Our world is full of mysteries, may it be weird, strange and bizarre.I remember one saying, “Men and women are created equal”, but as I grew up I was wondering why my favorite uncle has transformed into a woman? And another female cousin of mine was a lesbian and dream to be a real man through surgery. Here are some lists of men became woman and made a successful careers in their own way:
1) RuPaul (Famous Transvestite)
Ru Paul became famous with his dance tracks that hit the radio airwaves in 1993 and continued to release albums and had his TV shows. Born in San Diego on 1960.
2) Aurora Sexton
Became famous in hosting pageants and benefit shows, and also won in many pageants. Born in Denver, Colorado but recently residing in Chicago, Illinois.
3) Mimi Marks
Mimi Marks born in Iowa as Mark. At the age of 21 he lived as a woman and won many titles, appeared in music videos and various TV shows. She performs regularly at the Baton Show Lounge in Illinois.
4) Frank Marino
Frank Marino became famous in his acts and shows in Las Vegas as “Joan Rivers”, since 1985. He have the longest running shows in Las Vegas and it took 20 years.
5) Lana Blake
Lana Blake a famous performer in the state of Texas for the last 15 years. Lana won 10 titles and is well loved all over the state of Texas.
6) Lisa Beaumann
Lisa Beaumann, a famous versatile performer and entertainer and a well loved figure in Louisiana. She impersonates Liza Minelli, Carol Channing, Shania Twain and many famous celebrities.
7) Romy Haag
Born Edouard Frans Verbaarsschott in 1951 in Netherlands and was known famously as Romy Haag, transvestite in Germany and Continental Europe. At the age of 16 he started his performing artist- career as a woman. She starred various German movies. In 1972, she performed in America for few years.
Roberta Close
Luiz Gaambine Moreira was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 1964. She started liveng as a girl at her teens and started injecting female hormones and at the age 17 and her career began to rise, until she underwent many plastic surgeries and later on married his manager Roland, but ended up in separation.
9) Pete Burns
Pete Burns was born in 1959 from an English father and Jewish mother. Married for 25 years but ended in divorce from his wife. Became famous as vocalist of ‘Dead or Alive Band’ and made his autobigraphy about his personal life and married his companion. He underwent plastic surgeries.
10) Steven Wayne
Steven Wayne was born and grew up in West Virginia. He started performing in “The Shamrock Club” in 1987 and been residing in Las Vegas since 1999. Steven was impersonating Cher and became known in his field of impersonation for the past 21 years and love and enjoy his job.
11) Chad Michaels
Chad Michaels famously and world leading impersonator of Cher and impersonates popular other celebrities for almost 20 years, worked with many famous producers and actors. Chad was a member of “Dream Girls Revue” in California.
12) Dr Christine McGinn
Dr Christine McGinn, formerly a Navy pilot who has served as ground medical crew for NASA missions. In year 2000 she have her transition surgery and became very vocal about the trans-gender and have been an activist and speaker on many issues. She is the founder of Papillon Gender Wellness Center.
13) Rustum Padilla (Philippine Movie Actor)
Rustum Padilla a Philippine movie actor portrayed an action movie, the boy-next-door, a character actor and was married for more than two years to an actress, Carmina Villaroel but ended up in an annulment. His brother was the famous action star of Philippine movies, Robin Padilla. In 2008 he confessed to one of his housemate that he was gay. He is one of the housemates of a reality TV show in the Philippines “Pinoy Big Brother House”. In January 18,2009 he publicly announced his new transformation on air as BeBe Gandanghari.
14) Renee Ramsey
Born Richard, a green beret in Vietnam, a tough guy and has served the military for over 20 years, but dreamed of wearing dress someday. Twice married, but when his wife died he decided to undergo sex change, which he dreamed of, in The Philadelphia Center for Transgender Surgery. And he is now known as Renee Ramsey, the oldest transgender woman at the age 77 years old.
Here are some images of transvestites: