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Aug 2024
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In the Ballroom with Michelle Visage

LEMONADA MEDIA
About this episode

Michelle Visage always wanted to be a star. Those around her could tell she was destined for it too. From voguing in New York’s ballrooms in the 80’s to her top charting band Seduction, Michelle never took no for an answer. She tells Sam about how her ballroom family gave her the confidence she needed to be herself and how she carried that all the way to RuPaul’s Drag Race.

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Illustrations by Chris Larson

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