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Miss Fame

Miss Fame

American model, makeup artist, and drag queen

Miss Fame (born March 30, 1985)[1] is the stage name of Kurtis Frank Dam-Mikkelsen,[2] an American model, makeup artist, drag queen, recording artist and reality television personality best known as a contestant on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race. After appearing on the show, Dam-Mikkelsen as Miss Fame launched a music career, releasing his debut single, "Rubber Doll" on April 28, 2015. His debut album, Beauty Marked, was released on June 9, 2015.[3] Miss Fame appeared in numerous fashion publications.

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Career

Dam-Mikkelsen worked as a male editorial model in California before moving to New York in 2011, following the advice of fashion photographer Mike Ruiz. He then started working as a makeup artist under industry icon Pat McGrath while building a celebrity clientele. At the same time he started modeling and performing in drag as "Miss Fame".[4]

Miss Fame was noticed by photographer Mary McCartney who featured her in her book Devoted. She has also appeared in Half-Drag, a photo series by Leland Bobbé which attracted international attention and was featured in Vogue Italia.[5] Miss Fame was also photographed for Gorgeous, a project by photographers Rob Lebow and Masha Kupets that involved Armen Ra, Candis Cayne, and Tammie Brown.[6] Dam-Mikkelsen works as a celebrity makeup artist in New York City, and has worked on models and celebrities including Marc Jacobs, Ève Salvail, Snooki and JWoww, Martha Wash, Wendy Williams, and Michael Urie.[7]

On December 7, 2014, during the "Ru-Veal" of the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race, Miss Fame was the first queen announced to be a contestant on the show.[8] She was eliminated in the ninth episode, "Divine Inspiration," placing her seventh overall.[9] Following her elimination, she released the music video for "Rubber Doll", which was the first single from her debut album, Beauty Marked.[10] The album was released June 9, 2015, and featured appearances from fellow Drag Race contestants Alaska Thunderfuck and Violet Chachki.[3]

In 2016, Miss Fame signed with IMG models Paris.[11]

Miss Fame has been celebrated for her high-fashion editorial work and collaborations with world-renowned photographers like Steven Klein, Giampaolo Sgura, Paola Kudacki, Armin Morbach, Ali Mahdavi, and others. Miss Fame has been featured in publications including Vogue Germany, Vogue Portugal, Vogue Paris,[12] Vogue Japan, CR Fashion Book, PAPER,[13] V Magazine,[14] LOVE, CANDY, Tush, OUT, ELLE, and others.

She contributed to the compilation album Christmas Queens 3 in 2017.[15]

In September 2018, Miss Fame performed as a background dancer behind Christina Aguilera for Opening Ceremony's Spring 2019 collection, with other Drag Race alumni.[16] She released her own makeup line called "The Fetish of Fashion" later in October.[17]

In September 2022, Pinned into a Dress, a documentary about Kurtis' life premiered at the Venice International Film Festival. The short-film highlights Kurtis journey and breakthrough in fashion, despite his trauma and addiction, growing up in a broken family. Opening the Settimana Internazionale della Critica the documentary was co-directed by Gianluca Matarrese and Guillaume Thomas.[18]

Early and personal life

Dam-Mikkelsen was born to Dolly Silveira[19] in San Luis Obispo, California.[4] He has also stated that he was raised by his grandmother, Gloria, as her own son.[20] Kurtis lives with his husband Patrick Berschy and their pet dachshunds, Mina and Shaya.[21]

In 2020, Kurtis moved to Zürich, Switzerland, with his husband.[22]

Discography

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Filmography

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References

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