Confessions Of A Video Vixen

by Karinne Steffans

Once the sought-after video girl, this sexy siren has helped multi-platinum artists like Jay-Z, R. Kelly and LL Cool J sell millions of albums with her sensual dancing. In a word, Karrine was H-O-T. So hot that she made as much as $2500 a day in videos and was selected by well-known film director F. Gary Gray to co-star in his film, A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel. But the film and music video sets, swanky Hollywood and New York restaurants and trysts with the celebrities featured in the pages of People and In Touch magazines only touches the surface of Karrine Steffans’ life. Her journey is filled with physical abuse, rape, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness and single motherhood--all by the age of 26. By sharing her story, Steffans hopes to shed light on an otherwise romanticized industry and help young women avoid the same pitfalls she encountered-- and if they’re already in danger, she hopes to inspire them to find a way to dig themselves out of what she knows first-hand to be a cycle of hopelessness and despair.

224 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 16, 2010

Reviews

[bee · Rating 3 out of 5]

just a big gossip session really.

[ChloeShondra Robertson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Karrine Steffans give details on her upbringing which her mom was verbal and physically abuses and her grandmother save her from mother abuse until they move away to the state. She moved with her dad but things wasn’t great after her dad got with someone else, She move out and her dad said she can’t come back. She spoke on her being rape, being a stripper, being abuse by her son father and sexual relations with single and married celebrities. I am not surprise she didn’t get her butt kicked knowing they had wives or girlfriends. She turn her life around at the end for her son and herself.

[RaeReads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Raw, unfiltered, and at times uncomfortable, Confessions of a Video Vixen pulled me in from the first page. Steffans doesn’t hold back — she shares her journey from a troubled childhood to life as one of hip-hop’s most talked-about video models, exposing the glamour and the exploitation behind the scenes. 

This isn’t glossy celebrity scandal fodder, it’s a memoir about survival, abuse, addiction, motherhood, and reckoning with the darker side of an industry that often objectifies women. Some parts feel chaotic and sensational, but the honesty and vulnerability kept me invested. 

A powerful, eye-opening read that shows there’s more beneath the surface than the bling and the music videos. 

[BooksAndWine🍷📖🤎 · Rating 2 out of 5]

In my opinion, this book is overrated. The only interesting part was hearing about her childhood. Other than that, her story is no different than many of the other women/video vixens who want to live the lifestyle of a rich, famous and well kept celebrity wife/girlfriend—and they’ll do anything to get it. There’s nothing fascinating or different about this book. As a matter of fact, this could’ve been told in a one hour radio interview or podcast.

[JV Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

If “ima fux my way to the top, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY” was a person 😂😂😂 that lil coochie got ALL THE MILES on it

[Yojairy Jaime · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, now THIS is a memoir. My only wish is that it longer and even more detailed lmao

[Tamara]

Juicy tale of a Video Model