Originally Posted By: Jigaloo
VW/Velvet, Gia, Anyone with actual insight:

Why do these girls change their names once they start? Raven Bay I understand because of me and she changed before she really got into the thick of things, and Anissa Kate was smart enough not to use the Kym K. name after all. The AK name was distinct enough in my opinion.

But I see Kaylee Evans is now AJ Applegate, here too. I get that she thinks or someone told her she looks like Christina Applegate, but wouldn't something like Kaylee Applegate make more sense?

It's different from a Kara Mynor/Shawna Lenee thing where she had to reinvent herself after her suicidal gesture. She got implants and died her hair and really glammed herself up, or a Tucker Slain/Nate Battle where he tried to hide that fact he doesn't understand what No means.


I had a front row seat to a few of the girls/name changes mentioned.

The Anissa Kate thing happened when she was first being promoted by the peeps at Harmony Films. They were trying to cash in on her likeness to Kim Kardashian. So much so that they wanted to call her Kym Kardashian. For legal reasons they changed to Kym K. They eventually re-thought the promotion and
stuck with Anissa.

BTW- Here is a photo I took when she came by our office.




As for Raven– I met her as Alexis Bay. She, like many newbies, pick their name on a whim and really don't consider if someone else has the name or how common the name is. When things started to take off for her, she realized that their were a million girls named Alexis in the biz so she wanted to change it.

She has the dark hair and wings in her back so she want with Raven.

Kaylee/ AJ I am not sure about. I will get back to you on that one.


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Edited by VW/Velvet (08/27/12 11:05 AM)