Gia Metric

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Gia Metric
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Gia Metric at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2024
Born
Giorgio Triberio

(1992-04-16) April 16, 1992 (age 32)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Television Canada's Drag Race (season 2)

Gia Metric (born April 16, 1992) [1] is the stage name of Giorgio Triberio, [2] a Canadian drag performer most known for competing on the second season of Canada's Drag Race .

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Early life

Triberio was born in Toronto, Ontario. [3]

Career

Gia Metric began her drag career in Toronto. [4] By 2018, she was performing at The Junction's weekly drag showcase in Vancouver, along with Kendall Gender and Synthia Kiss. [5] She was named Vancouver's Entertainer of the Year in 2016, and Vancouver's Next Drag Superstar in 2018. [4] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was performing in drag 2 to 3 times a week, sometimes as part of the group Brat Pack. After shows were cancelled because of the pandemic, the group hosted a three-hour show on Instagram called Bounce Back, and Gia Metric worked with Priyanka to host a Dua Lipa album release party on Instagram. [3]

She competed on the second season (2021) of Canada's Drag Race . Referring to her popularity upon entering the drag competition, Bernardo Sim of Screen Rant described Gia Metric as "the queen with a big reputation that everyone is aware of". [6] She placed in the bottom two during the first episode, but was saved from elimination after winning a lip sync against Beth. [7] The third episode, she played Blue Scarymore in the slasher film Screech, a parody of Drew Barrymore's character in Scream . [8] She portrayed Jim Carrey during the Snatch Game challenge. [9] [10] She placed fourth in the competition. [11] [12]

Gia Metric walked in New York Fashion Week in 2019. [4] In 2021, she co-hosted Canada's Drag Race viewing parties in Toronto and Vancouver. [13] She is scheduled to appear at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022. [14]

Personal life

Triberio is based in Vancouver, as of 2020. [2] Triberio prefers the pronouns they/them out of drag and she/her in drag. [15]

Filmography

Television

Web series

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