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'''Yvette Bova''' was born in Junction City on [[April 6]], [[1962]]. Bova grew up in Denver, Colorado.  At the age of 18 she joined the United States Airforce where she served for 13 and a half years.
'''Joanna Jet''' (born in London, United Kingdom) is a British adult film [[actress]], [[model]] and [[director]]. Jet was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2015.


==Personal Life==
==Career==
Bova is the youngest of five children.  She has three brothers and one sister. Her youngest brother is since deceased.  Bova’s husband  and mother also passed away in 2008 and 2009, respectively.
Jet, a [[transgender]] woman, made her first professional appearances in 2000 in the DVDs Transsexual Beauty Queens 15 and Shemales at the Hard Rock Cafe, both produced by Androgeny Productions. The following year, she underwent facial feminization surgery and also became a featured star for the top transsexual DVDs titles of the time from Androgeny, Evil Angel, Devil's films and Anabolic, she also started her own US based production company.


==Bodybuilding Career==
==Other ventures==
Bova began training in bodybuilding four years prior to her first competition, which was in 1996. She retired from competitive bodybuilding in 2006, following the National Physique Committee Nationals. <ref>https://www.babepedia.com/babe/Yvette_Bova</ref>
Jet had a production company called Altered States Productions which was based in the San Fernando Valley of California. After a series of travel visa difficulties with U.S. Customs and Immigration, Jet began working a VOD platform based in the United Kingdom. While working on this platform, she also produced a softcore release for Playboy TV UK. The release was titled Tranny and Susanna and was according to Jet the "first-ever softcore transsexual movie for cable, anywhere in the world" and was nominated for an AVN award in 2009. Starting in 2011, after resolving her travel visa issues, Jet began working in the United States again.


===Contest Background===
==Advocacy==
Bova has won several bodybuilding titles in Seoul, Korea.
As both a performer and a producer of [[transgender]]-themed pornography, she became an advocate for the acceptance of [[transgender]] performers by the mainstream adult industry and is recognized as influencing the addition of the "Transsexual Performer of the Year" category to the AVN awards in 2004.
*Ms. Far East (a title she has won 2 years in a row)
*She has also won the Best Poser award, both times in Okinawa, Japan
*2nd place - Women's Lightweight Division at Guam's National Bodybuilding Championship
*1st place - Women's Lightweight Division in the 1997 Marjo Selin's Muscle Classic in Maui, Hawaii
*2nd place in the Mixed Pairs Division in the 1997 Marjo Selin's Muscle Classic in Maui, Hawaii
*1997 Hawaii Armed Forces Lightweight Division and Overall Winner also Best Poser on Oahu, Hawaii
*1999 Designer Body Muscle & Physique State Championship; Women's Open Bodybuilding Division, Overall Winner
*3rd place in the Women's Middle Weight at the 1999 Paradise Cup on Oahu, Hawaii
*Guest posed at the 2000 Hawaii Armed Forces Bodybuilding Championship
 
===Contest History===
*1996 Guam's National Bodybuilding Championship - 2nd (LW)
*1997 Marjo Selin's Muscle Classic - 1st (LW), 2nd (Mixed Pairs)
*1997 Hawaii Armed Forces Championship - 1st (LW), Best Poser (Overall)
*1999 Designer Body Muscle & Physique State Championship - 1st (LW and Overall)
*1999 Women's Open - 1st (Overall)
*1999 Paradise Cup - 3rd (MW)
*2002 NPC USA Championships - 16th (Middleweight)
*2003 NPC USA Championships - 8th (Middleweight)
*2003 NPC National Championships - 10th (Middleweight)
*2004 NPC USA Championships - 2nd (Middleweight)
*2004 NPC National Championships - 7th (Middleweight)
*2005 NPC USA Championships - 12th (Light-Heavyweight )
*2005 NPC National Championships - 6th (Middleweight)
*2006 NPC USA Championships - 6th (Middleweight)
*2006 NPC National Championships - 11th (Middleweight))


==Awards and nominations==
*2004 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year
*2005 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year
*2006 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20051125010715/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/24/82/23/248223AVN_Awards_Nominations.pdf</ref>
*2006 UK Adult Film Award winner – Transsexual Performer of the Year
*2007 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20061220061002/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/27/84/74/278474AVNNOMSFINALNOV20</ref>
*2007 UK Adult Film Award winner – Transsexual Performer of the Year
*2007 UK Adult Film Award winner – Best Transsexual Film
*2008 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year
*2008 UK Adult Film Award winner – Transsexual Performer of the Year
*2010 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100122042439/http://avnawards.avn.com/nominees/</ref>
*2010 Tranny Award winner – Lifetime Achievement<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120108024541/http://www.trannyawards.com/2010winners.php</ref>
*2012 XBIZ Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year<ref>https://www.xma.show/</ref>
*2012 XBIZ Award nominee – Transsexual Director of the Year<ref>https://www.xma.show/</ref>
*2012 XBIZ Award nominee – Transsexual Site of the Year<ref>https://www.xma.show/</ref>
*2012 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year
*2013 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year
*2015 Inducted into AVN Hall of Fame


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Revision as of 00:17, 27 October 2024

Joanna Jet (born in London, United Kingdom) is a British adult film actress, model and director. Jet was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2015.

Career

Jet, a transgender woman, made her first professional appearances in 2000 in the DVDs Transsexual Beauty Queens 15 and Shemales at the Hard Rock Cafe, both produced by Androgeny Productions. The following year, she underwent facial feminization surgery and also became a featured star for the top transsexual DVDs titles of the time from Androgeny, Evil Angel, Devil's films and Anabolic, she also started her own US based production company.

Other ventures

Jet had a production company called Altered States Productions which was based in the San Fernando Valley of California. After a series of travel visa difficulties with U.S. Customs and Immigration, Jet began working a VOD platform based in the United Kingdom. While working on this platform, she also produced a softcore release for Playboy TV UK. The release was titled Tranny and Susanna and was according to Jet the "first-ever softcore transsexual movie for cable, anywhere in the world" and was nominated for an AVN award in 2009. Starting in 2011, after resolving her travel visa issues, Jet began working in the United States again.

Advocacy

As both a performer and a producer of transgender-themed pornography, she became an advocate for the acceptance of transgender performers by the mainstream adult industry and is recognized as influencing the addition of the "Transsexual Performer of the Year" category to the AVN awards in 2004.

Awards and nominations

  • 2004 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year
  • 2005 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year
  • 2006 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year[5]
  • 2006 UK Adult Film Award winner – Transsexual Performer of the Year
  • 2007 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year[6]
  • 2007 UK Adult Film Award winner – Transsexual Performer of the Year
  • 2007 UK Adult Film Award winner – Best Transsexual Film
  • 2008 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year
  • 2008 UK Adult Film Award winner – Transsexual Performer of the Year
  • 2010 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year[7]
  • 2010 Tranny Award winner – Lifetime Achievement[8]
  • 2012 XBIZ Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year[9]
  • 2012 XBIZ Award nominee – Transsexual Director of the Year[10]
  • 2012 XBIZ Award nominee – Transsexual Site of the Year[11]
  • 2012 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year
  • 2013 AVN Award nominee – Transsexual Performer of the Year
  • 2015 Inducted into AVN Hall of Fame