Minnie Champ

 

Mignon (aka Minnie or Ginny) Champ was the Penthouse ‘Pet of the Month’ in March 1994.  Prior to her Penthouse appearance she was a hard-core movie actress who made about 20 Swedish hardcore movies along with 5 British Spanking movies and 2 Fiona Cooper tapes. 

Several references I found say she was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1968.  I found one post on the Vintage Erotic Forum for Minnie Champ that says “she came to the UK in the late 80's aged 18 ... Strapped for cash, she started out as an amateur model in the photo studios, and did a little "extra" on the side. Within months she was modelling for the papers and then became a big hit with the magazines too.” That reference goes on to say that, as she became better known she “side-lined as a high-class escort on the sly” but I can’t personally confirm that any of these statements are true.

The British Girls Adult Film Directory lists 24 movies that she appeared in but this appears to include both individual movies and compilations.  There is only one spanking movie on that list and I believe that one is a mistake; the BGAFD lists the Spanking for Pleasure (SfP) movie ‘The Reformatory’ as one of her movies but she actually appeared in the SfP movie ‘The Reformation’.  ‘The Reformatory’ was an older movie from the short-lived VEXFILM series of movies made by SfP in its early days.  The Internet Adult Film Directory lists 8 titles including all of her spanking movies that I know.  The more mainstream Internet Movie Database (IMDB) lists four titles for her and one is a 1994 American movie ‘Electric Blue: The Sex Files #2’ that does not appear on the BGAFD.  A few of the movies that are listed on these websites have dates after 1994 but I think these are all DVD re-releases of earlier movies. 

As far as I know, she only made 5 spanking movies:

‘The Flesh and the Fantasies’ (Kane, 1990) where she is credited as Minnie Ford.  This movie was also released as ‘Schoolgirl Fantasies’ by Bizzare in the US.  It seems to have been her first spanking movie.  She also appeared a photostory based on ‘The Flesh and the Fantasies’ in issue no. 53 of Kane magazine.  She was a blonde in her early movies but it doesn’t look natural.  (First vidcap)

‘A Mutual Agreement’ (SfP, 1991) is her first of three movies with Christian Fennington (aka F. St. John North).  What little plot there is involves a landlord trying to collect the rent from a female tenant who can’t afford to pay.  Of course, they come to the expected alternative arrangement. (Second vidcap)

‘College Classics 4’ (SfP, 1991) is a standard headmaster student piece.  She appears in the second segment but there is nothing particularly notable about it.  (Third vidcap)

‘Paddling Classified’ (SfP).  I don't know how this movie was originally released in the UK but it was released in the US together with ‘Knickers Inspection’ by CalStar and then re-released in the UK as the second segment of ‘Tales of the Rod 3’.  She had returned to being a brunette by this time and she had breast implants sometime after this movie was made.  I have the ‘Tales of the Rod’ version of this movie, in which two women answer a classified ad placed by a man (Christian Fennington) looking for subs to spank, but I would love to find the original British release since I think some material has been cut.  Both the ‘Tales of the Rod’ version and the CalStar version on CalStar Direct are 19 minutes long but Minnie already has a red bottom when her first spanking begins. (Fourth vidcap, in red)

‘The Reformation’ (SfP, 1993) is a movie that I remember well although I’ve never put it on one the lists of my favorites.  Christian Fennington plays a parish priest who sees an opportunity to have his way with a sinner.  The CalStar release gives the date of production as February 1993.  It was after her breast augmentation and I believe that it was her last spanking movie.

She largely disappeared from public view following her Penthouse appearances.  The same reference I quoted earlier also reports that “Sadly her 'work' took it's toll and she ended up with a drugs problem. She returned to her home country in the late 90's to recover and quit the modelling scene altogether. As far as I know she is now back in London, married and has nothing more to do with the adult business ....”.  Again, I can’t personally confirm that this is true.