Jeanette Dyrkjær (26 November 1963 – 29 July 2011) was a Danish nude model and adult actress.
Life and career
Born in
Copenhagen
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, Jeanette Dyrkjær was first noted in 1983 when, under the stage name Jeanette Starion, she won the Million Pet of the Year Pageant organized by the men's magazine ''
Penthouse
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'' and subsequently won a million dollars in connection with the election.
Dyrkjær later worked as a stripper and briefly joined the American porn industry as Jean Afrique.
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Personal life
Dyrkjær married African American pornographic actor and adult model Ray Victory (born Erwin Ray Viser; 1960 – 2016) and retired from showbusiness, moving back to Denmark.[ The couple had two sons, born in 1991 and 1993, that the authorities chose to put in ]foster care
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Death
Dyrkjær died of a heart attack in her home in Jersie Beach, Solrød. She was 47.[
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References
Further reading
* Nicolas Barbano. ''Verdens 25 hotteste pornostjerner''. Rosinante, 1999. .
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People from Copenhagen
Danish pornographic film actresses
Danish female adult models
1963 births
2011 deaths
Penthouse Pets
People from Solrød Municipality