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The Transformer

RUPAUL IN 1996. PHOTO: HERB RITTS/TRUNK ARCHIVE.

RUPAUL IN ATLANTA, OCTOBER 1979. PHOTO: TOM HILL/WIRE IMAGE.

WITH DAVE GROHL, KURT COBAIN, AND KRIST NOVESELIC OF NIRVANA AT THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, LOS ANGELES, CA, SEPTEMBER 1993. PHOTO: JEFF KRAVITZ/ FILM MAGIC INC.

 

RUPAUL WITH ANNA NICOLE SMITH, HOLLYWOOD, APRIL 1998. PHOTO: JEFF KRAVITZ / CONTRIBUTOR.  

RUPAUL IN NEW YORK CITY, 1991. PHOTO: DAN HOWELL/RETNA LTD

RUPAUL IN LOS ANGELES, JULY 2013. TUXEDO: ROBERTO CAVALLI. SHIRT: DIOR HOMME. GLASSES, RINGS, AND BOOTS: RUPAUL'S OWN. POCKET SQUARE: J.PRESS.

STYLING: SIMON ROBINS. GROOMING: OZZY SALVATIERRA / STREETERS. SET DESIGN: CHIME DAY SERRA / THE MAGNETAGENCY. STYLIST ASSISTANTS: MEGAN KELLEY AND JESPER GUDBERGSEN. SPECIAL THANKS: QUIXOTE STUDIO.

RUPAUL AND FRIEND WHILE ATTENDING WIGSTOCK, NEW YORK, JANUARY 1988. PHOTO: JANETTE BECKMAN / GETTY IMAGES.