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

RuPaul's Drag Race ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the Drag Race (franchise), ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder (company), World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, ...

'', 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

Drag

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 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

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in the third episode, placing 8th. He again placed ninth after

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returned to the competition. Outside of ''Drag Race'', Donigan has modeled for

Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was d ...

's Spring/Summer 2016 Campaign and

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's S/S 2018 campaign. He was featured in Perry Ellis's Fall 2018 collection. In print work, he was featured 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.

Figure skating

Donigan is a former elite figure skater who qualified to the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Junior Ice Dance. He returned to competition in 2025, winning first place in the Gold Solo Pattern Dance and Gold Solo Free Dance categories at the U.S. Eastern Adult Sectional Championships. 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 currently lives in

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. He was in an

open relationship An open relationship is an intimate relationship that is sexually or romantically non-monogamous. An open relationship generally indicates a relationship where there is a primary emotional and intimate relationship between partners, who agree to ...

with James B. Whiteside, 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. Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spr ...

, 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

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