Excuse me? I actually don't know what you're talking about. The only "backing" I had during the MFO contest last year was that for a short period of time during the first round, Naughty America had an ad linking to a scene of mine that had just been released which appeared on Freeones.com. I would hardly call that a backing or endorsement by a large company, given that dozens of eligible porn stars shoot for NA, and any one of them can and has appeared in a Naughty America ad on FO. More than anything it was lucky timing that the ad with my photo appeared during the contest voting period.
I worked my ass off to promote myself last year, and while I may not have posted on the boards daily, I tried. Not including finding time to read/post on boards, I work over 80 hours a week shooting/doing web maintenance/editing video/responding to emails, and run a blog where I have already posted 100 times this month alone.
I apologize if I'm coming off a little too forcefully, who??? . This is more me being frustrated by the fact that since winning Newcomer last year, I've heard many FO board regulars/veterans express exactly that sentiment that you did. I have no problem with anybody's opinion if they think someone else should have won, but I personally feel a bit insulted when members chalk it up to me having had a large company's endorsement or some kind of marketing ploy, which couldn't be farther from the truth.
Your comment seems to imply that perhaps you thought I was contracted with some company, or that a studio stood to benefit from my winning the Newcomer category.... which would also be untrue. I've never worked under contract for any studio and no studio has ever benefitted from any awards/nominations I've received. In fact, I'm not the kind of girl they get behind, as many of you have pointed out, so I had to claw and scrape to get noticed/hired by adult companies. No one helped me out or gave me a boost, especially not for Miss FO Best Newcomer last year. I'm quite happy to take all the credit for that one by myself