Amanda Lepore

Model

Birthday December 5, 1967

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Cedar Grove, NJ

Age 57 years old

#19,460 Most Popular

About

Transgender model, singer and fashion icon who gained fame by performing in circuit shows in New York. She appeared in LaChapelle's Artist and Prostitutes 1985-2005 exhibit.

Before Fame

She began taking female hormones in her early teens. She lived as a suburban housewife before finding an interest in the New York City nightlife.

Trivia

She has appeared in more advertisements than any other transgender celebrity, with endorsements for companies like M.A.C. Cosmetics, Mego Jeans, The Blonds, and Swatch.

Family Life

She married a bookstore owner when she was seventeen and left him after getting sex reassignment surgery at age nineteen to work as a dominatrix.

Associated With

She once had a cameo in an Elton John music video.