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 "CUNT: Queen of the Beautifuls".[4][6][7][8][9] 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 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[4] 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 "cyani

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