Kagney Linn Karter (born March 28, 1987) is an American

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, singer and model.

Early life

Karter was born in

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and raised in

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and

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Career

Karter began

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while in

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and was named the state's

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Showgirl of the Year in 2007. She later moved to

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to pursue an acting and singing career. Karter fell out with her manager when he discovered she had been working as an exotic dancer. While continuing to dance in California, she eventually moved into modeling and, after signing with the agency LA Direct Models, posed for shoots with erotic photographer

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. Karter entered the

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in September 2008.AVN Staff, "Fresh Girls", '' AVN'', Vol. 25/No. 6, Issue 319, June 2009, pp.82-88. Her first scene was with

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for

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. In 2009, she was chosen as the ''

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for June, and appeared on the covers of ''

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'' in April and ''

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'' in June. She also was featured on the cover of Holly Randall's photo book ''Erotic Dream Girls'', which was published in October 2009. In January 2010, she signed an exclusive performing contract with the production company Zero Tolerance Entertainment. In 2012, Karter took part in

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's '' Twilight of the Porn Stars'', a

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about the

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, its struggle to compete with free internet alternatives, and the lives of famous porn stars. Karter released an

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(EP) recording entitled "The Crossover" in 2018. In 2022, Karter released her second EP, titled "The Take Over."

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