I just found out that the beautiful Victoria Paris has passed away. Very sad news, as we were once very close friends, and I wanted to share a few of my favorite memories.
My favorite photo of us is this one from a press junket at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993 but we had many adventures together. Victoria co-hosted my 28th birthday party at the Bel Age Hotel which was a benefit for the Youth Aids Foundation and the first of its kind associated with the adult industry. She even enlisted famed LA designer, Michael Roche from Addictions boutique, and co-designed the dress I wore to my birthday event with him – in gratitude I gifted her a silk Versace dinner purse. I was that flattered.
She was my special guest when I traveled to France to receive the Hot d’Or Lifetime Achievement Award, after which we traveled to London with Ciro Orsini to see Guns n’ Roses on their Paradise City tour. What a long and wonderful trip with the best companion I could have ever asked for.
She was an exquisite and gorgeous woman, a talented performer and extremely thoughtful friend. I will always cherish the Versace bracelet and Paddington Bear she gifted me. We used to love to dress to the nines, lunch in the best restaurants and travel the world together.
As the years passed, we went our separate ways, on our own separate personal journeys, but I always wished her well. I was thrilled to bump into her not too long ago at our favorite Coffee Bean in MDR, and to be introduced to her new husband – as she glowed with happiness. My last memory of Victoria Paris, happy and in love, will be treasured forever.
I was truly heartbroken to hear her life was cut short by cancer, and my sincerest heartfelt condolences go out to her husband, family and friends. Rest well, sweet Sheila. Another angel has gotten her wings. May she rest in peace knowing how much she was loved.
Hi sexy Amber Lynn
I have kindly miss Paris even knowing that I still like elevator scene in love bites (as explained on the rialto report podcast) as was awesome hot scene (to which I may ask you to a question on later stage) but Miss Paris was a woman!
She was one-off character especially when video dominated the adult industry in the mid to late 80s and I suddenly found her (and yourself) via the European Astra satellite movie station filmnet in the early 1990s.
She will be sadly missed as Miss Paris has that charmed and very eurotic flavour within her movies during her tenancy when the adult channel was ruling the waves before the age of Internet.
So sad now that she has passed on but, Miss Paris was definitely special from the start even though she is a woman who knows what she had to offer and very Liberal sense that they had in their minds and qualities.
Most condolences towards her family and friends especially in the adult industry.
Thank you so much, Simon, for taking the time to leave that lovely memory about Victoria. I’m sure she would have appreciated it.
Beautiful woman. I have lots of her classic works. RIP.
I’ve been going through a lot of old photos of us over the week. Very sad. She will be missed.
One of my favourites back in the day. Way, way too early for her to pass. RIP
Hello again, Pete. Great to see you. Yes, I was shocked and saddened. Shelia was a good friend.