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nightlife.

Career

After graduating from high school, Miller moved to Los Angeles to audition for the second season of ''

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''. She first performed in drag at Oasis Nightclub's Drag Idol in 2004 in

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and Mayhem Miller are Litré's drag mothers. Litré was a member of the band Tranzkuntinental, which made its debut at

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in 2009. The band was started by Charlie Paulson and Xander Smith and featured drag queens

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, and Vicky Vox. In 2012, Willam Belli and Rhea Litré released "Let's Have a Kai Kai." The song parodied "

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" by the

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. The music video was directed by Shawn Adeli and featured an appearance by

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. In 2013, Litré walked the Marco Marco runway for

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. Other models included former ''

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'' contestants. Litré has released a series of singles including "America's Next Hot Bottom" in 2013, "UCC" in 2015, and "Lovergirl" in 2016.

Discography

Singles

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

References

External links

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