Milk (drag queen)

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Milk
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Milk at RuPaul’s DragCon, 2018
Born
Daniel P. Donigan [1]

(1987-06-23) June 23, 1987 (age 37)
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s) Drag queen, model, Figure Skater
Television
Website bigandmilky.com

Milk (born June 23, 1987) is the stage name of Daniel P. Donigan, an American drag performer who came to attention on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race , and the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars . [2] [3]

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Early life

Donigan was raised by a conservative but supportive family [4] in Syracuse, New York. [5] He began ice skating at the age of 9 and eventually became a competitive figure skater, until 2009. [4]

Career

After moving to New York City in 2012, Donigan began a full-time career as a drag performer. [6] Donigan first gained attention when he appeared on season six of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2014. Out of 14 contestants, Milk placed ninth overall, losing a lip-sync to Trinity K. Bonet in the sixth episode. [7] On October 20, 2017, Donigan was announced as one of the 10 contestants for RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3 . He was eliminated by Kennedy Davenport in the third episode, placing 8th. [8] He again placed ninth after Morgan McMichaels returned to the competition. [9]

Outside of Drag Race, Donigan has modeled for Marc Jacobs's Spring/Summer 2016 Campaign [10] and Vivienne Westwood's S/S 2018 campaign. [11] He was featured in Perry Ellis's Fall 2018 collection. [12] In print work, he was featured on the cover of Hello Mr. magazine's third issue [13] and featured in the third issue of Gayletter [14] and in the January 2018 issue of Gay Times. [15] He was featured in a 2014 issue of Next Magazine . [16] He was announced as the new face of Madonna's skincare line, MDNA Skin. [17] In 2017, Milk appeared as Madonna in a video promoting the skincare range, dressing in several of her iconic costumes. [18]

He performed at the Bryant Park Figure-Skating Rink for the Guys On Ice event as charity for the Ali Forney Center. [19]

Music

Donigan formed the group The Dairy Queens in 2016, whose first single, "Milk It", was released on July 2, 2016. [20] He then released his first solo single, "Touch the Fashion, Change Your Life", [21] which he performed live on the first episode of All Stars 3 in 2017. [22]

Personal life

Donigan is a former figure skater who qualified to the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Junior Ice Dance. [23]

Donigan currently lives in New York City. He was in an open relationship with James B. Whiteside, [24] principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, for 12 years. [25] In October 2020, Donigan announced on Instagram that they have amicably split. [26]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6) HerselfContestant (9th place)
2016 Skin Wars Episode: "Miss Skin Wars" [27]
2018 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 3) Contestant (9th place)
2019 Hey Qween! Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Guest

Music Videos

YearTitleArtistRef.
2020Fashion BloggerRhyme So [28]

Web

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2014 James St. James: Transformations HimselfGuest [29]
2014–2018Milk's LegenDAIRY LooksHost [30]
2014–2017#MarcoMarcoShow BackstageModel [31]
2014Ring My BellGuest [32]
2015Drag Queens ReactPart 2 [33]
2017$TRANGER$ FOR CA$HWith Kim Chi [34]
How to MakeupEpisode: "Milk's Finishing Touches" [35]
Craiglist Missed ConnectionsGuest [36]
2018Whatcha Packin' [37]
M.U.G.With Kim Chi [38]
2020 BBC Sport Guest [39]
2022Out of the Closet [40]
2023Glam SlamContestant [41]

Discography

Singles

YearSongRef(s)
2016"Milk It" [20]
2018"Touch the Fashion" [21]
TitleYearAlbum
"Sitting on a Secret"
(RuPaul featuring Aja, Chi Chi DeVayne, Milk, Morgan McMichaels, & Thorgy Thor)		2018Non-album single

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