GodsGirls

GodsGirls
Industry Alt porn
Headquarters California, United States
Key people
 Annaliese Nielsen
Kayla-Jane Danger
Website godsgirls.com

GodsGirls is a California-based alt porn website featuring softcore nude photography and video. The website also serves as a social networking community, featuring model and user blogs, email, discussion forums, original writing, and interviews.

History

GodsGirls was founded by entrepreneur Annaliese Nielsen and model Kayla-Jane Danger, with the backing of Offworld Media Group Inc.[1][2] in an attempt to bring forth a change in what Nielsen considered a severely under-served market.[3] The website's original lineup featured models who were local friends and acquaintances of the founders. The name "GodsGirls" was adopted by models as an homage to a song bearing the same title, written and performed by LA-based indie band Scarlet Grey.[3]

Before launching as a stand-alone website, GodsGirls maintained an active and popularly visited page on the social networking site MySpace, logging 33,870 "friends" by the time of Godsgirls.com's official opening.[4]

Development

Officially registered under the name God's Girls L.L.C.,[5] the Godsgirls website began to operate in June 2006, with headquarters in West Hollywood, California.[6] Since its launch, the website has noted the participation of well-known alt-porn models such as Melodie Gore, Charity Laurus, Penthouse Pet Ashlee Adams, and former SuicideGirl Apnea.[7][8] Former staff members include make-up artist and singer Jeffree Star and photographer Christine Kessler.[9][10]

Controversies

GodsGirls has been the subject of lawsuits by competitor alt-porn website SuicideGirls, mainly due to modeling contract altercations. SuicideGirls' modeling contract prevents former and current models from collaborating with competing sites or agencies in the same field by the inclusion of a non-compete clause.[1] Many former SuicideGirls models who have allegedly violated their contracts by pursuing modeling with competing websites have been threatened by legal action as well.[11][12] None of these lawsuits had resulted in a victory for the plaintiff.[13][14] One model described her experience with the founder, Annaliese Nielsen, as "rude and cold", and has said that models are given $50 per set.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 Willamette Week | “Suicide Defense” | January 11th, 2006 Archived 2007-02-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ SuicideGirlX: Under Construction Archived July 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 Interview: GodsGirls Set Out to Improve on the Alt-Porn Model Archived 2008-02-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ MySpace.com - GodsGirls.com - 25 - Fille - Los angeles , California - www.myspace.com/godsgirls
  5. ↑ Ariz. Corp. Comm. - Corporations Division
  6. ↑ WHOIS domain registration information results for godsgirls.com from Network Solutions
  7. ↑ Melodie Gore... Character Fiction Archived 2008-02-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ Apneatic.com
  9. ↑ Christine Kessler Photography - Christine Kessler Portfolio - GodsGirls.com
  10. ↑ Gods Girls
  11. ↑ "SuicideGirlX: Jane Magazine Article". Archived from the original on 2006-11-04. Retrieved 2006-07-14.
  12. ↑ Features | SuicideGirls revolt Archived February 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ Deviant Nation : Legal Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ SuicideGirlX: Exclusive Articles
  15. ↑ Babysinhead.com


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