Milk (born June 23, 1987) is the stage name of Daniel P. Donigan, an American drag performer and fashion model who came to international attention on the sixth season of ''

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'', and the third season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars''.

Early life

Donigan was raised by a conservative but supportive family in

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. He began ice skating at the age of 9 and eventually became a competitive figure skater, until 2009.

Career

After moving to New York City in 2012, Donigan began a full-time career as a drag performer. Donigan first gained attention when he appeared on season six of ''

'' in 2014. Out of 14 contestants, Milk placed ninth overall, losing a lip-sync to

Trinity K. Bonet Joshua Jamal Jones (born January 31, 1991), better known by the stage name Trinity Kardashian Bonet, is an American drag queen, performer, Impersonator, celebrity impersonator, actor and singer who came to international attention on the RuPaul's D ...

in the sixth episode. On October 20, 2017, Donigan was announced as one of the 10 contestants for '' RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3''. He was eliminated by Kennedy Davenport in the third episode, placing 8th. He again placed ninth after Morgan McMichaels returned to the competition. Outside of ''Drag Race'', Donigan has modeled for

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's Spring/Summer 2016 Campaign and Vivienne Westwood's S/S 2018 campaign. He was featured in

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's Fall 2018 collection. In print work, he was on the cover of ''Hello Mr.'' magazine's third issue and featured in the third issue of ''Gayletter'' and in the January 2018 issue of

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. He was featured in a 2014 issue of '' Next Magazine''. He was announced as the new face of

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's skincare line, MDNA Skin. In 2017 Milk appeared as Madonna in a video promoting the skincare range, dressing in several of her iconic costumes. He performed at the Bryant Park Figure-Skating Rink for the Guys On Ice event as charity for the

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Music

Donigan formed the group The Dairy Queens in 2016, whose first single, "Milk It", was released on July 2, 2016. He then released his first solo single, "Touch the Fashion, Change Your Life", which he performed live on the first episode of ''All Stars 3'' in 2017.

Personal life

Donigan is a former figure skater who qualified to the

2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships The 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place from January 18 to 25th 2009 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Skaters competed in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – and acro ...

in Junior Ice Dance. Donigan currently lives in

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. He was in an

open relationship An open relationship is an intimate relationship that is sexually non-monogamous. The term is distinct from polyamory, in that it generally indicates a relationship where there is a primary emotional and intimate relationship between two partner ...

with

James B. Whiteside James B. Whiteside (born 1984), is an American ballet dancer, choreographer, model, drag queen, and recording artist. He is a former principal dancer with Boston Ballet and is currently a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. Early li ...

, principal dancer with

American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. Through 2019, it had an annual ei ...

, for 12 years. In October 2020, Donigan announced on Instagram that they have amicably split.

Filmography

Television

Music Videos

Web

Discography

Singles

Featured singles

References

External links

* * {{RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1988 births Living people American drag queens American male models Gay models LGBT people from New York (state) People from New York City People from Syracuse, New York RuPaul's Drag Race contestants

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