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|name = Aria Giovanni<br />
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|birth_place = [[Long Beach, California]], U.S.<ref name="Stats and Bio"/><br />
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'''Aria Giovanni''' (born November 3, 1977) is an American former [[Pornographic film actor|erotic actress]] and model who was ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'' magazine's Pet for the month of September 2000. She has modelled in a range of photographic styles including amateur, [[artistic nude]], [[Pin-up model|pinup]], [[fetish art|fetish]], and [[Glamour photography|glamour]], and has also had roles in films and television shows.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Aria Giovanni was born November 3, 1977, in [[Long Beach, California]], the middle of three children. She has an older sister and a younger brother.<ref name="Stats and Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.ariagiovanni.com/bio.html |title=Aria's Stats and Bio |date=n.d. |website=AriaGiovanni.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709152155/http://www.ariagiovanni.com/bio.html |archive-date=July 9, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Giovanni attended a junior college in [[San Diego]], majoring in [[biochemistry]].<ref name="Glamourcon 2002">{{cite web |url=http://www.glamourcon.com/interview/aria.html |title=Celebrate Aria |author=<!--anonymous author(s)--> |access-date=July 10, 2007 |date=December 16, 2002 |website=[[Glamourcon]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630003318/http://www.glamourcon.com/interview/aria.html |archive-date=June 30, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> During an appearance on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'', Giovanni revealed that her father left the family when she was 10, and that she got into trouble as a child because she was frequently left to her own devices.<ref name="Howard Stern Show 2002">{{cite episode |series=The Howard Stern Show |network=Sirius XM Radio |date=October 30, 2002}}</ref> At age 12, her mother sent her to [[drug rehabilitation]]<ref name="Howard Stern Show 2002"/><ref name="Complex 2010">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/the-50-prettiest-porn-stars-of-all-time |title=The 50 Prettiest Porn Stars of All Time |author=<!--anonymous author(s)--> |date=May 26, 2010 |magazine=Complex |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208003819/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/the-50-prettiest-porn-stars-of-all-time |archive-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref> after discovering her unconscious in her own vomit. She says that she physically developed early, and was about a [[Bra size#United States and Canada|C cup]] by the age of 12, and a DD by the time she was 14.<ref name="Howard Stern Show 2002"/> Giovanni has stated that she was not popular in school. She characterizes herself as having grown up an "[[ugly duckling]]", and was never asked out on dates in high school.<ref name="Glamourcon 2002"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Giovanni was attending a junior college to major in Biology and waitressing five nights a week when she began modeling, having attained 17.5 credits by the semester when she was discovered.<ref name="Glamourcon 2002"/><ref name="Howard Stern Show 2002"/> She began modeling at the end of 1999, initially to pay for college. About six months into modeling, she was made ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'' magazine's Pet for the month of September 2000. Her pictorial was shot by [[Suze Randall]]. Around this time she was accepted to [[University of California, San Diego]] as a junior transfer student with a major in biochemistry and a minor in English writing. However, she decided not to complete college.<ref name="Glamourcon 2002"/><br />
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In 2001, Giovanni played Monica Snatch in the movie ''Survivors Exposed'', a parody of the ''[[Survivor (US TV series)|Survivor]]'' television series. She also appeared on the November 16, 2001, episode of the TV dating show ''[[Shipmates (TV series)|Shipmates]]''. The following year, she starred in ''Justine'', which was recommended by [[AskMen]] as one of nine pornographic movies that women can enjoy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/dating/love_tip_200/221_love_tip.html |title=9 Movies Women Can Enjoy |first=David |last=Strovny |date=February 1, 2006 |work=[[AskMen]] |access-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref><br />
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Giovanni was ''[[Playboy]]''{{'}}s Model of the Day for June 6, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playboy.com/girls/hotmodels/oftheday/060607/aria-giovanni.html |title=Model of the Day {{!}} Aria Giovanni |magazine=Playboy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118223120/http://www.playboy.com/girls/hotmodels/oftheday/060607/aria-giovanni.html |archive-date=November 18, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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In October 2008, Giovanni appeared in the first episode of [[James Gunn (filmmaker)|James Gunn]]'s short-form web video series, ''[[James Gunn's PG Porn]]'', playing a role opposite [[Nathan Fillion]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Gunn |first=James |url=http://www.pgporn.tv/ |title=James Gunn's PG Porn |website=PGPorn.tv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011023824/http://www.pgporn.tv/ |archive-date=October 11, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Giovanni stars on the 2010 Nerdcore Horror Calendar.<ref name="Zahn 2009">{{cite web |last=Zahn |first=James |url=http://www.fangoria.com/home/news/1-latest-news/4131-nerdcore-goes-horror-for-2010.html |title=Nerdcore goes Horror for 2010 |magazine=[[Fangoria]] |date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006025116/http://www.fangoria.com/home/news/1-latest-news/4131-nerdcore-goes-horror-for-2010.html |archive-date=October 6, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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In May 2010 Giovanni was included in ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' magazine's list of The 50 Prettiest Porn Stars of All Time.<ref name="Complex 2010"/><br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
[[File:Aria Giovanni at AVN Awards 2011 1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Aria Giovanni at the AVN Awards 2011]]<br />
* 2010 [[XBIZ Award]] Nominee - Web Babe/Starlet of the Year<ref>Javors, Steve (December 16, 2009). [http://www.xbiz.com/news/115720 "XBIZ Announces Finalist Nominees for 2010 XBIZ Awards"]. ''[[XBIZ]]''. Wednesday, December 16, 2009.</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
On ''The Howard Stern Show'', Giovanni stated that she married her boyfriend of five years on her 21st birthday, November 3, 1998. During the same appearance, she revealed that she had been living with guitarist [[John 5 (guitarist)|John 5]] for the past five months and that this was the first time she had dated someone in the entertainment industry.<ref name="Howard Stern Show 2002"/> Giovanni and John 5 married in 2005, but later divorced.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528102/20060406/index.jhtml?headlines=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412051422/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528102/20060406/index.jhtml?headlines=true |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 12, 2006 |title=Former Marilyn Manson Guitarist John 5 Proud To Be A Loser |first=Jon |last=Wiederhorn |date=April 7, 2006 |publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref><br />
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