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You'd think Vivid Video girl and two-time AVN award winner Savanna Samson would have her hands full (no pun intended) with her day job. But the buxom former Scores dancer apparently isn't satisfied with one career. Last year she released her own wine, Sogno Uno, which earned impressive reviews from grape gurus everywhere, and now she's releasing a debut CD, "Possession."

Dirty Jobs -- Sex Star Career Changes

    Savanna Samson recently changed from an Adult Video News award-winning porn star to a winemaker and pop singer.

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    Diablo Cody famously transitioned from a stripper who penned the memoir "Candy Girl" to an Oscar-winning screenwriter.

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    Porn star Mary Carey tried her hand at politics when she ran for governor of California in 2003. Her platform included promises to tax breast implants and to make lap dances a tax deductible business expense.

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    Playmate Kelly Monaco proved she could make it just as easily as a dancer when she won the first season of "Dancing with the Stars."

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    The world's most mainstream porn star, Jenna Jameson, is now a best-selling author and created her own comic book, "Shadow Hunter."

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    The porn star Traci Lords, notorious for her underage performances, managed to transition to mainstream acting, starting with Jon Waters' "Cry-Baby."

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    Niki Belucci was a porn star for six months before she got into DJ-ing. OK, topless DJ-ing. OK, this one's a stretch, but we really like the picture.

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    Heidi Fleiss, the Hollywood Madam (read the hoodie, fool), opened a laundromat last year called "Dirty Laundry."

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Many women have parlayed sexy jobs into mainstream careers (just look at the Playmate to "Baywatch" ratio), but is the world ready for a porno poptart?

After you've checked out our gallery of dirty job career switches, let us know if you think a smutty past is an asset or a roadblock.