to play it cool or bring out the heat. Also: this girl's butt is really something.

[Photo via Reality Kings (gallys.realitykings.com)
Kristina Rose
Does Kristina Rose need this award when she's already been dubbed XRCO's Superslut of 2011? She's also Elegant Angel's very own "Slutwoman." Maybe Kristina will take this title and then no one shall ever call her slut again (or, you know, she'll be Female Performer of the Year/Queen Slut).

[Photo via Twistys (girls.twistys.com)
Andy San Dimas
Andy is XBIZ's Female Performer of the Year for 2011, so kind of expect to see her name in AVN's spotlight this year. And come on: who doesn't love Andy San Dimas? She appeals to the mainstream porn consumers, alt-porn lovers, the anal obsessed, and anybody who's ever loved "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (which is everyone not mentioned in the previous categories).

[Photo via Burning Angel (joannaangelbucks.com)]
Bobbi Starr
Look, you know how we feel about Bobbi. Whatever it is, we've only felt it more and more since she started directing for Evil Angel. Between her new directorship and her personal website, we've had the opportunity to see her unique vision take form over the past year, and we're certain that she's Female Performer of the Year material. The girl is a concert oboist for chrissakes!

[Photo via Brazzers (dwp.brazzers.com)
Alexis Texas
Look at Alexis Texas here, all dolled up like Marilyn Monroe. We didn't choose this picture to be silly; we chose it because it exemplifies what we love about Alexis. She's glamourous, curvy, and if she had the chance, you know she'd be all over JFK. She already has eleven different awards under her belt, so it seems like Female Performer of the Year is easily within her reach. Will Buttwoman attain the glory she seeks? Oh, how we wish we knew.

[Photo via Hustler (hustlercash.com)]

Well, that's it for the ladies. Be sure to make your bets now and brace yourselves for the Extreme Pornstar Showdown of 2012!