Acid Betty

Acid Betty
Born Benjamin August Ruhren
(1977-12-10) December 10, 1977
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Occupation
Years active 2004–present
Website acidbetty.com

Benjamin August Ruhren (born December 10, 1977), better known by his stage name Acid Betty, is an American multimedia, performance artist and drag queen. Ruhren gained notoriety in 2016 as a contestant on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, placing eighth.

Career

Acid Betty was a contestant on Season 8 of "RuPaul's Drag Race"[1] where she was sent home in Episode 5, placing eighth. She was also featured on Season 5 of “Project Runway,”[2] in “An Englishman in New York” with John Hurt,[3] served as Ringleader at Lincoln Center for New York City’s “Rock & Roll Circus” (2011),[4] has been showcased at the Gay Village in Rome, Italy and played host of the annual “Saint at Large The Black Party Expo & Bazaar”[5] in New York City for several years.[6] Betty was also on the cover of the 900th issue of HX Magazine.[7] In the "Rock & Roll Circus," The New York Times called Acid Betty "meticulously costumed."[8]

Acid Betty has her own line of hair spray, Acid Betty's LakGurl.[9]

References

  1. ↑ date = 01 February 2016. "RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 queens and premiere date revealed — exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "'Project Runway': Good Queen Fun". Los Angeles Times. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Musto, Michael (28 January 2010). "Inside the Downtown Celebrity Known as Acid Betty". The Village Voice. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Aleksander, Irina (5 January 2011). "Rock and Roll Circus Is a Tight Squeeze". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Saint at Large & Lady Circus Present: Caligula Maximus". Popular Publicity NYC. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Polly, John (17 March 2010). "This Weekend: NYC's Black Party Expo! Sexiest Trade Show Ever?". Logo. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Raymond, Ashley. "HX Magazine Issue 900 Cover". Ashley Raymond Design & Illustration. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Pareles, Jon (5 January 2011). "The Circus Tumbles In, to the Sound of the ’70s". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "We Asked Nine Nightlifers What They're Giving and Getting for Christmas". Next Magazine. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

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