Gigi Lazzarato
- Actress
- Producer
Gigi Gorgeous is a YouTube star, transgender activist, author, television personality, actress, model and LGBTQ icon. She has nearly 8 million followers across her social platforms and almost half a billion views on her popular YouTube channel. Born Gregory Lazzarato and raised outside Toronto, Canada, Gigi was a nationally ranked diving champion. In 2008, Gigi's rise to stardom began when she created her YouTube channel, posting beauty, fashion and makeup tutorial videos as a Toronto high school student, while also encouraging her viewers to express themselves in the face of bullies and harassment. At the age of 19 she came out on her YouTube channel, identifying as a gay male. In 2013, she announced that she was a transgender woman. She legally changed her name to Gigi Loren Lazzarato in 2014, a year in which she documented her transition on her channel.
In January 2017, her feature-length documentary "This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous", premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film chronicles Gigi's life and transition and was directed by two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple. The film was released in limited theatres and lives on YouTube Red (now YouTube Premium) for SVOD. "This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous" won the Streamy Award for Best Feature and the Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary in 2017. It was nominated for The MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Documentary and the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary. Last year Gigi was named one of Time Magazine's "25 Most Influential People on the Internet", one of "Forbes 30 Under 30" and won YouTuber of the Year at the Shorty Awards. She was awarded the LogoTV Trailblazing Social Creator Award in 2014 for her advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ youth, and The Streamy Award for Best Beauty Channel the following year.
On April 2nd, 2019, Gigi will release her hilariously candid memoir "He Said, She Said: Lessons, Stories and Mistakes from My Transgender Journey" with Harmony Books, a division of Penguin Random House. Featuring never before seen photos, personal stories, and shockingly raw and vulnerable moments of her transition, "He Said, She Said" gives readers an opportunity to meet Gregory... the once awkward, teenage boy who was bound for the Olympics before being thrust into the spotlight with her decision to embrace her true self. Gigi expertly weaves humor into her very personal narrative and reminds us of who she really is-and has always been-with anecdotes, life lessons, and of course, Gigi-isms.
Gigi has appeared in PopTV's "Nightcap", "Me and My Grandma" alongside TV legend Rhea Perlman, and on Project Runway All Stars, E!'s Good Work, Trailblazers, MTV Music Video Awards, GLSEN Respect Awards, amongst others. As a model she has appeared on the covers of The Advocate and FASHION, and has been featured in spreads for Paper, Galore, Kode, Refinery29, and Out. She serves as a frequent muse of August Getty Atelier and has modeled for Red Dress Collection for Macy's, Nicopanda for MAC, and for Christian Siriano's newest perfume, People Are People. She hosted a series alongside friend Kylie Jenner for the "Kylie" app and starred in Adam Lambert's music video "Another Lonely Night." Gigi has worked with top brands such as Crest, Pantene, Too Faced, MAC, and L'Oreal. She also had a year-long endorsement deal with Revlon in 2017.
In October 2018, Gigi partnered with CRUSHXO and the Keep A Breast Foundation to create a new lipstick in honor of her mother, who she lost as a teenager to breast cancer. The lipstick is named after her mother, Judy, and ten percent of proceeds from the product during Breast Cancer Awareness Month benefit The Keep A Breast Foundation, an organization that raises awareness and offers education around breast cancer.
Recently, Gigi has spoken on panels for The UN Foundation Celebrating 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Teen Vogue Summit on Limitless Beauty, The Beverly Center's Everyone Welcome Event on Celebrating Inclusion & Cultural Shifts, and The Chelsea Film Festival 2nd Annual Women in Power Benefit. She has also participated in the Global Summit on Mental Health Culture Change and the LA LGBT Center Vanguard Awards.
In 2016, Gigi was denied entry into Dubai for being a transgender woman and was released after spending over five hours in detainment at the Dubai International Airport. Gigi responded to the incident by calling for equality and legal protections for LGBTQ people. Gigi works closely with several LGBTQ organizations including GLAAD, LA LGBT Center and Children's Hospital of LA Transyouth Program. Her Halloween 2017 event for the Transyouth Program raised $50K.
In March 2018, Gigi and girlfriend Nats Getty announced their engagement. Gigi and Nats reside in Los Angeles, California.
In January 2017, her feature-length documentary "This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous", premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film chronicles Gigi's life and transition and was directed by two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple. The film was released in limited theatres and lives on YouTube Red (now YouTube Premium) for SVOD. "This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous" won the Streamy Award for Best Feature and the Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary in 2017. It was nominated for The MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Documentary and the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary. Last year Gigi was named one of Time Magazine's "25 Most Influential People on the Internet", one of "Forbes 30 Under 30" and won YouTuber of the Year at the Shorty Awards. She was awarded the LogoTV Trailblazing Social Creator Award in 2014 for her advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ youth, and The Streamy Award for Best Beauty Channel the following year.
On April 2nd, 2019, Gigi will release her hilariously candid memoir "He Said, She Said: Lessons, Stories and Mistakes from My Transgender Journey" with Harmony Books, a division of Penguin Random House. Featuring never before seen photos, personal stories, and shockingly raw and vulnerable moments of her transition, "He Said, She Said" gives readers an opportunity to meet Gregory... the once awkward, teenage boy who was bound for the Olympics before being thrust into the spotlight with her decision to embrace her true self. Gigi expertly weaves humor into her very personal narrative and reminds us of who she really is-and has always been-with anecdotes, life lessons, and of course, Gigi-isms.
Gigi has appeared in PopTV's "Nightcap", "Me and My Grandma" alongside TV legend Rhea Perlman, and on Project Runway All Stars, E!'s Good Work, Trailblazers, MTV Music Video Awards, GLSEN Respect Awards, amongst others. As a model she has appeared on the covers of The Advocate and FASHION, and has been featured in spreads for Paper, Galore, Kode, Refinery29, and Out. She serves as a frequent muse of August Getty Atelier and has modeled for Red Dress Collection for Macy's, Nicopanda for MAC, and for Christian Siriano's newest perfume, People Are People. She hosted a series alongside friend Kylie Jenner for the "Kylie" app and starred in Adam Lambert's music video "Another Lonely Night." Gigi has worked with top brands such as Crest, Pantene, Too Faced, MAC, and L'Oreal. She also had a year-long endorsement deal with Revlon in 2017.
In October 2018, Gigi partnered with CRUSHXO and the Keep A Breast Foundation to create a new lipstick in honor of her mother, who she lost as a teenager to breast cancer. The lipstick is named after her mother, Judy, and ten percent of proceeds from the product during Breast Cancer Awareness Month benefit The Keep A Breast Foundation, an organization that raises awareness and offers education around breast cancer.
Recently, Gigi has spoken on panels for The UN Foundation Celebrating 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Teen Vogue Summit on Limitless Beauty, The Beverly Center's Everyone Welcome Event on Celebrating Inclusion & Cultural Shifts, and The Chelsea Film Festival 2nd Annual Women in Power Benefit. She has also participated in the Global Summit on Mental Health Culture Change and the LA LGBT Center Vanguard Awards.
In 2016, Gigi was denied entry into Dubai for being a transgender woman and was released after spending over five hours in detainment at the Dubai International Airport. Gigi responded to the incident by calling for equality and legal protections for LGBTQ people. Gigi works closely with several LGBTQ organizations including GLAAD, LA LGBT Center and Children's Hospital of LA Transyouth Program. Her Halloween 2017 event for the Transyouth Program raised $50K.
In March 2018, Gigi and girlfriend Nats Getty announced their engagement. Gigi and Nats reside in Los Angeles, California.
