Miss Nude Oregon: The Dolphin II

My favorite porn series of all-time is Ed Powers' "Dirty Debutantes". Ed is a fat, disgusting every-man who's carved out a niche within the industry. For about a six or seven year period in the late-90s and early 21st-century, any new porn starlet who wanted to make it in the biz had to start by crawling across Ed's bed. The girls were literally fresh off the bus. It was a beautiful thing.

Over the years Ed has told the story of the evolution of the adult industry. He'll tell you it was intentional, I know better. Back in the early to mid-nineties, porn was still pretty taboo. Girls who appeared in it were doing so most likely to support drug habits or something similar. There was no glitz. No glamor. But Ed started to change that. In his early stuff you would watch nervous young twenty-somethings who weren't quite sure what to expect submit to Ed's slow cajoling. The best example was Dirty Debs #17 where in one scene he got a girl to talk about all the experience she had while her knees were literally fused together. It took about 20 minutes, but Ed soon had her face in the pillows.

The next scene started out very similar. He had this girl, Angel, naked and masturbating on his bed. It was as far as she'd go. That was that. But Ed kept going. Lying naked next to her. Eventually getting her to stroke him off. Then there were a few whispered words, inaudible except for "...and my manager will never know?" and Ed had her on all fours begging him to go harder. It was a beautiful thing.

As you move through the series (I think he's up somewhere in the 400s these days...at an average of 4 bimbos-per-dvd, that's a lot of bimbi...finally figuring out he was playing Russian roulette, he started using condoms 100% of the time in 2001), the girls eventually get a little easier. A little more willing. NO better example of this than a young Aurora Snow appearing in Dirty Debs 152. She still had a fair amount of baby fat on her and was pretty inexperienced. But she was a trooper. And just a few years later, she was AVN's female performer of the year.

These days everyone knows what's expected and everyone performs their assigned tasks flawlessly. My favorite scenes, though, will always be the ones with the girls who aren't quite sure they belong there. The ones who walked in good girls, who'd only been naked for their boyfriends, and walk out defiled for the whole world to see, still not 100% sure they should have done that. Those are the ones I can rent over and over again.

Why am I telling you this? Because Thursday night at the Dolphin II, I saw a guy and his buddy sandwiching guy #1's innocent girlfriend on the rail at Miss Nude Oregon 2007. I sat in the back of the club and just watched her as she sat still, trying to figure out where things went wrong. She should be studying for her law school final up at Lewis and Clark, instead, she was designated driver for her boyfriend and his high school buddy J-Dogg. It was an interesting way to start the evening.

I'd only been to the Dolphin II one other time. It's probably been five or six years ago. I like the Dolphin plenty enough, but the girls there were getting kind of old, so I decided to mix it up. Again, it was a comfort thing. As similar as the two places were though, there was one huge difference. The volume. They had the music at the Dolphin II cranked all the way to 11. I could barely order a beer. I haven't been back since.

The place hasn't really changed much in the years since. The bar still sits along one entire wall that faces the three stages. The video poker machines are still in the back corner. And there are still exposed rafters at the top of the poles for the girls to work into their routines. The music has been turned down. which is nice.

Thinking things would kick-off at 8, I showed up at 7 to get a decent seat and take in the place. After walking the entire room and finding nearly every table had been reserved for this party or that, I found a spot at the bar and sat down. The place was pretty much empty save for the college kids on the rail and a few regulars. Hip-hop music dominated the first set I watched a thick number go through the motions. Definitely nothing to write home about.

Turning back to take another pull on my beer, I saw Jewel walk in. She was carrying a giant basket full of Twinkies or something. She'd put her little campaign flier on each cake and was passing them around the club. She walked over to me and we played our little "don't I know you?" game. Then she asked me to take a cake. I couldn't figure out if she was running for Miss Nude Oregon or class president. Probably both.

Around 8:30, I found an empty table in a rear corner of the club and sat down, thinking things would begin happening. The night, though, kept clicking away. Folks kept filing in. The DJs kept exhorting the crowd to get loud with the promises of free porn and concert tickets. After a while, an older guy came over and asked if my table was reserved. I told him it wasn't and he was welcome to have a seat. He promptly grabbed his stuff and sat down. He'd brought a rose and box of chocolates. Turns out he was a benefactor for Miss Nude Oregon 2006, who quickly came and joined us.

I couldn't tell you Miss Nude Oregon 2006's name. I can report she's a bleach blonde 20-something. Probably 5'6" or 5'7". Stacked. And a pretty good conversation. I asked why she wasn't competing this year. She said there was an unwritten rule about defending one's title. She was also missing from all the fliers advertising the event. They showed the 2004 and 2005 winners, but not 2006. I figured it had something perhaps to do with this. Nah. Turns out she'd had a kid or something and she wasn't able to make the photo shoot. If true, she's bounced back in grand style. Hot doesn't begin to describe her.

Around 9:30, they finally got around to getting things going. All 6 contestants were introduced. We had Jewel and Electra Blue from the Dolphin I, Russia and Selina from the Dolphin II, and two others who's names I couldn't quite figure out. The "M" girl from my night at the Dolphin I was there. And the sixth girl, well...it sounded like "Faux" but I don't think that was it.

Introductions went a long way toward extablishing the night's favorite. My favorite, of course, was Jewel. She was first to be introduced. The curly hair, the curves, and the smile have all won me over long ago. Like I said, I just have to avoid conversation or any sort of touching.

Next up was Electra Blue. She came out with these blue sunglasses that matched her dress. Obviously going for some look, she came off more like a cartoon character than a stripper. Add to that the tattoos, and she was out.

Russia was introduced next. A TALL girl. Straight brown hair. You can check her out here. The crowd was polite, but not overly enthusiastic.

Faux was next. I couldn't tell you a thing about her.

"M" came up to a thunderous applause which was my first indication that she would go far. She obviously had a lot of support in the crowd. I don't know how she does it. I suspect an evening back at the Dolphin I will help me get that sorted out.

Last, but not least, was Selina. She'd stopped by our table earlier to say hi to Miss 2006. Selina reminded me of a Beaverton trophy wife. The hair, the tan, the smile all screamed suburbia. But she was probably the second favorite of the evening. Not my type at all, though.

They all exited, and a new set of girls came up to dance for the evening. It seemed this was how things were going to go. A few minutes of action followed by two sets of regulars dancing for money. Which is fine, I guess. But it being a school night, I did need to get moving. It didn't help that there was a photographer there taking pictures for someone's mag. Everyone seemed to know him. He had a younger assistant that I would have liked to know. I have a serious thing for redheads and generally know when one is in the room. She sat at the table next to mine and seemed to be there with a girlfriend. A LOT of lesbian action in the room on Thursday night. I've no idea what that was about. You could tell though that it was a celebration. Kind of the Oscars for a select set. I'm sure as the year wears on, I'll get to know who some of the faces were.

I finally took off around 10. There was no way I was going to stick around until 2 to find out the winner. My money is on "M" or Selina. As soon as I find out who it was, I'll let you know.

Update: Turns out M's name is Natalia. I was close. Sort of. Anyway, she is your Miss Nude Oregon 2007. You can go check her out at the Dolphin I. Congratulations!

Don't forget to check out my new site! www.richardthruster.com