Expert: Jim Boyd - 6/17/2009

Question
What is the big thing about having tattos and coming into the industry?I have already done a scene thru blackmarket however since that scene ihave more tattoos, and it seem no agancy nor person almost wants to shoot a girl w tattoos. im a bit lost as to thats whats different about me being an african american girl.i continue to get "your very pretty but your tattoos are an issue" also note: my tatts are not making some political statement or offensive...any insite is great on this...

Answer
MOST of the women currently working in Adult Films have at least one tattoo...the most common probably being the "tramp stamps". So, a reasonable amount of ink is not really a major issue in most cases.

Based on your description, it would seem that you have a large number of tattoos and it's the amount of ink that creates the problem for you.

Unfortunately, women with a large number of tattoos are simply not very marketable as they are not considered "sexually desirable" by the general porn viewing public.

The fact you happen to be Afro-American is completely irrelevant.