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Princess Magnifique

"Princess Magnifique has been voguing for almost 40 years and lived through the iconic early years of this stunning art form.

In fact, he was friends with the iconic Willi Ninja, made famous by the 1990 cult classic film Paris is Burning.

Princess came out as gay when he was just 14 years old in 1977 and by 1978, he was ‘really connected with Willi.’

"When he joined the original House of Magnifique in 1987, he felt a real sense of family. It was founded by PunkRock Freddie Xtravaganza Magnifique, who became the father of the house.

But people complained he was a part of two houses so he closed the House of Magnifique down and went back to Xtravaganza.

Just before PunkRock Freddie passed away, he gave his blessing for Princess Magnifique to re-open the House.

Over the years, Princess met many of the stars featured in Paris is Burning, including Venus Xtravaganza. Princess was even featured in British Vogue Magazine and Dazed, as well as collaborated with Grace Jones and Bjork.

In the early days, Princess also hung out with trans activists from the original Stonewall riots in 1969, including Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera."

Source: Gay Star News, Meet Princess Magnifique, one of the early New York ball scene voguers (20 OCT 2017) (retrieved 5 August 2020)

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"Princess Magnifique, a tall man with long, tiedback hair who looks like Diana Ross with a nose, is holding court, telling the others about his impending trip to Spain with a small troupe of voguers. “They'll put us up in nice hotels, put $1,000 in"

Source: New York Magazine, The vogue of death, p. 60, 15 Oct 1990, Vol. 23, No. 40, (retrieved 5 August 2020)

-- Winner of trophies

Source : Infinity, Chastity Danielle; Lorswal, Jamo; A Rose So That It May Rain, (2007), pp. iv, 118, 129, 138, 246, ISBN 9781598583502 (retrieved 5 August 2020)