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Michelle Visage
Born
Michelle Lynn Shupack

(1968-09-20) September 20, 1968 (age 56)
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer
  • television personality
  • television host
Years active1988–present
TelevisionRuPaul's Drag Race
Celebrity Big Brother
Children2
Musical career
Genres
WebsiteOfficial website

Michelle Lynn Shupack (born September 20, 1968), professionally known by her stage name Michelle Visage, is an American singer, television host, radio DJ, and television personality. She began her career as a member of the female vocal trio, Seduction. After the band's separation, Visage became the lead singer for The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. in 1992. She also featured as a guest vocalist on the single "Crash" for TKA.

Visage later became a co-host for the VH1 talk show, The RuPaul Show opposite RuPaul. She also hosted red carpet coverages for the 1998 Grammy Awards and the 25-year anniversary re-release party for Grease. Since January 2011, Visage has been a judge on the Logo TV reality competition show RuPaul's Drag Race, as well as its spin-off RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race.

Visage became a housemate on the fifteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother on January 7, 2015. Visage left the house on February 6, 2015 in fifth place.

Early and personal life

Michelle Visage was born Michelle Lynn Shupack and went to an arts high school in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Afterwards, she attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan. When Visage was 16 she won a Madonna look-alike competition. Shortly after finishing her studies she headed to New York City to pursue a career as an actress.[1] Visage now resides in California with her husband and her two daughters.[2]

Career

Visage auditioned and won a place for Seduction, an R&B and dance vocal trio assembled by Robert Clivilles and David Cole that signed with A&M Records in 1990.[1] The group had several pop and dance hits, which included "Two to Make It Right". After the group's breakup, Visage collaborated with freestyle dance act TKA as a guest vocalist on the song "Crash (Have Some Fun)".[3] Visage provided lead vocals to another dance act assembled by Clivilles & Cole, The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. the song "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day", which was a cover version of the Bill Withers song "Lovely Day", was included on the soundtrack to The Bodyguard. "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" became a #1 dance single that year and song peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1993.[4]

In 1996, Visage became the co-host of RuPaul's VH1 talk show The RuPaul Show. She also co-hosted with RuPaul on WKTU's morning show from 1996 to 2002. In 1997, she was featured on RuPaul's Christmas album Ho, Ho, Ho covering the Dolly Parton song "Hard Candy Christmas". She has also hosted such television programming as VH1's red carpet coverage of the 1998 Grammys and, in 2002, Grease's 25th-anniversary re-release party. Visage was also co-host of The Jamz Session on Hot 92 Jamz (KHHT) in Los Angeles from 2002 to 2005.

In 2005, Visage returned to New York City where she served as co-host of The Morning Mix on (WNEW-FM) until December 2006. She also hosted on Sirius Satellite Radio's The Beat 66 from 2003-2006 [5] On March 12, 2007, she became a co-host of the morning show on SUNNY 104.3 in West Palm Beach, Florida.[6] On January 10, 2011, she joined 93.9 MIA in Miami as the host of the new MIA Morning Show. She left Miami and WMIA in December 2011 and moved back to Los Angeles. On January 24, 2011, Visage debuted as the second permanent judge on Logo TV's reality-television series RuPaul's Drag Race, where she replaced former judge Merle Ginsberg, and was also a judge on the spin-off show, RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race. Michelle also features on RuPaul's albums, Born Naked in the song "Let The Music Play", "RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz2" in the song "New York City Beat", "Realness" in two songs both called "LA Rhythm" & "Slay Belles" in the song, "From Your Heart".

On January 7, 2015, Visage became one of the contestants on the fifteenth series of the British reality series, Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5. On February 6, 2015, Visage left the house in fifth place.[7]

On November 10, 2015, she published her first book, The Diva Rules. [8]

Discography

Main article: Seduction (group)

Guest appearances

Song Year Artist Album
"Let the Music Play"[9] 2014 RuPaul Born Naked
"Manila Radio (Interlude)"[10] Manila Luzon Eternal Queen
"New York City Beat"[11] 2015 RuPaul RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz2
"L.A. Rhythm"[12] Realness
"L.A. Rhythm" (Remix)[12]
"From Your Heart" Slay Belles

Filmography

Year Title Role
1989 Dance Party USA Herself
1990 Club MTV
1997 The RuPaul Show
2002 Maybe It's Me Tania
2011–present RuPaul's Drag Race Herself
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2013 That Sex Show
2013–2014 The Most Popular Girls in School Mrs. Zales
2015 Celebrity Big Brother UK Herself

Podcast

On April 9, 2014, RuPaul: What’s The Tee? With Michelle Visage podcast debuted. The fortnightly show features RuPaul and Michelle’s thoughts on behind the scenes of RuPaul's Drag Race and life advice, beauty tips, and conversations with featured guests from members of the entertainment world amongst other topics.[13] The show is available on the What's The Tee website, Stitcher, Soundcloud and iTunes.

References

  1. ^ a b "Bio". Michelle Visage (official site). Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "Introducing Celebrity Big Brother Star Michelle Visage".
  3. ^ "Discogs TKA". Discogs.
  4. ^ "Billboard Charts 1993".
  5. ^ "Michelle Visage Radio Resume".
  6. ^ "Radio Industry News, New Music, Music Promotion, Radio Station Song Charts - AllAccess.com". All Access.
  7. ^ "Michelle Visage defeated by Katie Price in Celebrity Big Brother Final". Pink News.
  8. ^ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24905392-the-diva-rules
  9. ^ "iTunes - Music - Born Naked by RuPaul". iTunes.
  10. ^ "iTunes - Music - Eternal Queen by Manila Luzon". iTunes.
  11. ^ "iTunes - Music - RuPaul Presents CoverGurlz2 by RuPaul". iTunes.
  12. ^ a b "iTunes - Music - Realness by RuPaul". iTunes.
  13. ^ "Michelle Visage - Interview". www.EQView.com. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

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