Gigi Gorgeous

Gigi Gorgeous
Speaking at the Trans Day of Visibility celebration in San Francisco, March 2017
Born	Gregory Allan Lazzarato (1992-04-20) April 20, 1992 (age 25) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Iona Catholic Secondary School
Alma mater	George Brown College
Occupation	YouTube personality, model, actress
Years active	2008–present
Agent	Select Management Group, Los Angeles
Parent(s)	Judith Belding, David Lazzarato

Gigi Loren Lazzarato (born Gregory Allan Lazzarato on April 20, 1992), better known as Gigi Gorgeous, is a Canadian model, actress, and internet personality. She is noted for publicly coming out as a transgender woman, and maintaining her public image and YouTube channel during and after her transition. Along with being an internet personality, Lazzarato has also appeared on a number of television shows including Access Hollywood, Good Work, and Project Runway: All Stars, along with starring as herself in the popular online reality show The Avenue for three years.

Lazzarato is the child of David and Judith Lazzarato (née Belding). She was assigned male at birth. Her family consists of Italian, Lebanese, and French heritage and she was raised in the Roman Catholic faith.

As a young adult, Lazzarato was a nationally ranked diving champion. She attended St. Francis of Assisi School and later Iona Catholic Secondary School and attended George Brown College. At George Brown, she studied fashion, but eventually left the college to focus on her YouTube career. Her mother, Judith, died of leukemia on February 3, 2012, at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto.

Prior to her transition, Lazzarato was known as Gregory or Greg, and operated a makeup tutorial YouTube channel that was started in 2008. At the time, she identified as a gay male. Since her transition, her YouTube channel started to include more vlogs, fashion, and lifestyle videos. In January 2015, her YouTube channel reached over one million subscribers and over 130 million views.