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Michelle Visage

Michelle Visage
Born Michelle Lynn Shupack
(1968-09-20) September 20, 1968 (age 48)
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation
  • Singer
  • television personality
  • television host
Years active 1988–present
Television RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars
Celebrity Big Brother
Children 2
Musical career
Genres
Associated acts
Website Official website

Michelle Lynn Shupack (born September 20, 1968), professionally known by her stage name Michelle Visage, is an American singer, television host, radio DJ, author, 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 Drag Race: All Stars.

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.

Michelle Visage was born Michelle Lynn Shupack. She says she is Hungarian and Irish-Catholic by birth and was adopted and raised by a Jewish family. She went to an arts high school in South Plainfield, New Jersey and then 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. She now lives in California with her husband and her two daughters.


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