Pride and beauty: The makeup-wearing Buddhist monk and LGBTQ+ activist
euronews.comI have done makeup for one of my idols Carson Kressley, the original cast of 'Queer Eye' and now the judge of 'Ru Paul's Drag Race'.
I was assigned to do his makeup during a Miss USA and Miss Universe pageant. And I was really happy because he was one of the first representations within the LGBTQ community that a person can be out and proud and also be celebrated on TV, which was not common at all in Japan.I was also a part of Queer Eye.
It's given me such amazing magic to my life.Another person I really enjoyed doing makeup for was Halle Bailey. She is an actress and part of the singing duo, Chloe x Halle, who debuted from the production company of Beyonce.
Halle is going to be acting as Ariel in the new live-action Little Mermaid movie. When I was younger I was always playing as Ariel and drawing the character, so for me to be able to do makeup for the real Disney princess was such a privilege.I feel like in order to touch someone's heart you really have to experience many things in life.
