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Canada Gigi Gorgeous is a prominent YouTube personality, transgender activist, and author, recognized for her advocacy and digital content creation.
Collaborated with the charitable cosmetics brand CrushXO to create a liquid lipstick shade named 'Judy' in honor of her mother. Ten percent of the proceeds from the product during Breast Cancer Awareness Month benefited The Keep a Breast Foundation.
Named as a brand ambassador for the mass makeup brand Revlon, signing a year-long endorsement deal in 2017. This partnership was alongside other vloggers and celebrities.
Partnered with Too Faced Cosmetics, starring in their cosmetic commercial film "Better Than Sex" which premiered on July 9, 2015.
Modeled for Nicopanda for MAC.
Modeled for Christian Siriano's newest perfume, People Are People.
Hosted a series alongside Kylie Jenner for the 'Kylie' app, providing make-up tips and features.
Worked with top brands including Crest.
Worked with top brands including Pantene.
Worked with top brands including L'Oreal.
Helped launch her fiancé Nats Getty's lifestyle fashion brand, Strike Oil.
Announced a makeup collection coming out with Ipsy in November 2019, featuring various beauty products.
Gigi Lazzarato, known professionally as Gigi Gorgeous, was born Gregory Lazzarato on April 20, 1992, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Raised in Toronto, she was a nationally ranked diving champion during her high school years. In 2008, Gigi launched her YouTube channel, initially focusing on beauty, fashion, and makeup tutorials while still a high school student. Her early content also included themes of self-expression and addressing bullying. In 2011, Lazzarato created and starred in “The Avenue,” a YouTube-based reality series, which ran until 2013.
Her career underwent a significant transformation in 2013 when she publicly announced she was a transgender woman. She legally changed her name to Gigi Loren Lazzarato in 2014 and documented her gender transition on her YouTube channel, amassing a large following interested in her personal journey. Her openness and advocacy earned her the LogoTV Trailblazing Social Creator Award in 2014 for her work on behalf of LGBTQ youth. In 2015, she received the Streamy Award for Best Beauty Channel. A notable achievement in her career was the release of “This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous,” a feature-length documentary directed by two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017, chronicled her life and transition, earning a Streamy Award for Best Feature and a Critics’ Choice Documentary Award for Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary that same year. “This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous” was also nominated for The MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Documentary and GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary.
Throughout her career, Gigi has extended her influence beyond YouTube. In 2017, she was recognized by Time Magazine as one of “25 Most Influential People on the Internet” and included in “Forbes 30 Under 30.” She authored the book “He Said, She Said: Lessons, Stories and Mistakes from My Transgender Journey,” released on April 2, 2019, which provides a candid account of her transition. As an actress and model, she has appeared in television series such as PopTV’s “Nightcap” (2016) and “Me and My Grandma” (2017), and has been featured on the covers of The Advocate and FASHION magazines. Gigi has also used her platform for advocacy, working with LGBTQ organizations like GLAAD and the LA LGBT Center, and participating in panels discussing topics such as limitless beauty and inclusion. A significant incident highlighting her advocacy was her detention in Dubai in 2016 due to her transgender identity, which she publicly addressed by calling for greater LGBTQ legal protections.
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