Aquaria is advancing her career in rapid fashion.
The winner of season 10 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” has been signed to IMG, and will also be the new entertainment editor for Dazed magazine. Born Giovanni Palandrani, the makeup artist and entertainer said she set a goal earlier this year — after skyrocketing into the pop-culture spotlight by nabbing the show’s trophy — to make a name for herself, not only as a drag queen, but as a general talent.
“Linking up with IMG has given me an opportunity to expand my career and my name into all sorts of different markets and career avenues,” Aquaria told WWD exclusively, adding that IMG facilitated the link-up with Dazed as well.
So what will those markets and career avenues be? Modeling (runway and editorial), more television, acting and makeup — although Aquaria noted that she’ll probably still be creating looks for herself when she does get in front of a camera.
“If I have the opportunity with some fantastic makeup artist, I would more than happily allow them to turn my face into whatever they are imagining,” she said. “But I know a lot of the draw to me with brands and designers is that they like my
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