Miss Fame

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Miss Fame
Born Kurtis Dam-Mikkelsen
(1985-03-30) March 30, 1985 (age 39)
San Luis Obispo, California, US
Residence New York, New York US
Occupation
Years active 2011-present
Website missfamenyc.com
Musical career
Genres
Labels Sidecar Records
Associated acts Alaska Thunderfuck

Miss Fame is the stage name of Kurtis Dam-Mikkelsen an American drag queen, makeup artist, model, recording artist and reality television personality who competed on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race. Following his elimination from the show, Dam-Mikkelsen 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.[1]

Career

Kurtis Dam-Mikkelsen was born in San Luis Obispo, California. Dam-Mikkelsen worked as a male editorial model in California. Following the advice of fashion photographer Mike Ruiz, he moved to New York in 2011 and started working as a makeup artist. At the same time he began modeling and performing in drag as "Miss Fame."[2]

Miss Fame was noticed by photographer Mary McCartney who featured him in her book Devoted. He has also appeared in Half-Drag, a photo series by Leland Bobbé which attracted international attention and was featured in Vogue Italia.[3] 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.[4] Dam-Mikkelsen works as a celebrity makeup artist in New York, and has worked on models and celebrities including Ève Salvail, Snooki and JWoww, Martha Wash, Wendy Williams, and Michael Urie.[5]

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.[6] He was eliminated in the ninth episode, "Divine Inspiration", placing him seventh overall.[7] Following his elimination, he released the music video for "Rubber Doll", which was the first single from his debut album Beauty Marked.[8] The album was released June 9, 2015, and featured appearances from fellow Drag Race contestants Alaska Thunderfuck and Violet Chachki.[1]

Discography

Albums

Title Details Peak
chart
positions
US
Dance
[9]		 US
Heat
[10]
Beauty Marked 17 25

Singles

Title Year Album
"Rubber Doll"[11] 2015 Beauty Marked
"InstaFame"[12]
"I Run The Runway (feat. Violet Chachki)"[13] 2016

Other appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Drag Race Theme"[14] 2015 RuPaul RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz2
"Toyland"[15] Various Artists Christmas Queens

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Ref.
2015 A Change of Heart Himself [16]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Snooki & Jwoww Himself Episode: "What a Drag!" [17]
2015 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself (Contestant) Season 7 - Placed 7th [18]

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014–present Painted by Fame Himself Makeup tutorials [19]
2015 Untucked Himself Companion show to RuPaul's Drag Race [20]

Music videos

Title Year Director Ref.
"Drag Race Theme" 2015 Kurtis Dam-Mikkelsen [21]
"Rubber Doll" 2015 Ben Simkins [22]
"InstaFame" 2015 Ben Simkins [23]
"Toyland" 2015 Carlos Maldonado [24]
"I Run The Runway (feat. Violet Chachki)" 2016 Marco Adriano Pirrone [25]

Music video appearances

Title Year Director Ref.
"Save the Queen"
(Garek)		 2012 Unknown [26]
"Supermodel (You Better Work)" (2013 Edit)
(RuPaul)		 2013 Marco Ovando [27]
"Go All Night"
(Gorgon City featuring Jennifer Hudson)		 2014 Roboshobo [28]
"Opulence"
(Brooke Candy)		 2014 Steven Klein [29]
"My Animal"
(Garek)		 2015 Mike Ruiz [30]

References

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