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Miss Fame is a drag performer, model and makeup artist from Templeton, California and a contestant on Season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race, where she placed 7th.

Drag Name Origin[]

After reading The Secret, which talks about the law of attraction, they wanted to set their intentions for greatness and attract success. Wanting a name that was both feminine and powerful, they came up with Fame Fatale (a play on the phrase "Femme Fatale). Shortly after Britney Spears used the same phrase for the title of her 2011 album, Miss Fame decided to change their name.[citation needed]

Track Record(s)[]

Miss Fame
Statistics USA Season 7
Ranking: 7th Place
Maxi Challenges Won: 0
Mini Challenges Won: 0
Times as Team Captain: 0
Times in Bottom: 1 (Ep. 9)
Episode Eliminated: Episode 9

Farewell Message[]

"Continue to inspire. You are incredible! I love you. FAME."

Memorable Quotes[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7[]

  • "Greetings Earth Queens, I come in peace." (entrance quote)
  • "Some of our aspirations are not to be at the club for the rest of our career!"
  • "Nobody wants to pop the corn and feed the children. That's disgusting. Let me pop this bunion and have the kids feasting for days?" (After reading Jasmine's mirror message)
  • "I love chickens, they're my favorite animals." (10 min long speech about the wonder that is chickens)
  • "Take my hand I wanna touch your *&@%."
  • "Did the judges get it right? *long pause* Maybe not."
  • "Is that...Ben Affleck!?"
  • "Katya, now you get to increase your hooking fee. Thank you, RuPaul's Drag Race!"
  • "Why did you bring that TRAMP back?"
  • "I can barely hear a thing inside this, muff."
  • RuPaul: "Miss Fame, how's your head?" Fame: "Fine."
  • "Haven't had any complaints! I got it! It took me WEEKS!" (Miss Fame to RuPaul)
  • "I wish I could cry but, goddamn botox got me every time! Other than that, I'd like to thank Mexico for the tapeworm that snatched my body, and the man upstairs. Thank you so much for the light, I look great!"
  • "I'm so happy you found love!"
  • "You're loved, you're love"
  • "It's not like I don't get it, I'm pretty and people hate me."
  • "The cosmic queen departs."

Trivia[]

  • Fame grew up on a chicken farm, they have a tattoo of a chicken on their arm.[4]
  • They are renowned for their make-up artistry, and have since toured around the world displaying their talent in the "Painted by Fame" tour.
  • There was a recurring gag on the show whereby they were asked "How's your head?" by RuPaul, not understanding the double entendre behind it. Eventually, in the conjoined twins challenge, they replied with the usual and customary answer to the joke, "I haven't had any complaints!"
  • Fame identifies as genderfluid.[2]
  • After Fame was eliminated, they dropped their single "Rubber Doll", available on iTunes and Amazon.[4]
  • Fame hosts the webseries "Painted by Fame", in which they do the makeup of other drag queens.
  • Fame has grown into a model and makeup artist for big brands like Marc Jacobs and Sleek make up and does this both in and out of drag.
  • Fame has placed "LOW" more than any other Drag Race contestant, with a total of four times.
  • When Miss Fame was young they would dabble with their aunt’s cosmetic products. They also asked another aunt to bleach their hair blonde much to the distaste of their grandfather. [5]
  • Miss Fame was signed by IMG Models 2 years before their appearance on Drag Race. [5]
  • Miss Fame is signed with IMG in Paris and they were picked up by Wilhelmina Models in New York. Miss Fame holds a spot on the boards of both agencies.[5]
  • Miss Fame served as a spokes-model for L’Oreal Paris in 2016. Through this career opportunity Miss Fame was able to attend the Cannes Film Festival. [5]
  • Miss Fame walked the runway at London Fashion Week 2017.[5]
  • On December 7, 2018, Miss Fame reached 1 million followers on Instagram. They are the 15th Drag Race alumni and fifth Season 7 queen to reach this milestone.
  • Fame doesn't own a computer.[citation needed]
  • Fame's favorite animals are chickens. They came second in a cawing competition as a child.[citation needed]

Controversy[]

In July of 2017 US Vogue magazine ran a gender fluid-themed story featuring Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik. The celebrity couple were titled as a symbol of gender fluid identity. Miss Fame called out Vogue for exploiting and misrepresenting the queer community. During this time the renowned drag performer was to be featured on the cover of Vogue Germany. The print was to consist of a ten page spread covering Miss Fame’s transformation from Kurtis to drag supermodel. The editorial was a massive career move, but Kurtis stood by his morals and risked the repercussions to speak out against the publication.

“That’s more important than the validation I got for being in the editorial. I loved the editorial, but truth is what we should all stand for, and that was where I felt like I started to have more purpose, when my identity started to make more sense to me.”[5]

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