Michelle Visage Biography
Michelle Visage is a singer, television host, actress, radio DJ, and producer from the United States. She rose to prominence as a member of the musical group Seduction, whose five singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100. She later became the lead vocalist for another group, The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M., which topped the dance charts with the single “It’s Gonna Be a Lovely Day” in 1993.
How old is Michelle Visage? – Age
She is 54 years old as of 20 September 2022. She was born in 1968 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States. Her real name is Michelle Lynn Shupack.
Michelle Visage Family
Visage was raised Jewish after being adopted by two Jewish parents. Her biological father was Jewish as well, and her mother was Irish and Italian Catholic. Despite living in a lower-middle-class town with few Jewish residents, her parents worked hard to ensure that she could attend Hebrew school and have a Bat Mitzvah. She graduated in 1986 from South Plainfield High School in South Plainfield, New Jersey.
Visage won a Madonna lookalike competition when she was 16 years old. She then relocated to New York and spent two years at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan. Visage admired Madonna, Belinda Carlisle, Pat Benatar, Stevie Nicks, Cyndi Lauper, and Dale Bozzio as a child. Visage’s mother died when she was 30 years old. She stayed in New York City after finishing her studies to pursue a career as an actress. Michelle took the surname Visage after being nicknamed “cara” (“face” in Spanish) by people she met in the New York ball scene.
Michelle Visage Transexual – Husband
She has been married to David Case since 1997. The couple has two children; Lillie Case, and Lola Case, and together live in California. Visage revealed on Episode 214 of What’s the Tee? her podcast with RuPaul, that she has had sex with both men and women as an adult.
Michelle Visage Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Michelle Visage Seduction
Visage auditioned for and was chosen for Seduction, an R&B and dance vocal trio formed by Robert Clivilles and David Cole and signed to A&M Records in 1990. The group had several hits, the most famous being “Two to Make It Right”. Following the dissolution of the group, Visage appeared as a guest vocalist on the song “Crash (Have Some Fun)” by the freestyle dance act TKA.
Michelle Visage Illness
Visage suffered from anorexia in her childhood, an eating disorder that she claims began around the age of 13 and lasted into her adulthood. Visage is a vegetarian. Visage revealed in April 2019 that she had Hashimoto’s disease, which led to the removal of her signature breast implants.
Michelle Visage Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet. 4 inches (1.63m).
Michelle Visage Lovely Day
Visage sang lead vocals and was a recording artist for The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M., another dance act assembled by Clivilles and Cole. The song “It’s Gonna Be a Lovely Day,” a cover of Bill Withers’ “Lovely Day,” was included on the soundtrack of The Bodyguard. In January 1993, “It’s Gonna Be a Lovely Day” became a number-one dance single and peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Michelle Visage Drag Queen
RuPaul contacted Visage again two years later and invited her to appear in season three of the show. After her boss said she couldn’t appear yet again, her friend Leah Remini persuaded her to contact CBS officials, who allowed her to join the show as a judge. So, on January 24, 2011, Visage debuted as a permanent judge on season three of RuPaul’s Drag Race, alongside Santino Rice and Billy B, replacing Merle Ginsberg. She has also appeared on all seven seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars spin-off show.
After producing Drag Race since its eleventh season, she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Competition Program in 2019. That same year, she was named a judge on BBC Three’s RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. Visage appeared as a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under in 2021.
Michelle Visage Podcasts
On April 9, 2014, Visage began co-hosting the weekly podcast RuPaul: What’s the Tee? The duo interviews celebrities and talks about everything from their personal lives to RuPaul’s Drag Race. The podcast received a Webby Award in 2018. Michelle Visage’s Fabulous Divas was also broadcast on BBC Radio 2, with episodes airing in December 2019 and August 2020. She filled in for Rylan Clark-Neal on his BBC Radio 2 show in October and November 2020, and Dermot O’Leary on his Saturday weekend breakfast show in February 2022. She began presenting her own show on BBC Radio 2 every Friday night from 7 to 9 p.m. on July 15, 2022.
Michelle Visage Songs
♦ Seduction Theme
♦ (You’re My One and Only) True Love
♦ Two to Make It Right
♦ Heartbeat”
♦ Could This Be Love
♦ Breakdown
♦ It’s Gonna Be a Lovely Day
♦ Heartbreak in This City