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3	'''Michelle Lynn Shupack''' (born September 20, 1968), known professionally as '''Michelle Visage''', is an American singer, author, and media personality.
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5	Visage began her career as a member of the {{girl group}} Seduction, whose single "Two to Make It Right" (featuring lead vocals from Visage) reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1990. Following their separation, Visage joined freestyle dance group S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M., whose song "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" was featured on the soundtrack [[note]][[LudicrousPrecision Track 9!]][[/note]] to Music/WhitneyHouston's ''Film/TheBodyguard''. [[YouMightRememberMeFrom She likes reminding people of this]].
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7	Despite her initial focus in singing, Visage is perhaps best known as a media personality, co-hosting shows on radio and television. She has been a main judge on Creator/{{LOGO}}'s ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' since its third season in 2011, working alongside longtime friend Creator/{{Rupaul}}, with whom she previously co-hosted ''The [=RuPaul=] Show'' on Creator/VH1 from 1996 to 1998.
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9	In 2015, she became a contestant on Creator/Channel5's ''Celebrity Series/BigBrother'', where she finished in fifth place. That same year, she also published her first book of personal essays, ''The Diva Rules''.
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12	!! Discography:
13	* ''Nothing Matters Without Love'' (1989) [[note]]with Seduction[[/note]]
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15	!! Bibliography:
16	* ''The Diva Rules'' (2015)
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18	!! Selected filmography:
19	* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' (2011 -- present) {{as herself}}
20	* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' (2013 -- 2015) as Mrs. Zales (voice)
21	* ''[[Series/BigBrother Celebrity Big Brother]]'' (2015) {{as herself}}
22	* ''Series/EurovisionSongContest'' (2017) as herself [[note]]US commentator[[/note]]
23	* ''UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}'s [[Series/BritainsGotTalent Got Talent]]'' as herself
24	* ''[[Theatre/EverybodysTalkingAboutJamie Everybody's Talking About Jamie]]'' (2018-2019) as Miss Hedge
25	* ''How’s Your Head, Hun?'' (2020) as herself / host
26	* ''Explant'' (2021) as herself
27	* ''Series/QueenOfTheUniverse'' (2021) as herself / judge
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29	!! She provides examples of the following tropes:
30	* AscendedFangirl: She appeared on the 2015 season of ''Celebrity Series/BigBrother'', which she was already a fan of.
31	* CelebrityResemblance: She won a Music/{{Madonna}} lookalike contest as a teenager.
32	* ThoseTwoGuys: She's been friends with Creator/{{Rupaul}} for a long time, and frequently works with him on projects.
33	* YouMightRememberMeFrom: She's very fond of reminding people that she had a song on ''Film/TheBodyguard'' soundtrack, [[LudicrousPrecision specifically the ninth track]].[[note]]The reason she’s fond of telling this story is because the royalties she made from that song allowed her to buy a house for her family.[[/note]]

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