Gia Metric

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Gia Metric
Gia Metric at RuPaul's DragCon LA 2024 (cropped).jpg
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 performed 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] Before the COVID-19 pandemic, she performed 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 in 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] In 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

References

  1. ↑ @gia_metric (April 16, 2020). "28 🦋 for 28 years! Happy Birthday ME🦋💙" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 "7 Questions With: Drag Entertainer Gia Metric". IN Magazine. 2020-04-06. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  3. 1 2 Kirsch, Jen (2020-04-17). "Toronto drag performers find their groove on Instagram Live". The Toronto Star. ISSN   0319-0781. Archived from the original on 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  4. 1 2 3 Spirus, Dr (2021-12-13). "Gia Metric in YASS Magazine". YASS Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  5. ↑ Clapson, Dan (2018-01-31). "One day in Vancouver: Drag queen Kendall Gender". Eat North. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  6. ↑ "Canada's Drag Race Season 2 Episode 1 Recap: Mother Broo Strikes Back". Screen Rant. 2021-10-15. Archived from the original on 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  7. ↑ "Canada's Drag Race Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: It's Jester Rusical". Screen Rant. 2021-10-22. Archived from the original on 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  8. ↑ "StackPath". xtramagazine.com. 29 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-06. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  9. ↑ "Canada's Drag Race Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: Synthia Kiss Goes Bananas". Screen Rant. 2021-11-05. Archived from the original on 2021-12-18. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  10. ↑ Alter, Rebecca (2021-11-05). "Canada's Drag Race Recap: Snatch and Release". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  11. ↑ "Canada's Drag Race: Gia Metric keeps the Oscar speeches going". NOW Magazine. 2021-12-11. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  12. ↑ "StackPath". xtramagazine.com. 11 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  13. ↑ "Drag's gone boom not bust during COVID-19, says Toronto promoter". Toronto Sun . Archived from the original on 2021-11-19. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  14. ↑ Major, Michael. "DragCon LA 2022 Panels to Reunite the Casts of International DRAG RACE Seasons". BroadwayWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  15. ↑ "Canada's Drag Race series two: Meet the Queens and Judges". BBC News . Retrieved 2022-04-15.[ permanent dead link ]
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