These sexy starlets may have left the porn industry to pursue other interests, but their legacy in the business will live on forever.
Tyffany Million was known as the "dirty girl" of porn, appearing in 129 titles
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She left porn and runs her own business as a licensed private investigator and bounty hunter
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Asia Carrera was the first half-Asian female to become an A-list porn star, appearing in 389 videos. She was a Mensa International member who walked away from a full academic scholarship to college to instead pursue a career in porn
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Today, Asia is a stay-at-home mother of two living in Mormon country in St. George, Utah, where porn is scoffed upon and she's less recognized
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Tera Patrick started her adult career in 1999
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She retired from shooting scenes in the adult industry in 2008 and focused on her production company, Teravision INC, becoming a successful businesswoman. She's currently a millionaire
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After Mary Carey burst onto the porn scene, she was making $300,000 per month
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She ran for governor of California twice, promising to legalize gay marriage and tax breast implants. Having retired from porn in 2008, she switched to comedy acting instead, and appeared in some reality shows
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Raylene acted in the "dirtiest of the dirtiest" videos. Her son made her leave porn and motivated her to fight her addiction
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She became a licensed real estate agent
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Amber Lynn followed her big brother, adult film director Buck Adams, into the family business, and had a 17-year career in porn
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After she quit porn, Amber decided to run a successful real estate practice and does sobriety counseling
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Sasha Grey began appearing in adult films just after turning 18
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After quitting porn she became a succesful mainstream actress, model, author and musician
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Houston was the first porn star to receive a million dollar paycheck, holds the "world's biggest gang bang" title, and auctioned the "trimmings" after her labiaplasty for a reported $50,000
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She finished nursing school after leaving porn
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Jenna Jameson became a prominent porn star after her minor role in Howard Stern's 1997 film Private Parts.Her mainstream appearances continued with several guest-hosting and guest-starring on various television programs and video games
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Jameson announced her retirement from pornography at the 2008 AVN Awards. She's made a fortune on her company ClubJenna she started while she was still doing porn. It was so successful, she even considered buying out the Penthouse magazine in 2003