(Hollywood, CA) The AVN Nominations Party returned to the Avalon nightclub in Hollywood with a well-attended, industry-only, red-carpet gala. Hosts Abigaiil Morris and ItsLo, trophy girls Ava Amira and Meagan Moore, AVN CEO Tony Rios, and AVN Hall of Famer Amber Lynn hosted the party, and a handful of top categories were announced. Glamorous Latina adult entertainer, content creator, and fashionista Zariah Aura has snagged five major AVN Awards nominations and is vying to win one or more trophies.

This year, Zariah Aura is nominated again for Trans Performer of the Year—she’s been a fixture at Transfixed, TransAngels, Transsensual, and Evil Angel with many incredible scenes filmed for these top-tier studios this year. Additionally, Zariah received a coveted nom for Best Trans Acting Performance for Kink Trans’ “I’m the Fucking Boss!”

Zariah also scored three nominations for her scene work which include Best Trans Group Sex Scene for Transfixed’s “’Anonymous’ Can Include Us, Right?” with Leilani Li and Jewelz Blu, Best Trans One-on-One Sex Scene also from Transfixed with Kenna James, and Best Foursome/Orgy Scene for Adult Time’s “The Bottom Floor: Second Coming with Little Puck, Sophia Locke, Casey Calvert, Alison Rey, Aiden Starr, Arson Leigh, Mickey Mod, Lilly Bell, Codi Vore, Coco Lovelock, Vanessa Vega, Ravyn Alexa, Leana Lovings, Penny Barber, Ember Fiera, Monique Miles, Tegan Trex, Connie Perignon, Sherman Maus, Christian Wilde, and Nicky Zeal.

“2025 was an incredible year, and I feel like this will be the year I take home an AVN trophy. Thank you to all the studios and directors for hiring me for all these amazing projects and, of course, to AVN for these fantastic nominations,” says Zariah Aura.

For a complete list of nominees, visit avn.com/awards/2026_nominees. Fan categories will be announced soon.

The AVN Awards are set to take place at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 24, 2026.

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Glamorous Latina adult entertainer, content creator, and fashionista Zariah Aura is known for her trademark banging booty and long, luscious black/dark brown hair, and she aspires to be one of the industry’s greats and is her own muse. Before adult, Zariah was doing sales and drag. In 2022, she started doing mainstream studio work full-time. Zariah has worked for top-shelf studios, including Grooby, AdultTime, Kink, GenderX, Evil Angel, TransSensual, Kink, Transfixed, TransAngels, Deep Lush, whyNotBi, and Devils Film. She was tapped as the first Grooby Girls Ambassador in 2023 and named the final cover girl for Transfixed’s Muses series in December of the same year. Zariah has won four TEAs trophies: Hardcore Performer of the Year, Best New Face, Best Girl/Girl Scene, and Best Trans-Masculine Scene. She’s also been nominated for an incredible 83 nominations from the AVN, XMAs, XMA Creator, Pornhub, TEAs, Fannys, NightMoves, Pornhub, XRCOs, and Fleshbot Awards.

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