Society has an unwritten rule for women: youth is beauty, beauty is value, and eventually you're supposed to become quieter, less desirable and less visible.
Victoria Vale completely rejected that narrative.
In this episode of Ava Devine's Bad Advice, I sit down with adult performer and model Victoria Vale for an honest conversation about starting over later in life, aging, confidence, beauty standards, plastic surgery, sexuality, career reinvention and why women do not have an expiration date.
Long before becoming Victoria Vale, she lived two very different lives.
She began dancing while putting herself through college before eventually leaving the entertainment world, completing graduate school and building a successful corporate career in HR. For roughly two decades, she lived what she describes as a normal suburban corporate life.
But part of her never forgot the freedom and excitement she had experienced before. Years later, Victoria decided to explore that part of herself again.
What initially began as a bucket-list opportunity to model eventually became something much bigger: a complete reinvention of her life in adulthood.
Victoria opens up about returning to an appearance-driven industry at an older age, becoming comfortable in front of the camera, entering adult films later in life and discovering that getting older didn't make her less confident.
Chapters
00:00 Women Do NOT Have An Expiration Date
00:01:05 Starting Over Later In Life
00:01:58 Who Was Victoria Vale Before Adult Entertainment?
00:02:42 Dancing Her Way Through College
00:04:27 Why Victoria Chose Corporate Life
00:05:07 Living Two Completely Different Lives
00:05:54 Did Victoria Ever Feel Like She Truly Fit In?
00:06:40 Shame & Growing Up Without Guilt
00:07:23 Education vs. Real-World Experience
00:08:07 What Adult Entertainment Taught Victoria About Men
00:08:58 Why Victoria Believes The Industry Can Empower Women
00:09:54 Why Victoria Returned To Adult Entertainment
00:10:36 Sex Appeal In The Corporate World
00:12:13 Does Appearance Affect How People Treat You?
00:12:56 The Glamour Standards Of The Feature-Dancing Era
00:14:52 The Opportunity That Brought Victoria Back
00:15:34 Working A Corporate Job While Modeling
00:16:18 Victoria Vale's Glamorous Aesthetic
00:17:04 How Ava Helped Victoria Enter The Creator Economy
00:18:32 Why Women Should Help Other Women Succeed
00:19:24 Why Leading With Kindness Matters
00:20:08 How Victoria Got Her Big Break
00:20:49 Why She Didn't Immediately Jump Into Adult Films
00:21:31 Victoria's First Experience Filming With A Partner
00:22:26 What People Don't Understand About Filming Adult Scenes
00:23:22 Why Staying Camera-Ready Gets Harder With Age
00:24:27 The Pressure Of Seeing Your Body On Camera
00:25:21 "I Feel Better Than I Did In My 20s"
00:26:12 How Victoria Transformed Her Health
00:26:58 Why Aging Made Her More Grounded
00:27:47 The Physical Demands Of Adult Entertainment
00:28:32 Protecting Mental, Emotional & Spiritual Health
00:29:36 Finding Balance Between Work & Real Life
00:30:37 How Victoria Deals With Online Hate
00:32:01 Aging Naturally vs. Plastic Surgery
00:32:50 Why Women Should Choose How THEY Want To Age
00:33:36 Why We Freeze Women In Their Younger Image
00:34:55 Victoria Vale On Plastic Surgery & Extreme Glamour
00:35:47 Why She Refuses To Apologize For Her Look
00:36:35 "My Body, My Choice"
00:37:31 Why Plastic Surgery Makes Victoria Feel More Confident
00:38:33 The Impossible Beauty Standard Women Face
00:39:23 "I'm Stronger Than I Was 20 Years Ago"
00:40:07 Why Women Are Judged No Matter How They Age
00:41:37 Is Ageism Still A Problem In Adult Entertainment?
00:42:32 Why Victoria Loves Being A Mature Woman
00:43:25 Victoria Vale's Advice For Women Of Every Age
00:45:10 "You Couldn't Pay Me To Be In My 20s Again"
00:45:57 What Victoria Is Proudest Of
00:46:53 What Women In Their 40s, 50s & 60s Need To Hear
00:47:44 "It's Never Too Late"
00:48:43 Why Your Life Doesn't End When You Start Over
00:49:34 Finding What Brings You Joy
00:50:34 Victoria Vale's Final Bad Advice
If there is one thing to take away from this episode, it's this: your life does not have an expiration date.
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