"RuPaul's Drag Race" Favorite Judge

Four-time Emmy, three-time Producer's Guild, MTV Movie & TV, Critics Choice award-winning, Internationally renowned television personality, radio show host, award winning podcast host, multi platinum-selling recording artist, and author, Michelle Visage has made a name for herself in the entertainment industry, across multiple mediums for the past three decades.

The Diva Rules [Chronicle Books] offers Michelle's advice for living life to the fullest, and finding success no matter what hand you're dealt.

On the television front, Visage can be seen as a judge on the multiple Emmy Award winning VH1 show, "RuPaul's Drag Race," alongside RuPaul, Carson Kressley, and Ross Mathews. The reality competition show leaves fans wanting more each week with their rapid-fire quick wit, impeccable sense of style and signature sass, as they decide who will stay or "Sashay Away."

Visage can also be seen as a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK next to RuPaul, Graham Norton and Alan Carr and that airs on BBC3 and BBC1.

Michelle was also a judge for both years on the IFTA-nominated Ireland's Got Talent.

Visage has been a staple on morning radio for 17 years, hosting and co-hosting pro-grams on various stations such as WKTU 103.5 [New York], HOT 92.3 [Los Angeles], SUNNY 104.3 [West Palm Beach, FL], WMIA [Miami] and Sirius XM, to name a few. In this time, Michelle has recorded thousands of commercials and delivered even more live reads. She is currently a co-host of the hugely successful RuPaul's What's the Tee? With Michelle Visage podcast, which won a 2018 Webby Award as well as the show having been downloaded over 40 million times.

On the music front, Visage rose to fame as a member of the girl group Seduction in the early 1990s, with their platinum-selling album called "Nothing Matters Without Love," that spawned multiple hits that climbed the billboard charts. Visage was also featured on the bestselling soundtrack of all time [35 million copies sold], THE BODYGUARD [Warner Brothers Pictures], with her remake of Bill Withers' "It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day," that she wrote and sang. The song was immediately signed to Arista Records by Clive Davis himself.

As a newly crowned dancer, Michelle competed and dominated in the 2019 season of the UK's biggest show, Strictly Come Dancing, leaving after a controversial dance off. She was the fan favorite and fell in love with dancing!

Recently, Michelle finished a pandemic lockdown series in her own home with writer and executive producer husband, David Case, and her daughter for the BBC.

New to the podcast world is Michelle Visage's Rule Breakers on BBC Radio 2 where the first interviewees were Cameron Diaz, Dawn French, & Jessie J.

Visage currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two daughters and two rescue pups.

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Ross Mathews was born on 24 September 1979 in Mount Vernon, Washington, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for RuPaul's Drag Race (2009), Days of Our Lives (1965) and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012).

Carson Lee Kressley was born on 11 November 1969 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. Growing up, he was very interested in horses and owned his first pony (named Sparky) when he was five years old. Carson still loves horses and is now a world champion equestrian. In 1987, he graduated high school and went on to study at Gettysburg College from which he graduated in 1991 (magna cum laude and phi beta kappa) with degrees in Finance and Fine Arts. Following his college graduation, Carson worked as a stylist for Ralph Lauren for many years before auditioning for Queer Eye (2003).

In 2004, after Carson's first year with "Queer Eye", the show won an Emmy for "outstanding reality program". Post "Queer Eye" Carson appeared as the critically acclaimed host of "How to Look Good Naked" and a fan favorite contestant on Dancing with the Stars 13th season. In April 2012 Shop NBC launched Carson's collection of affordable glamour wear, "Love, Carson".

Santino Rice was born on 20 August 1974 in St. Charles, Missouri, USA. He is an actor.

Merle Ginsberg is known for RuPaul's Drag Race (2009), Launch My Line (2009) and RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! (2009).