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.
