Michelle Visage
Michelle Lynn Shupack (born September 20, 1968), known professionally as Michelle Visage, is an American singer, television personality, broadcaster, producer, and actress. She first gained recognition as a member of the musical group Seduction, who charted five singles on the Billboard Hot 100. She later served as lead vocalist of another group, The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M., who reached the top of the dance charts with the single "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" in 1993.
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Born | Michelle Lynn Shupack September 20, 1968 Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Years active | 1988–present |
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David Case (m. 1997) |
Children | 2 |
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Website | michellevisage |
In 2011, Visage joined the American reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race, and has served as a permanent judge since season three. She is also a permanent judge on its spin-off series RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, and RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under. Visage has won 3 Primetime Emmy Awards as a producer of RuPaul's Drag Race.
In 2015, Visage was a contestant on the fifteenth series of the British reality show Celebrity Big Brother, which she finished in fifth place. From 2018 to 2019, she was a judge on the talent competition show Ireland's Got Talent, and the following year, she was a contestant on the seventeenth series of the British dancing competition show Strictly Come Dancing.