Jeffree Star

Jeffree Star (born Jeffrey Steininger, 15 November 1986) is an American model, fashion designer, make-up artist and singer-songwriter residing in the Los Angeles area. He is an Internet celebrity known for his popularity on MySpace as well as his fashion line and from his transgressive, genderfuck and gender-bending appearance and persona while calling himself "Queen of the Internet" and "Queen of the Beautifuls". Star has leveraged his fame as an androgynous model and aesthetic talents to launch his own clothing line and forays into acting and DJing.

Star was born in Orange County, California. Star recalls that he "discovered that he was gay in his early childhood". His father died in his childhood thus Star was left alone while his working model mother went on assignments. He began experimenting with his mother's makeup at a young age, leading to an obsessive compulsive interest, and convinced his mom to let him wear make-up to school when he was in junior high.
Club scene

Star's make-up artist career was started at age fifteen as an "underage gender-bending club kid" wearing make-up, dying his hair in day-glo colors and cross dressing which in turn lead to receiving large amounts of attention from people both in and out of school. Star's popularity came from wearing women's clothing and accessories in high school. Star recalls that his obsessive compulsive disorder as a child pushed him into wearing his mother's makeup and clothes.
On weekends, Star recounts using a "fake ID to attend Hollywood clubs dressed in mini dresses and nine inch high heels where celebrities would contract him for make-up work at their homes", or "hiring [Star] as a model." He reports that his weekend partying at clubs and the make-up advice he gave was the foundation to his modeling career.
Make-up, modeling, and Internet fame

Jeffree Star's first cover photo on Los Angeles's Frontiers Newsmagazine, August 1, 2006.
Star was referred to celebrities including Kelly Osbourne, Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, AFI frontman Davey Havok and Jessicka from the band Scarling.
Star gained a cult following from posting outrageous photographs of himself on Internet forums and later MySpace, who began sending him gifts including expensive cameras to take more pictures.
On August 1, 2006, Los Angeles's LGBT magazine Frontiers featured Star on its cover. On November 17, 2006 Star and several contestants from "America's Next Top Model" were a part of Black Chandelier's "Fall 2006 Runway Show" at Salt Lake City's Union Pacific Depot. Star was also a guest on "America's Next Top Model, Cycle 7".
On March 16, 2007, Star was one of the featured runway models for BOXeight's production of designer Jared Gold’s flamboyant "Quiet Army show", regarded as "the wildest front row in all of Fashion Week." The shows 2007 theme was "Mormon chic", effectively using the Los Angeles Theater as a backdrop during L.A. Fashion Week. He has appeared in several music videos including Good Charlotte's "The River", Godhead's "Push", and Aiden's "One Love". Most recently, he appeared in the video for Metro Station's "Shake It".
MySpace celebrity
Jeffree Star used popular social networking website MySpace to further both his music as well as fashion design career. Star also used MySpace for blogging about his life while making social commentary on "self-image and confidence", fame, beauty and life. Using the nickname of "cunt" while using "cyanide-laced wit" in his online rants[9] to attract attention, Star had built up a fan base on several websites but convinced many to join him on MySpace, giving his MySpace profile a large number of "friends" from the beginning. His MySpace friend base has since grown to over 864,000 as of September 2008] with each new photo shoot getting over 50,000 comments when posted, and by November 2006, he was recognized as MySpace's most connected profile personality.
Star has also gained fame as one of the most popular unsigned artists with the daily rankings placing him in the top tier on MySpace.
Buzznet.com video-blogging
On March 28, 2007 at Project Runway's Jeffrey Sebelia fashion show Star was a front row "celebutante" where he revealed details of Buzznet.com’s “Queen Needs a Princess Contest” which had "a day of femme-licious fun with Star" as the grand prize. The social-networking, music-news site specializes in new-media (integrated photoblog and videoblog capabilities) which Star has capitalized on to dovetail his modeling and music interests. Stars' social trendsetting participation at Buzznet and his success at growing online fan-base was noted in Buzznet's six million financing in May 2007. Star regularly uploads video-blog segments including music reviews, event reports as well as posting news about his upcoming music release.
Music career

Star's music career as an electronica and hip-hop vocalist began when he befriended Peaches' drummer who encouraged him to make music. Star was then asked by Hollywood Undead to rap on their song "Turn off the Lights" for their debut album.[18] However, the track did not make it onto the disc.
His first two solo tracks "We Want Cunt", named in tribute to his former screen name Cunt: Queen of the Beautifuls, and "Straight Boys" were co-written with Hole and one time Mötley Crüe drummer, Samantha Maloney and singer Jessicka from Scarling. Star asked MySpace co-founder Tom to convert his MySpace profile into a music page so he could showcase his music.
On November 1, 2006 Star performed on the same bill as Los Angeles's Dirty Sanchez at the LA bar Key Club’s post-Halloween show. Star has toured with electro musician Peaches, as well as Metro Station, Breathe Carolina, Dr. Manhattan, Schoolyard Heroes, BrokeNCYDE, and Ultraviolet Sound.
Discography
In March 2007, Star released his first EP, Plastic Surgery Slumber Party. It debuted March 20, 2007 at No. 1 on iTunes’s dance charts and "has consistently topped the iTunes dance charts at #1, hovering high above household names such as Justin Timberlake and Cascada." Separately Star's MySpace page has an impressive 45 million listens off Plastic Surgery Slumber Party.
Star announced in the Summer of 2007 that recording is underway for an album titled Beauty Killer. On August 30, 2008, Star announced that he started his own record label called Popsicle Records. Of the label deal, Star said “I’ve always wanted something like this and I’m so thankful that I’ve been given this opportunity. [Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group] believe in my vision and are making it happen! I get to put out my own music, as well as sign bands to my label and have all the control. Some old executive can’t pick my album cover for me and tell me what I should sound like!” A 6-song EP called Cupcakes Taste like Violence, his label's first release, was released in stores and digitally on December 9, 2008. The full-length album Beauty Killer will be released in early 2009. On October 3rd, he was going to release a new song called, "Starstruck" featuring Danger Radio however, the song was made available on September 28th for free download as a "thank you" to his fans.
On January 5, 2009, Star posted a MySpace bulletin about recording his debut album Beauty Killer. He confirmed that he has recorded a track titled "Louis Vuitton Body Bag" with Matt Skiba from the band Alkaline Trio for the album.
On February 21, 2009, Star posted another MySpace bulletin about recording his debut album Beauty Killer which he hopes will be out in July. He confirmed track titles "Delicately Destroyed" and "Size of Your Boat".
On March 4, 2009, Star posted another MySpace bulletin confirming a new song "Delicately Destroyed" he has resently played on his UK Tour.
EPs
Plastic Surgery Slumber Party (#1 USDC) - (March 13, 2007)
Cupcakes Taste Like Violence (December 9, 2008)
Albums
Beauty Killer - (Summer 2009)
Singles
"Heart Surgery Isn't That Bad..." (#15 USDC) - (February 14, 2008)
"I Hate Music" - (April 17, 2008) - Available as a B-Side-only single on iTunes.
"Starstruck" (feat. Danger Radio) - (October 3, 2008) - Available as a free download on Jeffree Star's MySpace page.
"Lollipop Luxury" - (November 18, 2008)
True Colors Tour
During the summer of 2007, Star was advertised as a part of the True Colors Tour 2007, which traveled through 15 cities in the United States and Canada. The tour, sponsored by the LGBT Logo channel, began on June 8, 2007 to coincide with Pride month. Profits from the tour benefited the Human Rights Campaign as well as PFLAG and The Matthew Shepard Foundation. Though he was advertised as a special guest to perform on several West Coast dates, Star did not appear.
Star's song "Plastic Surgery Slumber Party" appeared on the August 2007 Tommy Boy release of Cyndi Lauper's True Colors tour compilation. Featuring ten tracks from ten of the artists, the compilation benefits the Human Rights Campaign, an organization that fights for civil rights for LGBT people.
Reality show development

Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato's World of Wonders Productions is developing a reality show featuring Star and promise of "glamour and sexual tension." Star is currently in talks with E! to carry the show.
Merchandise

Star's T-shirts, hoodies and accessories were ranked #1 on Hottopic.com. The company later decided to conduct an interview with Star for their website.[31] He is also developing a fragrance called "Fierce", which he says will smell like "vanilla and cotton candy."