Amanda Lepore

“Well, my dresses are very tight and mostly all made for me - couture, baby.”

“If it were up to me, I'd be using the SPF 100, but I read somewhere that it only protects you up to SPF 50 anyway, and anything higher than that and you're just putting bad stuff onto your skin. So I've always been about staying inside and wearing sunscreen. That's why my skin is like a baby's. Or a 14-year-old girl's.”

“In New York City nightlife in the '90s, everything was camp!”

“I think Instagram is great, especially for kids, because you can be anything and still find a role model.”

“When I was a kid, my mother was hospitalized, she was schizophrenic.”

“With 'RuPaul's Drag Race' getting popular, you see more and more people dressing up and going out.”

“In school, I was Armand. In boys' clothes. But so small and girlie, I thought I was a girl.”

“I always loved watching old movies and I loved Marilyn Monroe and all those blondes; that hyper feminine 1950s glamour and the exaggeration of it. Then Jessica Rabbit came along and it was an exaggeration of that look and so I wanted to be even more exaggerated than that.”

“Kids made fun of me and harassed me.”

“I love the process of dressing up, and people that dress up, and serving looks and drag queens and club freaks and all of that.”

“I like women who transform themselves. It's what I do.”

“The club scene was really like a... they really weren't sure if I was a girl or a transsexual. When they found out, it was celebrated instead of 'Ssshh! Don't tell anyone!' That felt really liberating.”

“Plastic surgery is for when you don't like things... Everything I've got already looks so good.”

“When I first came to New York I did nails, and I really didn't get a lot of money.”

“It's illegal in the U.S., but I had it done in Mexico. They break the floating rib in the back and push it in, so there's no scar.”

“I love and appreciate my fans so much. They truly are the best gift a girl can ask for!”

“I do yoga, go to the gym. I do a lot of weights, a little cardio, lots of squats, lower body stuff. I've had a trainer over the years, that helped get a routine.”

“Always be your true self, and surround yourself with positive and supportive people.”

“The bio girls are what kind of inspired me to get into the club scene. I related to them more - like, Dianne Brill was a huge inspiration for me.”

“There is a reason I am labeled 'The Most Expensive Body On Earth.'”