Name: Amanda Lepore
Date of Birth: December 05, 1967
Place of Birth: Not available
Profession : Model
Amanda Lepore (born Armand Lepore, date of birth unknown) is an American transsexual icon who has received attention for her modeling, fashion, partying, and business skills. She has been the advertising face for Heatherette, MAC Cosmetics, Mego Jeans, Swatch, and more. Fashion design company Heatherette has used Lepore’s image on many of their clothing and has continuously chosen her to model their brand on runways (Spring/ Summer '02, '05, and Fall/ Winter '05.) She played herself in the film Party Monster, directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. Lepore resides in New York City and can be spotted working at the makeup counter of Patricia Field. Serving as David LaChapelle's muse, Amanda has been included in many advertising campaigns for Armani, MTV, and more. Her presence graces most of LaChapelle's work as artistic photographs. She participated in his "Artists and Prostitutes 1985-2005" exhibit in New York where she "lived" in a voyeuristic life-sized set. Currently Lepore is exploring musical projects with producers Fatal Art Syndicate. Her first single "Deeper" is a trance dance song written by Lady Bunny, a drag queen and hostess of Wigstock. Other available songs are "Champagne" and "My Hair Looks Fierce."
In April 2006, Integrity Toys launched an Amanda Lepore doll produced by Jason Wu. All proceeds went to AIDS charities. A doll auctioned at the after-launch party sold for $1,500. It was announced that the doll has already raised over $50,000 for DIFFA.
During the summer of 2007, Lepore was a part of the multi-artist True Colors Tour , which traveled through 15 cities in the United States and Canada. The tour, sponsored by the Logo channel, began on June 8, 2007. Hosted by comedian Margaret Cho and headlined by Cyndi Lauper, the tour also included Erasure, Debbie Harry, The Gossip, Rufus Wainwright, The Dresden Dolls, The MisShapes, Rosie O'Donnell, Indigo Girls, The Cliks and other special guests. Profits from the tour helped to benefit the Human Rights Campaign as well as PFLAG and The Matthew Shepard Foundation.
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