Gabriella Labucci

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Gabriella Labucci
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Gabriella Labucci in 2023
Born1991or1992(age 31–32) [1]
NationalityAustralian
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Website gabriellalabucci.square.site

Gabriella Labucci is an Australian drag performer most known for competing on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under . [2]

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Career

Gabriella Labucci is a drag performer who has also worked at Piano Bar and appeared on Lance TV Ballarat . [3] [4] She and Lance De Boyle hosted the Channel 31 Antenna Awards in 2021. [5] Gabriella Labucci was inspired to start doing drag by the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race , and later competed on the third season of the spin-off series RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under . [3]

Labucci opened the Werq the World Tour along with Flor, Isis Avis Loren and Hollywould Star for the Australian leg of the 2023 production.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Gabriella Labucci is based in Ballarat, Victoria, [6] and prefers the pronouns she/her in drag and he/him out of drag. [7]

Filmography

Television

See also

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