Tricia Devereaux (born January 12, 1975) is an American former

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inductee, and co-owner of Evil Angel studios.

Career

Devereaux was introduced to the

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when her then husband, Patrick, got a job working as a bouncer in a strip club and Devereaux would occasionally visit him there. The other dancers encouraged her to enter the club's amateur contest which she won; this led to her working there to make extra money. A number of established porn stars visited the club as feature dancers—names such as Victoria Paris,

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, and Samantha Strong. Seeing the extra money that the features made, Devereaux sent pictures of herself to ''

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'' magazine for their "Beaver Hunt" feature, which was published. At the same time Devereaux came in fifth in

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's national Stripper of the Year. She then flew out to

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's request (he had seen pictures Devereaux had sent of herself to

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), where she made her first on-camera scene with Silvera in ''Fashion Sluts 7''. In 1998, Devereaux was infected with

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during a scene with

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. Now known as Karen Stagliano, she is also the co-owner of Evil Angel, a production company, with her husband

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Awards

* 1998

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- Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video (''Cellar Dwellers 2'') with

& P.J. Sparxx * 2003 AVN Award - Best Editing, Film (''The Fashionistas'') with John Stagliano * 2011

inductee

Personal life

Devereaux grew up "in a small town a couple hours outside of Chicago," where she had a strict upbringing and attended a private Catholic high school. She attended college in the Midwest, got her bachelor's degree in Biology from a college in

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, then attended one year of medical school. Before starting medical school, she had married her boyfriend Patrick. After she had appeared in a number of films, Devereaux was dismissed from medical school after the school accused her of cheating on a test; Devereaux claims the charge was rigged and that the real reason she was dismissed was due to her involvement in pornography. Soon afterwards, Devereaux divorced her husband; she later said that "Patrick was too much of a pushover personality-wise, and we'd been having problems financially." She married former

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and current director

on November 26, 2008. She now is known as Karen Stagliano.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Devereaux, Tricia 1975 births Living people American pornographic film actresses Place of birth missing (living people) Pornographic film actors from Illinois People with HIV/AIDS 21st-century American women