By Eric Perrin This is story of Climax, a stripper who cheats--at least when selecting her stage name. “On my first day dancing I was so nervous I couldn’t come up with a name or anything, she confesses. “The club gave me a piece of paper that had sample dance names on it, and the name Climax was on the list. I guess I kinda cheated.” But regardless of where her name was derived, the Long Beach-born beauty has been causing climactic episodes in the minds of her many fans at Strokers for almost eight months, and she acknowledges her name has a lot to do with her success. “People just seem to love my name,” says the 21 year old. “Whenever I introduce myself as Climax they instantly start smiling.” And while her name and 34-24-40 physique obviously brings a smile to her customers’ faces, nothing can make the 4’ 11” stallion as content as the fast money her career creates. “I’ll be honest, I only started dancing for the money,” she states. “But I definitely enjoy the environment at Strokers. They really have made it a nice atmosphere.” Before she decided to serve the crowd at Strokers, Climax served drinks at Jermaine Dupri’s Studio 72. Then, she studied to be a paralegal, but became frustrated with the amount of schoolwork involved. Finally, after being heavily influenced by some of her veteran dancer buddies, Climax decided to climb up on the pole herself. She began dancing at private parties, but quickly pivoted to the limelight of a real strip club. However, real strip clubs, often entertain real passionate patrons. “The craziest thing about this job is how nasty people can be,” she exclaims. “Guys have tried to offer money to eat me out on stage, and I’m like, ‘Are you crazy? I’m a stripper, you don’t know me.’ But females can be just as bad, and even some of the other dancers.” Admittedly a single black female addicted to
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retail, Climax has two passions in life: shopping and reading. “I love to shop,” she gushes. “But the one thing I like more than shopping is reading. I try to read as much as possible.” The bi-racial bookworm has a large collection of literature, including her favorite, The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah. While most people probably wouldn’t expect Climax to be as wellread as she claims, she still fears the biggest misconception of her pertains to her personality. “For some reason people tend to think I’m stuck up when they first meet me,” she says. “After they get to know me they realize that I’m a really cool person. I’m real humble, and I just like to chill.” Unfortunately for Climax, she may not be able to chill for long. This winter the ATL-dwelling dancer will relocate to desert of Las Vegas where she plans to finish school. Climax is definitely a “Dollar Menu” item available to Atlanta for a limited time only. //
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