Amanda Lepore
| Celebrity DirectoryAmanda Lepore (born Armand) is an American model, nightclub hostess, fashion icon, performance artist, and transgender icon. She has appeared in advertising for numerous companies, including M.A.C. cosmetics, Mego Jeans, The Blonds, Swatch, CAMP Cosmetics, and Heatherette, which has used her likeness on clothing as well as hiring her as a model. Lepore is also noted as a regular subject in photographer David LaChapelle's work. She participated in his Artists and Prostitutes 1985-2005 exhibit in New York, where she "lived" in a voyeuristic life-sized set. According to Michael Musto, Lepore grew up in the Essex County community of Cedar Grove, New Jersey. Lepore told a reporter "from day one she knew she was a girl," and in her teens she began making costumes for a go-go dancer in exchange for hormones. She says her parents soon took her from public school and hired a private tutor, then…
Also Known As: Armand Lepore
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"looking forward to performing @SerFotis Sergoulopoulos' Shamone Club tomorrow night for Patricia Field's birthday party" xoxo
1 day agoat @SERGIOKOFICIAL campaign photographed by @Terry_World and creative director @MarceloSeba!!
5 days ago@b_apoutsiak hii! im performing at the charlie mindu fashion show feb 16 xxxxx
5 days ago@KammyRasul just a few days im performing at charlie mindu fashion show on feb16 xxxxx
5 days ago@paulobernardobs @SERGIOKOFICIAL sooo excited to shoot with terry richardson 2mar morning!!!! love and kisses xxxxxxxxxx
6 days agovery excited to shoot with terry richardson in the morning then off to greece and london!!! love and kisses xxxxxxx
6 days agoPARTY WITH THE PARTY PEOPLE - FEBRUARY 27, 2012 - SANTOS PARTY HOUSE (downstairs) http://t.co/tUHN4nBc
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