Victoria Vale: Aging, Plastic Surgery & Why Your 40s & 50s Might Be Better Than Your 20s

Send us Fan Mail Society has an unwritten rule for women: youth is beauty, beauty is value, and eventually you're supposed to become quieter, less desirable and less visible. Victoria Vale completely rejected that narrative. In this episode of Ava Devine's Bad Advice, I sit down with adult performer and model Victoria Vale for an honest conversation about starting over later in life, aging, confidence, beauty standards, plastic surgery, sexuality, career reinvention and why women do not have an expiration date. Long before becoming Victoria Vale, she lived two very different lives. She began dancing while putting herself through college before eventually leaving the entertainment world, completing graduate school and building a successful corporate career in HR. For roughly two decades, she lived what she describes as a normal suburban corporate life. But part of her never forgot the freedom and excitement she had experienced before. Years later, Victoria decided to explore that part of herself again. What initially began as a bucket-list opportunity to model eventually became something much bigger: a complete reinvention of her life in adulthood. Victoria opens up about returning to an appearance-driven industry at an older age, becoming comfortable in front of the camera, entering adult films later in life and discovering that getting older didn't make her less confident. Chapters 00:00 Women Do NOT Have An Expiration Date 00:01:05 Starting Over Later In Life 00:01:58 Who Was Victoria Vale Before Adult Entertainment? 00:02:42 Dancing Her Way Through College 00:04:27 Why Victoria Chose Corporate Life 00:05:07 Living Two Completely Different Lives 00:05:54 Did Victoria Ever Feel Like She Truly Fit In? 00:06:40 Shame & Growing Up Without Guilt 00:07:23 Education vs. Real-World Experience 00:08:07 What Adult Entertainment Taught Victoria About Men 00:08:58 Why Victoria Believes The Industry Can Empower Women 00:09:54 Why Victoria Returned To Adult Entertainment 00:10:36 Sex Appeal In The Corporate World 00:12:13 Does Appearance Affect How People Treat You? 00:12:56 The Glamour Standards Of The Feature-Dancing Era 00:14:52 The Opportunity That Brought Victoria Back 00:15:34 Working A Corporate Job While Modeling 00:16:18 Victoria Vale's Glamorous Aesthetic 00:17:04 How Ava Helped Victoria Enter The Creator Economy 00:18:32 Why Women Should Help Other Women Succeed 00:19:24 Why Leading With Kindness Matters 00:20:08 How Victoria Got Her Big Break 00:20:49 Why She Didn't Immediately Jump Into Adult Films 00:21:31 Victoria's First Experience Filming With A Partner 00:22:26 What People Don't Understand About Filming Adult Scenes 00:23:22 Why Staying Camera-Ready Gets Harder With Age 00:24:27 The Pressure Of Seeing Your Body On Camera 00:25:21 "I Feel Better Than I Did In My 20s" 00:26:12 How Victoria Transformed Her Health 00:26:58 Why Aging Made Her More Grounded 00:27:47 The Physical Demands Of Adult Entertainment 00:28:32 Protecting Mental, Emotional & Spiritual Health 00:29:36 Finding Balance Between Work & Real Life 00:30:37 How Victoria Deals With Online Hate 00:32:01 Aging Naturally vs. Plastic Surgery 00:32:50 Why Women Should Choose How THEY Want To Age 00:33:36 Why We Freeze Women In Their Younger Image 00:34:55 Victoria Vale On Plastic Surgery & Extreme Glamour 00:35:47 Why She Refuses To Apologize For Her Look 00:36:35 "My Body, My Choice" 00:37:31 Why Plastic Surgery Makes Victoria Feel More Confident 00:38:33 The Impossible Beauty Standard Women Face 00:39:23 "I'm Stronger Than I Was 20 Years Ago" 00:40:07 Why Women Are Judged No Matter How They Age 00:41:37 Is Ageism Still A Problem In Adult Entertainment? 00:42:32 Why Victoria Loves Being A Mature Woman 00:43:25 Victoria Vale's Advice For Women Of Every Age 00:45:10 "You Couldn't Pay Me To Be In My 20s Again" 00:45:57 What Victoria Is Proudest Of 00:46:53 What Women In Their 40s, 50s & 60s Need To Hear 00:47:44 "It's Never Too Late" 00:48:43 Why Your Life Doesn't End When You Start Over 00:49:34 Finding What Brings You Joy 00:50:34 Victoria Vale's Final Bad Advice If there is one thing to take away from this episode, it's this: your life does not have an expiration date.