Infamous Diva Amanda Lepore to Lead Mardi Gras Parade

Amanda Lepore, American travestite, fashion icon, nightlife hostess and performer, will be leading this year’s Mardi Gras parade.

Lepore has said to be "thrilled and honoured" to be invited as head of the parade.

Lepore caused a stir on her first visit to Australia late last year, with a short but sweet appearance and performance at Sydney’s Nevermind.

If you don’t get a chance to ride front and centre with Amanda on parade night, the only other chance to get up close and personal with the fascinating Ms Lepore is at Nevermind’s Mardi Bar.

Amanda will be hosting the second week of Mardi Bar, after porn star Brent Corrigan relinquishes hosting duties. Mardi Bar will take over Nevermind on Oxford St from Wednesday, February 24.

American Icon Amanda Lepore to visit Sydney

Oxford Street will never be the same with the launch of Saturday F*cking Nights. And who better to kick things off than the inimitable Amanda Lepore.

The new weekly Saturday event at Nevermind joins the hugely successful Friday club night Disgraceland and sees the birth of the first new gay venue on Oxford Street for several years.

To help christen the night, pop culture icon Amanda Lepore will be jetting into Australia from New York City to perform at the launch of Saturday F*cking Nights on Saturday November 7.

Behind Saturday Fucking Nights are Tim Duggan and Shane Jenek, (better known as the man behind Fag Tag and the man behind Courtney Act). Shane and Tim started working together on Disgraceland at Nevermind six months ago. The instant success of the weekly Friday night showed them that, despite constant reports of doom and gloom, the faint pulse of the Sydney scene had life in it yet.

The most famous transsexual in the world. Amanda Lepore, will be performing on opening night. She’s been New York’s it girl since the early 1990s, appearing in countless magazines and as the face of Heatherette, MAC Cosmetic, Swatch and more. As the muse and model for photographer David LaChapelle, Lepore’s signature looks epitomize Hollywood bombshell glamour.

She lived through Michael Alig’s Club Kids of the 90s, has starred in music videos for Elton John, Dandy Warhols, and Tiga, toured the US with Cyndi Lauper, Gossip, Rufus Wainwright and Debbie Harry, and her “Time Tranny” Swatch watch became the fastest selling limited edition Swatch watch in history. Put simply, Amanda Lepore is a full-time living work of art.