Janessa Jaye Champagne

I'm just a plus size drag queen with a dream: to become the ultimate Trash Queen of Glam, Geek, & Gore! I love makeup and playing around with color in the beauty space, I love horror movies and things that go bump in the night, and I love geeking out with social commentary and queer theory! I've been a performer for nearly two decades and have been producing shows and events through my production company, Champagne Dreams Productions, since 2002. I have been running my own website, The World of Champagne at JanessaJaye.com since 2012. I have two podcasts, JANESSA AFTER DARK and MISS JAYE: THE RENOVATION, and started creating video content on YouTube in 2020. I'm just looking to change the world one delightfully queer moment at a time.

Janessa Jaye Champagne
Champagne Dreams Productions
Shockingly Glamorous. Decidedly Queer.


Janessa Jaye Champagne

So, I'm doing a thing...

Over the Thanksgiving weekend I'll be contributing to THE HOME SHOW, an immersive theater experience with different vignettes focusing on the many different things that "home" can mean.

I got to write my own piece, focusing on how creativity and queerness come together to help me feel a sense of home in a variety of places, including this virtual space that we all share on YouTube!

The piece is written to be like a simulation of one of my livestreams. A few of our community members get "cameo" shout outs in the imagined chat, and I'm still working out the details, but I might even be able to livestream one of the performances so that you can see the monologue live as it's happening!

More detail to come!

1 day ago | [YT] | 9

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Here is my look from last night. I was torn on whether to do a brown lip or a red lip, so of course I did both!

I wore the brown lip to the episode. It was a combo of the two liquid lipsticks from the latest Cosmic Beauty release topped with a metallic gloss from the Blend Bunny Masterclass collection.

Then, in the live, we took it off and did the red lip combo from the Melt Cosmetics It: Welcome to Derry Collection.

Which do you like better?

4 days ago | [YT] | 15

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If you didn't catch my appearance on the 757 Hustle Show, you can catch the replay at this link:

youtube.com/live/8W_WCZQQIG8?si=vpzPFhh8GseYloeV

Replay Crew Rocks!

4 days ago | [YT] | 6

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On Monday, Angie and I worked on organizing my costume and prop storage space...here's a peek at some of the goodies that I have tucked away for shows and photo shoots. I also got my photo lightbox set up and took some pictures of the new pastel foundations from Glisten Cosmetics and the Queen Pin collection from Trixie Cosmetics!

5 days ago | [YT] | 15

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"Last Chance for Halloween" show in Bismarck this weekend!

1 week ago | [YT] | 9

Janessa Jaye Champagne

I got this super fun Cruella DeVil costume from HalloweenCostumes.com and the coat is absolutely fabulous! The dress is...fine. lol

I decided to add AB rhinestones to the dress in abstract clusters - I'm hoping it will look sort of like a reverse dalmatian print! This is how far I got while I was watching the live on @dionluvsmakeup channel. Eventually I want to have the whole front panel covered, so it will be a while before this diva is show ready.

I might also add a couple of layers of long fringe to the bottom if I do that, should I do black, red, or both? Thoughts?

1 week ago (edited) | [YT] | 13

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I forgot to take pictures until after the shoot, so the lip is a little worse for wear, but here is look number two from yesterday's shoot - Professor Plum! The eyes are Bitten from Gourmande Girl!

We also did a few shots in my newly stoned skeleton dress, so I got some selfies in natural light as well!

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 14

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Sorry to those I teased with a Live to show off my Mrs. Peacock look. I tried connecting 3 times from my laptop and once from my phone, and my internet was just not having it! I did a quick TikTok and I'll post a couple of pics here! Maybe I'll be able to go live in the Professor Plum look!

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 18

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I've got my last CLUE shoot booked for this Sunday and I can't wait! We are knocking out the final two characters: Professor Plum and Mrs. Peacock! I can't wait to show off the full range! Assuming that all the edits can be done on time, this will be the theme for the 2026 calendar! I'll make sure to share that announcement from my website over here!

And just for fun: which classic clue weapons do you think Mrs. Peacock and Professor Plum will be using for their dastardly deeds in the shoot? Here's a hint: Miss Scarlet has already claimed the candlestick!

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 11

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I'm on a mini staycation, so how did I spend day one? Well, I spent 4 and a half hours of it gluing rhinestones and pearls to this bargain skeleton dress I got from XPlusWear.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 25