Randy Constan (born November 18, 1953) is a

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impersonator who first posted his

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pictures on a website in 2001, in what he stated was an attempt to find a

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. The website became a widely circulated

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, and in 2001 Constan's website, "pixyland.org" (aka "Peter Pan's Home Page") won a

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in the "weird" category. Constan currently resides in

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. Constan has made television appearances in costume, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Unscrewed with Martin Sargent'', and '' Because I Said So''. In 2006, Constan appeared in a music video alongside

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, and other individuals who gained worldwide exposure via the Internet, created for the web site WeAreTheWeb.org. The video advocates for

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Personal life

Constan grew up in

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. He graduated from

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in 1974 with an

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in Electronics and worked for

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from 1974 through 1994. His first marriage was in 1976, during which he lived on Long Island. He later moved to

where he has worked for Tasnet Inc. since 1995. On October 7, 2007, Constan became engaged to his girlfriend of one year (who goes by the names Tinkerbell and Princess Dorothy) at a local club called "The Castle", the couple married March 29, 2009 at the Bay Area

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References

External links

* http://elfintechnologies.com/ * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Constan, Randy Living people American Internet celebrities Peter Pan Cosplayers 1953 births College of Staten Island alumni