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[[File:Madonna's cosplay I.jpg|thumb|A Madonna [[Drag queen|drag]]-[[cosplay]] at the [[High Heel Drag Queen Race]] 2007]] |
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A '''Madonna impersonator''' is an entertainer who [[impersonator|impersonates]] American singer-songwriter [[Madonna]]. Professional or dedicated Madonna impersonators have existed since at least the mid-1980s, and were sometimes sorted as [[Tribute band|"tribute act]]s". As an established artist, Madonna impersonators have seen a notable demand, many of them performing in front of thousands people and visiting several countries in their professional Madonna career as some media outlets have reported. Notable Madonna impersonators include Denise Bella Vlasis and [[Venus D-Lite]]. Others [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionists]] have included Madonna in their repertoire, such as [[Tracey Bell]], [[Charlie Hides]] and [[Véronic DiCaire]]. |
A '''Madonna impersonator''' is an entertainer who [[impersonator|impersonates]] American singer-songwriter [[Madonna]]. Professional or dedicated Madonna impersonators have existed since at least the mid-1980s, and were sometimes sorted as [[Tribute band|"tribute act]]s". As an established artist, Madonna impersonators have seen a notable demand, many of them performing in front of thousands people and visiting several countries in their professional Madonna career as some media outlets have reported. Notable Madonna impersonators include Chris America, Denise Bella Vlasis and [[Venus D-Lite]]. Others [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionists]] have included Madonna in their repertoire, such as [[Tracey Bell]], [[Charlie Hides]] and [[Véronic DiCaire]], while [[Nadya Ginsburg]] and [[Alejandra Bogue]] dedicated Madonna-inspired [[monologue]]s. |
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First impersonations on Madonna started with her fans, mainly young female audience when they copied |
First impersonations on Madonna started with her fans, mainly young female audience when they copied and emulated her no later than 1985, and which were counted by thousands around the world. This phenomenon was later defined as the "[[Madonna wannabe]]". Prominent look-alikes contests were made and received press coverage. An example occurred in 1985 led by [[Macy's]] and had [[Andy Warhol]] and [[Nina Blackwood]] among others as judges. The winner gained nationwide briefly [[Celebrity|fame]] as "the best Madonna look-alike" according to [[MTV]]. Over the years, impersonations on Madonna have been documented among her [[Madonna fandom|fandom]], through fan conventions, tours, and themed parties among other cultural manifestations, such as competitions and TV shows. |
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In early 2000s, [[J. Randy Taraborrelli]] considered Madonna as "one of the most emulated female performers in show business history". At some stage of her career, American journalist [[Ricardo Baca]] also estimated her as the most imitated woman in the world. Madonna herself, have dedicated the song "She's Not Me" from her 2008 album ''[[Hard Candy (Madonna album)|Hard Candy]]'', which talks about of being emulated by another woman. The [[world record]] as the largest gathering of people dressed as Madonna at the same time in a single event is 440, registered in the [[Guinness World Records]] in 2014. |
In early 2000s, [[J. Randy Taraborrelli]] considered Madonna as "one of the most emulated female performers in show business history". At some stage of her career, American journalist [[Ricardo Baca]] also estimated her as the most imitated woman in the world. Madonna herself, have dedicated the song "She's Not Me" from her 2008 album ''[[Hard Candy (Madonna album)|Hard Candy]]'', which talks about of being emulated by another woman. The [[world record]] as the largest gathering of people dressed as Madonna at the same time in a single event is 440, registered in the [[Guinness World Records]] in 2014. |
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[[File:Rebel Heart tour 2016 - Melbourne 2 (26260458546) (cropped) (cropped) (cropped).jpg|upright|thumb|Madonna with a young female fan emulating her [[Like a Virgin (album)|''Like a Virgin'']]-style during the Melbourne gig of the Rebel Heart Tour (2016)]] |
[[File:Rebel Heart tour 2016 - Melbourne 2 (26260458546) (cropped) (cropped) (cropped).jpg|upright|thumb|Madonna with a young female fan emulating her [[Like a Virgin (album)|''Like a Virgin'']]-style during the Melbourne gig of the Rebel Heart Tour (2016)]] |
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Madonna inspired a substantial number of [[Madonna fandom|her fans]] to [[Fashion of Madonna|dress like her]] in her early years.<ref name="Arranz">{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235624344|title=The Semiotics of Performance and Success in Madonna|journal=[[The Journal of Popular Culture]]|pages=173–195|doi=10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00917.x|date=February 2012|access-date=February 7, 2022|last=Prieto-Arranz|first=José Igor|via=Research Gate|volume=45|number=1|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="Blesa">{{cite web|url=https://www.efeeme.com/placeres-culpables-like-virgin-de-madonna/|title=Placeres culpables: "Like a virgin", de Madonna|work=[[:es:Efe Eme|Efe Eme]]|date=February 28, 2015|access-date=May 5, 2022|language=es|first=Óscar|last=García Blesa|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150607233526/http://www.efeeme.com/placeres-culpables-like-virgin-de-madonna/|archive-date=June 7, 2015}}</ref> The frenzy also called the [[Madonna wannabe]] phenomenon, made possible to some retailers opened up clothing departments inspired in her style. "Look-a-like Madonnas popped up all over the world", wrote European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'' in 1985.<ref name="MM">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1985/M&M-1985-12-23.pdf|title=Madonna: Single selling Artist of the Year (Sire)|magazine=Music & Media|date=December 23, 1985|access-date=May 4, 2022|page=20|volume=2|number=50/52}}</ref> One of the most significant contests was made by [[Macy's]] when they inaugurated Madonnaland the same year, having [[Andy Warhol]], Madonna's stylist [[Maripol]], MTV contributor [[Nina Blackwood]], and ''Madonna: Lucky Star'' author Michael McKenzie as the judges. The winner, a 16-years-old girl, gained nationwide briefly fame as the best Madonna look-alike around according to Nicole Guanlao from MTV.<ref name="Difranco">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1586958/madonnas-1985-look-alike-no-longer-rocks-the-lace-gloves-but-shes-still-madges-biggest-fan/|title=Madonna's 1985 look-alike no longer rocks the lace gloves, but she's still madge's biggest fan|publisher=MTV|first=Nicole|last=Guanlao|date=May 6, 2008|access-date=May 2, 2022|archive-date=April 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414083150/http://www.mtv.com/news/1586958/madonnas-1985-look-alike-no-longer-rocks-the-lace-gloves-but-shes-still-madges-biggest-fan/}}</ref> |
Madonna inspired a substantial number of [[Madonna fandom|her fans]] to [[Fashion of Madonna|dress like her]] in her early years.<ref name="Arranz">{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235624344|title=The Semiotics of Performance and Success in Madonna|journal=[[The Journal of Popular Culture]]|pages=173–195|doi=10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00917.x|date=February 2012|access-date=February 7, 2022|last=Prieto-Arranz|first=José Igor|via=Research Gate|volume=45|number=1|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="Blesa">{{cite web|url=https://www.efeeme.com/placeres-culpables-like-virgin-de-madonna/|title=Placeres culpables: "Like a virgin", de Madonna|work=[[:es:Efe Eme|Efe Eme]]|date=February 28, 2015|access-date=May 5, 2022|language=es|first=Óscar|last=García Blesa|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150607233526/http://www.efeeme.com/placeres-culpables-like-virgin-de-madonna/|archive-date=June 7, 2015}}</ref> The frenzy also called the [[Madonna wannabe]] phenomenon, made possible to some retailers opened up clothing departments inspired in her style. "Look-a-like Madonnas popped up all over the world", wrote European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'' in 1985.<ref name="MM">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1985/M&M-1985-12-23.pdf|title=Madonna: Single selling Artist of the Year (Sire)|magazine=Music & Media|date=December 23, 1985|access-date=May 4, 2022|page=20|volume=2|number=50/52}}</ref> One of the most significant contests was made by [[Macy's]] when they inaugurated Madonnaland the same year, having [[Andy Warhol]], Madonna's stylist [[Maripol]], MTV contributor [[Nina Blackwood]], and ''Madonna: Lucky Star'' author Michael McKenzie as the judges. The winner, a 16-years-old girl, gained nationwide briefly fame as the best Madonna look-alike around according to Nicole Guanlao from MTV.<ref name="Difranco">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1586958/madonnas-1985-look-alike-no-longer-rocks-the-lace-gloves-but-shes-still-madges-biggest-fan/|title=Madonna's 1985 look-alike no longer rocks the lace gloves, but she's still madge's biggest fan|publisher=MTV|first=Nicole|last=Guanlao|date=May 6, 2008|access-date=May 2, 2022|archive-date=April 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414083150/http://www.mtv.com/news/1586958/madonnas-1985-look-alike-no-longer-rocks-the-lace-gloves-but-shes-still-madges-biggest-fan/}}</ref> |
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Professor Santiago Fouz-Hernandez wrote in ''Madonna's Drowned Worlds'' (2004), that for her emulators, there was a roadmap of designers, boutiques, stylists and personal shoppers, further saying "the list drew a map that any Madonna impersonator, from a professional drag performer to someone merely dressing for a social engagement, could follow".<ref name="Fouz">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xiYxDwAAQBAJ|title=Madonna's Drowned Worlds: New Approaches to her Cultural Transformations, 1983-2003|first=Santiago|last=Fouz-Hernandez|access-date=May 2, 2022|url-access=limited|publisher=[[Routledge]]|date=2017|orig-date=1st pub. 2004}}</ref> Since that [[#Examples of dedicated Madonna impersonators|year]], part-time or full-time Madonna impersonators have existed. |
Professor Santiago Fouz-Hernandez wrote in ''Madonna's Drowned Worlds'' (2004), that for her emulators, there was a roadmap of designers, boutiques, stylists and personal shoppers, further saying "the list drew a map that any Madonna impersonator, from a professional drag performer to someone merely dressing for a social engagement, could follow".<ref name="Fouz">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xiYxDwAAQBAJ|title=Madonna's Drowned Worlds: New Approaches to her Cultural Transformations, 1983-2003|first=Santiago|last=Fouz-Hernandez|access-date=May 2, 2022|url-access=limited|publisher=[[Routledge]]|date=2017|orig-date=1st pub. 2004}}</ref> Since that [[#Examples of dedicated Madonna impersonators|year]], part-time or full-time Madonna impersonators have existed. |
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[[File:Remember tributo a Madonna (19).jpg|thumb|Spanish actress [[:es:Claudia Molina|Claudia Molina]] during the 2019 tribute tour ''Remember tributo a Madonna'']] |
[[File:Remember tributo a Madonna (19).jpg|thumb|Spanish actress [[:es:Claudia Molina|Claudia Molina]] during the 2019 tribute tour ''Remember tributo a Madonna'']] |
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Others adopted Madonna as their identity in real life while receiving press coverage. "Madonna Badillo", a [[Travesti (gender identity)|''travesti'']] woman who adopted Madonna's as her "[[alter ego]]" in her life, was a Venezuelan-born LGTB activist living in [[Maicao]], Colombia. She was often called by the press as the "Colombian Madonna" or "Madonna from Maicao".<ref name="Badillo1">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/04/03/venezolanos-lgbt-encuentran-refugio-en-colombia/|title=Venezolanos LGBT encuentran refugio en Colombia|work=[[Washington Blade]]|date=April 3, 2018|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320223130/https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/04/03/venezolanos-lgbt-encuentran-refugio-en-colombia/|language=es|first=Michael K.|last=Lavers}}</ref><ref name="Badillo2">{{cite web|url=https://www.diariofrontera.com/noticias/la-madonna-de-colombia-ayuda-a-personas-lgbtq-que-huyen-de-venezuela/|title=La 'Madonna' de Colombia ayuda a personas LGBTQ que huyen de Venezuela|work=[[Diario Frontera]]|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320223122/https://www.diariofrontera.com/noticias/la-madonna-de-colombia-ayuda-a-personas-lgbtq-que-huyen-de-venezuela/|language=es|first=Sofía|last=Carada}}</ref><ref name="Badillo3">{{cite web|url=https://www.elheraldo.co/la-guajira/murio-madonna-mujer-trans-y-defensora-de-los-derechos-de-la-poblacion-lgbt-690816|title=Murió Madonna, mujer trans y defensora de los derechos de la población LGBT|work=[[El Heraldo (Colombia)|El Heraldo]]|date=December 30, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215074258/https://www.elheraldo.co/la-guajira/murio-madonna-mujer-trans-y-defensora-de-los-derechos-de-la-poblacion-lgbt-690816|language=es|first=Sandra|last=Guerrero}}</ref> A similar case was documented by [[Pedro Lemebel]]. In his book ''[[:es:Loco afán: crónicas de sidario|Loco afán: crónicas de sidario]]'' (1996), referred to "Madonna Mapuche", another ''travesti'' who adopted Madonna as their identity.<ref name="Lemebel">{{harvnb|Lemebel|1997|p=33}}</ref> |
Others adopted Madonna as their identity in real life while receiving press coverage. "Madonna Badillo", a [[Travesti (gender identity)|''travesti'']] woman who adopted Madonna's as her "[[alter ego]]" in her life, was a Venezuelan-born LGTB activist living in [[Maicao]], Colombia. She was often called by the press as the "Colombian Madonna" or "Madonna from Maicao".<ref name="Badillo1">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/04/03/venezolanos-lgbt-encuentran-refugio-en-colombia/|title=Venezolanos LGBT encuentran refugio en Colombia|work=[[Washington Blade]]|date=April 3, 2018|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320223130/https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/04/03/venezolanos-lgbt-encuentran-refugio-en-colombia/|language=es|first=Michael K.|last=Lavers}}</ref><ref name="Badillo2">{{cite web|url=https://www.diariofrontera.com/noticias/la-madonna-de-colombia-ayuda-a-personas-lgbtq-que-huyen-de-venezuela/|title=La 'Madonna' de Colombia ayuda a personas LGBTQ que huyen de Venezuela|work=[[Diario Frontera]]|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320223122/https://www.diariofrontera.com/noticias/la-madonna-de-colombia-ayuda-a-personas-lgbtq-que-huyen-de-venezuela/|language=es|first=Sofía|last=Carada}}</ref><ref name="Badillo3">{{cite web|url=https://www.elheraldo.co/la-guajira/murio-madonna-mujer-trans-y-defensora-de-los-derechos-de-la-poblacion-lgbt-690816|title=Murió Madonna, mujer trans y defensora de los derechos de la población LGBT|work=[[El Heraldo (Colombia)|El Heraldo]]|date=December 30, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215074258/https://www.elheraldo.co/la-guajira/murio-madonna-mujer-trans-y-defensora-de-los-derechos-de-la-poblacion-lgbt-690816|language=es|first=Sandra|last=Guerrero}}</ref> A similar case was documented by [[Pedro Lemebel]]. In his book ''[[:es:Loco afán: crónicas de sidario|Loco afán: crónicas de sidario]]'' (1996), referred to "Madonna Mapuche", another ''travesti'' who adopted Madonna as their identity.<ref name="Lemebel">{{harvnb|Lemebel|1997|p=33}}</ref> Italian TV personality [[Paola Barale]] was sometimes referred to as a Madonna look-alike.<ref name="Barale">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-20-wr-498-story.html|title=Tuning In The Global Village : ‘Wheel’ Making a Fortune : The world’s most popular TV game show symbolizes America’s dominance of the airwaves|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 20, 1995|access-date=February 9, 2024|url-access=subscription|first=Rone|last=Tempest|author-link=Rone Tempest}}</ref> |
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Various other examples were featured in books and noted in films. In 1994, author [[Frank Ching]] wrote about a 25-years-old male impersonator in China, called Wang Zheng, in a context of a conservative culture.<ref name="Ching">{{harvnb|Ching|1994|p=47}}</ref> Ukrainian activist Ulyana Bostwick as cited in [[Tatiana Mamonova]] and Chandra Niles Folsom's book ''Women's Glasnost Vs. Naglost: Stopping Russian Backlash'' (1994), talks about a Madonna-[[lip sync]] imitator from Latvia called Medea, who received coverage by several foreign and [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] newspapers, but her appearances as a Madonna impersonator caused her some problems in the conservative Soviet culture of her time.<ref name="Mamonova">{{harvnb|Mamonova|Folsom|1994|pages=75–76}}</ref> [[William Gibson]] refers to a pornographic virtual reality program featuring a Madonna impersonator named "McDonna".<ref name="Henthorne">{{harvnb|Henthorne|2011|p=123}}</ref> Films such as ''[[Without You I'm Nothing (film)|Without You I'm Nothing]]'' (1990) includes a brief scene of Denise Bella Vlasis as Madonna,<ref name="Martin">{{harvnb|Martin|1997|p=114}}</ref> and ''[[Like a Virgin (film)|Like a Virgin]]'' (2006) which plot is about a trans woman Madonna impersonator.<ref name="LAV">{{cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/grandes-filmes-corea_0_HJoEhWY0pYe.html|title=Cine: Comenzó un ciclo en el teatro San Martín|work=[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]|date=December 8, 2009|access-date=May 12, 2022|archive-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220512011747/https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/grandes-filmes-corea_0_HJoEhWY0pYe.html|language=es}}</ref> In ''[[Weird: The Al Yankovic Story]]'' (2022), [[Evan Rachel Wood]] plays Madonna.<ref name="Evan">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/tiff-2022-evan-rachel-wood-watched-madonna-videos-for-weeks-before-weird-role-exclusive/|title=Evan Rachel Wood Says She Binged Madonna Music Videos for Weeks Before 'Weird' Role: 'She's a Genius'|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=September 9, 2022|access-date=September 18, 2022|first=Benjamin|last=VanHoose}}</ref> |
Various other examples were featured in books and noted in films. In 1994, author [[Frank Ching]] wrote about a 25-years-old male impersonator in China, called Wang Zheng, in a context of a conservative culture.<ref name="Ching">{{harvnb|Ching|1994|p=47}}</ref> Ukrainian activist Ulyana Bostwick as cited in [[Tatiana Mamonova]] and Chandra Niles Folsom's book ''Women's Glasnost Vs. Naglost: Stopping Russian Backlash'' (1994), talks about a Madonna-[[lip sync]] imitator from Latvia called Medea, who received coverage by several foreign and [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] newspapers, but her appearances as a Madonna impersonator caused her some problems in the conservative Soviet culture of her time.<ref name="Mamonova">{{harvnb|Mamonova|Folsom|1994|pages=75–76}}</ref> [[William Gibson]] refers to a pornographic virtual reality program featuring a Madonna impersonator named "McDonna".<ref name="Henthorne">{{harvnb|Henthorne|2011|p=123}}</ref> Films such as ''[[Without You I'm Nothing (film)|Without You I'm Nothing]]'' (1990) includes a brief scene of Denise Bella Vlasis as Madonna,<ref name="Martin">{{harvnb|Martin|1997|p=114}}</ref> and ''[[Like a Virgin (film)|Like a Virgin]]'' (2006) which plot is about a trans woman Madonna impersonator.<ref name="LAV">{{cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/grandes-filmes-corea_0_HJoEhWY0pYe.html|title=Cine: Comenzó un ciclo en el teatro San Martín|work=[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]|date=December 8, 2009|access-date=May 12, 2022|archive-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220512011747/https://www.clarin.com/ediciones-anteriores/grandes-filmes-corea_0_HJoEhWY0pYe.html|language=es}}</ref> In ''[[Weird: The Al Yankovic Story]]'' (2022), [[Evan Rachel Wood]] plays Madonna.<ref name="Evan">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/tiff-2022-evan-rachel-wood-watched-madonna-videos-for-weeks-before-weird-role-exclusive/|title=Evan Rachel Wood Says She Binged Madonna Music Videos for Weeks Before 'Weird' Role: 'She's a Genius'|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=September 9, 2022|access-date=September 18, 2022|first=Benjamin|last=VanHoose}}</ref> |
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* '''Rinaldo Borba''': A male impersonator, according to ''[[La Stampa]]'' is the official Madonna [[cosplayer]] in Brazil.<ref name="Borba">{{cite web|url=https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2015/11/19/news/aspettando-madonna-barricata-in-hotel-1.35208453/|title=Aspettando Madonna "barricata" in hotel|work=[[La Stampa]]|date=November 19, 2015|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503014933/https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2015/11/19/news/aspettando-madonna-barricata-in-hotel-1.35208453/|language=it|first=Cristina|last=Insalaco}}</ref> He started in the late 1990s<ref name="Borba1">{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodaregiao.com.br/_conteudo/2018/08/cultura/danca/1119178-sesc-rio-preto-recebe-cosplay-da-cantora-madonna.html|title=Sesc Rio Preto recebe cosplay da cantora Madonna|work=[[:pt:Diário da Região|Diário da Região]]|date=November 19, 2015|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200622071500/https://www.diariodaregiao.com.br/_conteudo/2018/08/cultura/danca/1119178-sesc-rio-preto-recebe-cosplay-da-cantora-madonna.html|language=pt|first=Beto|last=Carlomagno}}</ref> |
* '''Rinaldo Borba''': A male impersonator, according to ''[[La Stampa]]'' is the official Madonna [[cosplayer]] in Brazil.<ref name="Borba">{{cite web|url=https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2015/11/19/news/aspettando-madonna-barricata-in-hotel-1.35208453/|title=Aspettando Madonna "barricata" in hotel|work=[[La Stampa]]|date=November 19, 2015|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503014933/https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2015/11/19/news/aspettando-madonna-barricata-in-hotel-1.35208453/|language=it|first=Cristina|last=Insalaco}}</ref> He started in the late 1990s<ref name="Borba1">{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodaregiao.com.br/_conteudo/2018/08/cultura/danca/1119178-sesc-rio-preto-recebe-cosplay-da-cantora-madonna.html|title=Sesc Rio Preto recebe cosplay da cantora Madonna|work=[[:pt:Diário da Região|Diário da Região]]|date=November 19, 2015|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200622071500/https://www.diariodaregiao.com.br/_conteudo/2018/08/cultura/danca/1119178-sesc-rio-preto-recebe-cosplay-da-cantora-madonna.html|language=pt|first=Beto|last=Carlomagno}}</ref> |
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* '''Verônica Pires''': Official Brazilian impersonator approved by [[Warner Bros Records|Warner]]. She started her Madonna professional career in 1990<ref name="Pires">{{cite web|url=https://radiojornal.ne10.uol.com.br/noticia/2018/08/25/cover-oficial-de-madonna-no-brasil-confessa-que-nunca-conseguiu-chegar-perto-da-cantora-60408|title=Cover oficial de Madonna no Brasil confessa que nunca conseguiu chegar perto da cantora|work=[[:pt:Rádio Jornal|Rádio Jornal]]|date=August 25, 2018|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622061415/https://radiojornal.ne10.uol.com.br/noticia/2018/08/25/cover-oficial-de-madonna-no-brasil-confessa-que-nunca-conseguiu-chegar-perto-da-cantora-60408|language=pt}}</ref><ref name="Pires2">{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Musica/0,,MUL784573-7085,00-COVERS+DE+MADONNA+TEM+AGENDA+CONCORRIDA+ANTES+DA+CHEGADA+DA+CANTORA.html|title=Madonna covers have a busy schedule before the singer's arrival|publisher=[[Grupo Globo]]|date=July 10, 2008|access-date=March 7, 2023|language=pt|first=Luciana|last=Bonadio}}</ref> |
* '''Verônica Pires''': Official Brazilian impersonator approved by [[Warner Bros Records|Warner]]. She started her Madonna professional career in 1990<ref name="Pires">{{cite web|url=https://radiojornal.ne10.uol.com.br/noticia/2018/08/25/cover-oficial-de-madonna-no-brasil-confessa-que-nunca-conseguiu-chegar-perto-da-cantora-60408|title=Cover oficial de Madonna no Brasil confessa que nunca conseguiu chegar perto da cantora|work=[[:pt:Rádio Jornal|Rádio Jornal]]|date=August 25, 2018|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622061415/https://radiojornal.ne10.uol.com.br/noticia/2018/08/25/cover-oficial-de-madonna-no-brasil-confessa-que-nunca-conseguiu-chegar-perto-da-cantora-60408|language=pt}}</ref><ref name="Pires2">{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Musica/0,,MUL784573-7085,00-COVERS+DE+MADONNA+TEM+AGENDA+CONCORRIDA+ANTES+DA+CHEGADA+DA+CANTORA.html|title=Madonna covers have a busy schedule before the singer's arrival|publisher=[[Grupo Globo]]|date=July 10, 2008|access-date=March 7, 2023|language=pt|first=Luciana|last=Bonadio}}</ref> |
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* '''Jimmy Moore''': Moore debuted in the industry personifying Madonna, although expanded his catalog of personifications.<ref name="Moore">{{cite web|url=https://www.lavoixdelest.ca/2021/08/31/jimmy-moore-artiste-a-choix-multiple-video-9e25b1bc5a6f4c8511462c834b4a2c49|title=Jimmy Moore, artiste à choix multiple|work=[[La Voix de l'Est (Granby)|La Voix de l'Est]]|access-date=March 6, 2023|date=August 31, 2021|language=fr|first=Olivier|last=Pierson}}</ref> He has recorded approval from singer's inner circle, like her manager [[Guy Oseary]].<ref name="Moore1">{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/famed-montreal-madonna-impersonator-jimmy-moore-gets-thumbs-up-from-madges-inner-circle|title=Famed Montreal Madonna impersonator Jimmy Moore gets thumbs up from Madge's inner circle|work=[[Montreal Gazette]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|date=September 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229005641/https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/famed-montreal-madonna-impersonator-jimmy-moore-gets-thumbs-up-from-madges-inner-circle|archive-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref> In 2012, ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'' headlined him as a "Fame Montreal Madonna impersonator",<ref name="Moore1"/> while another website called him the best Madonna impersonator<ref name="Moore2">{{cite web|url=http://www.qfq.com/article&ID=113762|title=Jimmy Moore personnifie |
* '''Jimmy Moore''': Moore debuted in the industry personifying Madonna, although expanded his catalog of personifications.<ref name="Moore">{{cite web|url=https://www.lavoixdelest.ca/2021/08/31/jimmy-moore-artiste-a-choix-multiple-video-9e25b1bc5a6f4c8511462c834b4a2c49|title=Jimmy Moore, artiste à choix multiple|work=[[La Voix de l'Est (Granby)|La Voix de l'Est]]|access-date=March 6, 2023|date=August 31, 2021|language=fr|first=Olivier|last=Pierson}}</ref> He has recorded approval from singer's inner circle, like her manager [[Guy Oseary]].<ref name="Moore1">{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/famed-montreal-madonna-impersonator-jimmy-moore-gets-thumbs-up-from-madges-inner-circle|title=Famed Montreal Madonna impersonator Jimmy Moore gets thumbs up from Madge's inner circle|work=[[Montreal Gazette]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|date=September 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229005641/https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/famed-montreal-madonna-impersonator-jimmy-moore-gets-thumbs-up-from-madges-inner-circle|archive-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref> In 2012, ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'' headlined him as a "Fame Montreal Madonna impersonator",<ref name="Moore1"/> while another website called him the best Madonna impersonator<ref name="Moore2">{{cite web|url=http://www.qfq.com/article&ID=113762|title=Jimmy Moore personnifie "Madonna : The Confessions Tour"|publisher=Qui fait Quoi|access-date=March 6, 2023|language=fr}}</ref> |
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* '''Tasha Leaper''': Leaper, from United Kingdom, defined herself a tribute act, rather than an impersonator. In 2019, Rachel Lopez from ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' named her "one of the most recognisable Madonna impersonators",<ref name="Industan">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/madonna-dances-like-me-my-husband-says/story-l5doaFF17KEE2pBYgv8BdL.html|title='Madonna dances like me, my husband says'|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401085303/https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/madonna-dances-like-me-my-husband-says/story-l5doaFF17KEE2pBYgv8BdL.html|archive-date=April 1, 2020|first=Rachel|last=Lopez}}</ref> while Carlos Sala from ''[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]]'' referred to her as "Madonna's most recognized impersonator"<ref name="Leaper">{{cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/local/cataluna/llega-la-era-de-los-impersonators-AL13091302/|title=Llega la era de los "impersonators"|work=[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200622060015/https://www.larazon.es/local/cataluna/llega-la-era-de-los-impersonators-AL13091302/|archive-date=June 22, 2020|first=Carlos|last=Sala|language=es}}</ref> |
* '''Tasha Leaper''': Leaper, from United Kingdom, defined herself a tribute act, rather than an impersonator. In 2019, Rachel Lopez from ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' named her "one of the most recognisable Madonna impersonators",<ref name="Industan">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/madonna-dances-like-me-my-husband-says/story-l5doaFF17KEE2pBYgv8BdL.html|title='Madonna dances like me, my husband says'|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401085303/https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/madonna-dances-like-me-my-husband-says/story-l5doaFF17KEE2pBYgv8BdL.html|archive-date=April 1, 2020|first=Rachel|last=Lopez}}</ref> while Carlos Sala from ''[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]]'' referred to her as "Madonna's most recognized impersonator"<ref name="Leaper">{{cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/local/cataluna/llega-la-era-de-los-impersonators-AL13091302/|title=Llega la era de los "impersonators"|work=[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200622060015/https://www.larazon.es/local/cataluna/llega-la-era-de-los-impersonators-AL13091302/|archive-date=June 22, 2020|first=Carlos|last=Sala|language=es}}</ref> |
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*"'''Miss Madonna'''" (b. Jodie Jackson) According to ''[[The Guardian]]'' she started in 2009, and Jackson identifies herself more a tribute act rather than a look-alike.<ref name="Jodie1"/> The same publication, in their 2022 article, describes she found "success",<ref name="Jodie1"/> and in 2013, she was recognized in her industry as UK's number one Madonna tribute by The Agents' Association of Great Britain<ref name="Jodie">{{cite web|url=https://www.quinnartistes.com/acts/madonna-tribute-act-jodie-based-in-hull/|title=Madonna tribute act jodie is brilliant soundalike and lookalike!|publisher=Quinnartistes.com|access-date=May 5, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220505212313/https://www.quinnartistes.com/acts/madonna-tribute-act-jodie-based-in-hull/|archive-date=May 5, 2022|date=June 10, 2006}}</ref><ref name="Jodie1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jul/03/double-take-the-weird-and-wonderful-world-of-celebrity-lookalikes|title=Double take: the weird and wonderful world of celebrity lookalikes|work=The Guardian|access-date=March 7, 2023|first=Francisco|last=Garcia|date=July 3, 2022}}</ref> |
*"'''Miss Madonna'''" (b. Jodie Jackson) According to ''[[The Guardian]]'' she started in 2009, and Jackson identifies herself more a tribute act rather than a look-alike.<ref name="Jodie1"/> The same publication, in their 2022 article, describes she found "success",<ref name="Jodie1"/> and in 2013, she was recognized in her industry as UK's number one Madonna tribute by The Agents' Association of Great Britain<ref name="Jodie">{{cite web|url=https://www.quinnartistes.com/acts/madonna-tribute-act-jodie-based-in-hull/|title=Madonna tribute act jodie is brilliant soundalike and lookalike!|publisher=Quinnartistes.com|access-date=May 5, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220505212313/https://www.quinnartistes.com/acts/madonna-tribute-act-jodie-based-in-hull/|archive-date=May 5, 2022|date=June 10, 2006}}</ref><ref name="Jodie1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jul/03/double-take-the-weird-and-wonderful-world-of-celebrity-lookalikes|title=Double take: the weird and wonderful world of celebrity lookalikes|work=The Guardian|access-date=March 7, 2023|first=Francisco|last=Garcia|date=July 3, 2022}}</ref> |
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* "'''Madiva'''": A MTV personality, gained a brief notoriety after being mentioned by Madonna around 2003. Her official website, Madonna.com called him "New York's most infamous Madonna impersonator"<ref name="Madiva1">{{cite web|url=https://www.madonna.com/news/title/re-invention-ball-in-toronto-july-16th|title=RE - INVENTION BALL IN TORONTO JULY 16TH|publisher=Madonna.com|access-date=May 3, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Madiva2">{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/madonna/news/madiva-is-madonna.s-number-one-fan|title=Madiva Is Madonna's Number One Fan|publisher=[[Contactmusic.com]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|date=April 24, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229005639/http://www.contactmusic.com/madonna/news/madiva-is-madonna.s-number-one-fan|archive-date=February 29, 2020|author=[[World Entertainment News Network|WENN]]}}</ref> |
* "'''Madiva'''": A MTV personality, gained a brief notoriety after being mentioned by Madonna around 2003. Her official website, Madonna.com called him "New York's most infamous Madonna impersonator"<ref name="Madiva1">{{cite web|url=https://www.madonna.com/news/title/re-invention-ball-in-toronto-july-16th|title=RE - INVENTION BALL IN TORONTO JULY 16TH|publisher=Madonna.com|access-date=May 3, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Madiva2">{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/madonna/news/madiva-is-madonna.s-number-one-fan|title=Madiva Is Madonna's Number One Fan|publisher=[[Contactmusic.com]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|date=April 24, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229005639/http://www.contactmusic.com/madonna/news/madiva-is-madonna.s-number-one-fan|archive-date=February 29, 2020|author=[[World Entertainment News Network|WENN]]}}</ref> |
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In 1993, ''Los Angeles Times'' reported about Blond Exhibition, a group of Madonna impersonators who "do every look Madonna has ever done"<ref name="Group">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-08-vw-21588-story.html|title=Invitation to Madonna Mania|work=Los Angeles Times|url-access=subscription|access-date=July 7, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220707222957/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-08-vw-21588-story.html|archive-date=July 7, 2022|date=August 8, 1993}}</ref> |
In 1993, ''Los Angeles Times'' reported about Blond Exhibition, a group of Madonna impersonators who "do every look Madonna has ever done"<ref name="Group">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-08-vw-21588-story.html|title=Invitation to Madonna Mania|work=Los Angeles Times|url-access=subscription|access-date=July 7, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220707222957/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-08-vw-21588-story.html|archive-date=July 7, 2022|date=August 8, 1993}}</ref> |
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===Others=== |
===Others=== |
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[[File:Tracy Bell (impersonator) as Madonna.jpg|thumb|left|[[Tracey Bell]] as Madonna]] |
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Various full and part-time celebrities [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionists]] have included Madonna in their repertoire, including special segments like [[Nadya Ginsburg]] and his [[web series]] ''The Madonnalouges''.<ref name="Ginsburg"/> Following a non-exhaustive list: |
Various full and part-time celebrities [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionists]] have included Madonna in their repertoire, including special segments like [[Nadya Ginsburg]] and his [[web series]] ''The Madonnalouges''.<ref name="Ginsburg"/> Following a non-exhaustive list: |
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*[[Tracey Bell]]<ref name="Bell1">{{cite web|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/cher-and-janis-come-to-pride-and-tracey-bell-comes-home-to-edmonton|title=Cher and Janis come to Pride, and Tracey Bell comes home to Edmonton|work=[[Edmonton Journal]]|date=June 3, 2016|access-date=March 6, 2023|first=Liz|last=Nicholls}}</ref><ref name="Bell">{{cite web|url=https://www.vancouverpresents.com/twenty-questions-with/20-questions-tracey-bell/|title=20 questions with Tracey Bell|publisher=Vancouver Presents|date=October 9, 2014|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220504012307/https://www.vancouverpresents.com/twenty-questions-with/20-questions-tracey-bell/|archive-date=May 4, 2022}}</ref> |
*[[Tracey Bell]]<ref name="Bell1">{{cite web|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/cher-and-janis-come-to-pride-and-tracey-bell-comes-home-to-edmonton|title=Cher and Janis come to Pride, and Tracey Bell comes home to Edmonton|work=[[Edmonton Journal]]|date=June 3, 2016|access-date=March 6, 2023|first=Liz|last=Nicholls}}</ref><ref name="Bell">{{cite web|url=https://www.vancouverpresents.com/twenty-questions-with/20-questions-tracey-bell/|title=20 questions with Tracey Bell|publisher=Vancouver Presents|date=October 9, 2014|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220504012307/https://www.vancouverpresents.com/twenty-questions-with/20-questions-tracey-bell/|archive-date=May 4, 2022}}</ref> |
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*[[Athena Reich]]<ref name="Reich">{{cite web|url=https://www.gigroster.com/listings/athena-reich-as-lady-gaga-cher-marilyn-celine-alanis-and-madonna|title=Athena Reich as Lady Gaga, Cher, Marilyn, Celine, Alanis and Madonna|publisher=Gigroster.com|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503230937/https://www.gigroster.com/listings/athena-reich-as-lady-gaga-cher-marilyn-celine-alanis-and-madonna|archive-date=May 3, 2022}}</ref> |
*[[Athena Reich]]<ref name="Reich">{{cite web|url=https://www.gigroster.com/listings/athena-reich-as-lady-gaga-cher-marilyn-celine-alanis-and-madonna|title=Athena Reich as Lady Gaga, Cher, Marilyn, Celine, Alanis and Madonna|publisher=Gigroster.com|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503230937/https://www.gigroster.com/listings/athena-reich-as-lady-gaga-cher-marilyn-celine-alanis-and-madonna|archive-date=May 3, 2022}}</ref> |
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*[[Nadya Ginsburg]]<ref name="Ginsburg">{{cite web|url=https://www.spreaker.com/user/feastoffun/fof-nadyaginsburg-thefaceofmadonna-02192|title=Nadya Ginsburg Takes on the Evolving Face of Madonna|publisher=[[Spreaker]]|access-date=March 7, 2023|date=2023}}</ref> |
*[[Nadya Ginsburg]]<ref name="Ginsburg">{{cite web|url=https://www.spreaker.com/user/feastoffun/fof-nadyaginsburg-thefaceofmadonna-02192|title=Nadya Ginsburg Takes on the Evolving Face of Madonna|publisher=[[Spreaker]]|access-date=March 7, 2023|date=2023}}</ref> |
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*[[Fátima Flórez]]<ref name="Florez">{{cite web|url=https://tn.com.ar/show/basicas/fatima-florez-una-amante-de-los-rolling-stones-madonna-y-michael-jackson-que-suena-con-la-maternidad_859184|title=Fátima Florez, una amante de los Rolling Stones y Madonna que sueña con la maternidad|publisher=[[TN (TV channel)|TN]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200621075058/https://tn.com.ar/show/basicas/fatima-florez-una-amante-de-los-rolling-stones-madonna-y-michael-jackson-que-suena-con-la-maternidad_859184|archive-date=June 21, 2020|language=es|first=Alejandra|last=Peñalva}}</ref> |
*[[Fátima Flórez]]<ref name="Florez">{{cite web|url=https://tn.com.ar/show/basicas/fatima-florez-una-amante-de-los-rolling-stones-madonna-y-michael-jackson-que-suena-con-la-maternidad_859184|title=Fátima Florez, una amante de los Rolling Stones y Madonna que sueña con la maternidad|publisher=[[TN (TV channel)|TN]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200621075058/https://tn.com.ar/show/basicas/fatima-florez-una-amante-de-los-rolling-stones-madonna-y-michael-jackson-que-suena-con-la-maternidad_859184|archive-date=June 21, 2020|language=es|first=Alejandra|last=Peñalva}}</ref> |
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On the other hand, [[Chad Michaels]] known for his Cher performs, confessed he tried first to do Madonna, but was not convinced and preferred to focus on Cher.<ref name="Cher">{{cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/loc/2014/07/05/53b6ee17268e3e073c8b4595.html|title=Las travestis que mejor imitan|work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|first=Jesus|last=del Río|date=June 7, 2014|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=February 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228190216/https://www.elmundo.es/loc/2014/07/05/53b6ee17268e3e073c8b4595.html|language=es}}</ref> |
On the other hand, [[Chad Michaels]] known for his Cher performs, confessed he tried first to do Madonna, but was not convinced and preferred to focus on Cher.<ref name="Cher">{{cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/loc/2014/07/05/53b6ee17268e3e073c8b4595.html|title=Las travestis que mejor imitan|work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|first=Jesus|last=del Río|date=June 7, 2014|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=February 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228190216/https://www.elmundo.es/loc/2014/07/05/53b6ee17268e3e073c8b4595.html|language=es}}</ref> |
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In 1991, a Hollywood-based company of more than 30,000 look-alikes, lumped Madonna and Michael Jackson as "big moneymakers", being appeared in the top one percent requested of the company, according to ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-12-02-9112010352-story.html|title=Michael Jackson vs Madonna|work=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=December 2, 1991|accessdate=March 11, 2023|first=Suzan|last=Bibisi|archive-date=September 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903235439/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-12-02-9112010352-story.html|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Madonna impersonators appeared again in the annual 1993 list, within the top ten of the most requested celebrities look-alikes according to ''Time'' magazine.<ref name="request1993">{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,979829,00.html|title=The 10 Most Requested Celebrity-Look-Alikes From Ron Smith's L.a. Look-Alikes Firm*|magazine=Time|date=December 13, 1993|access-date=February 9, 2024}}</ref> In 2019, Rachel Lopez from ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' commented that "for a woman [[tribute act|tribute artist]], there's probably no better [[muse]] than Madonna", adding that there are costumes, and also music, from "over three decades of chartbusters".<ref name="Industan"/> |
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American journalist [[Ricardo Baca]] estimated Madonna as the most imitated woman in the world at some stage of her career.<ref name="Baca">{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2008/11/05/25-questionable-things-about-madonna/|title=25 questionable things about Madonna|work=[[The Denver Post]]|first=Ricardo|last=Baca|author-link=Ricardo Baca|date=November 5, 2008|access-date=January 31, 2022|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210215730/https://www.denverpost.com/2008/11/05/25-questionable-things-about-madonna/}}</ref> In ''[[Madonna: An Intimate Biography]]'' (2001), [[J. Randy Taraborrelli]] has concurred that she is "one of the most emulated female performers in show business history".<ref name="Tara">{{harvnb|Taraborrelli|2001|p=326}}</ref> In 2017, Spanish-language website Algarabía, included her among their list of the "most imitated celebrities in competitions, shows and television programs".<ref name="Algarabia">{{cite web|url=https://algarabia.com/top-10/los-mas-imitados/|title=Los más imitados|publisher=Algarabía.com|first=Astrid|last=García Oseguera|date=August 28, 2017|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=April 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420144323/https://algarabia.com/top-10/los-mas-imitados/|language=es}}</ref> Madonna was aware of being often emulated; during the promotion of her 1994 single [[Secret (Madonna song)|"Secret"]], she shared in internet, an audio file where she recorded a part saying: "It's Madonna. Often imitated, but never duplicated".<ref name="secret">{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/horoscope-for-3-may-check-out-what-the-universe-has-in-store-for-you-this-tuesday-10624381.html|title=Happy 53rd to the Queen of Pop|work=First Post|date=August 16, 2019|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503204923/https://www.firstpost.com/living/horoscope-for-3-may-check-out-what-the-universe-has-in-store-for-you-this-tuesday-10624381.html}}</ref> Journalists from media outlets such as ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' and Wonderwall have used a same description.<ref name="dup1">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-10-08/madonna-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon|title=Madonna makes Jimmy Fallon very nervous as she flashes her backside to audience|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 8, 2021|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=October 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211009012400/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-10-08/madonna-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon|first=Nardine|last=Saad}}</ref><ref name="dup2">{{cite web|url=https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/photos/madonnas-life-in-pictures-29913.gallery|title=Madonna's life and career in pictures|publisher=Wonderwall.com|date=October 8, 2018|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503204947/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/15/barbara-ellen-on-madonna-sexist-slurs-pop-surivor|first1=Marisa|last1=Laudadio|first2=Jessica|last2=Wedemeyer}}</ref> At the [[1999 MTV Video Music Awards]], there was a special tribute to Madonna with dozen Madonna-dressed drag queens. Her response was: "All I have to say is that it takes a real man to fill my shoes".<ref name="MTVtribute">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/6121549/drag-queen-divas-photos-katy-perry-lady-gaga-cher-madonna|title=Music Divas & Their Drag Queen Look-Alikes|magazine=Billboard|date=May 27, 2015|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629010344/https://www.billboard.com/photos/6121549/drag-queen-divas-photos-katy-perry-lady-gaga-cher-madonna}}</ref> In "She's Not Me", from her 2008 album ''[[Hard Candy (Madonna album)|Hard Candy]]'', she explored the idea of being emulated by another woman.<ref name="Davisson">{{harvnb|Davisson|2013|p=96}}</ref> Finally, the [[world record]] as the largest gathering of people dressed as Madonna at the same time in a single event is 440. It occurred on 30 August 2014, by the 2014 Fool's Paradise Drag Party in Fire Island Pines, New York. This feat was listed by both [[Guinness World Records]] and World Record Academy.<ref name="WRA">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldrecordacademy.com/mass/most_people_dressed_as_Madonna_Fire_Island_party_breaks_Guinness_World_Records_record_214079.html|title=Most people dressed as Madonna|publisher=World Record Academy|date=September 27, 2014|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503194159/https://www.worldrecordacademy.com/mass/most_people_dressed_as_Madonna_Fire_Island_party_breaks_Guinness_World_Records_record_214079.html}}</ref><ref name="GWR">{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/115507-largest-gathering-of-people-dressed-as-madonna|title=Largest gathering of people dressed as Madonna|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503194204/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/115507-largest-gathering-of-people-dressed-as-madonna}}</ref> |
American journalist [[Ricardo Baca]] estimated Madonna as the most imitated woman in the world at some stage of her career.<ref name="Baca">{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2008/11/05/25-questionable-things-about-madonna/|title=25 questionable things about Madonna|work=[[The Denver Post]]|first=Ricardo|last=Baca|author-link=Ricardo Baca|date=November 5, 2008|access-date=January 31, 2022|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210215730/https://www.denverpost.com/2008/11/05/25-questionable-things-about-madonna/}}</ref> In ''[[Madonna: An Intimate Biography]]'' (2001), [[J. Randy Taraborrelli]] has concurred that she is "one of the most emulated female performers in show business history".<ref name="Tara">{{harvnb|Taraborrelli|2001|p=326}}</ref> In 2017, Spanish-language website Algarabía, included her among their list of the "most imitated celebrities in competitions, shows and television programs".<ref name="Algarabia">{{cite web|url=https://algarabia.com/top-10/los-mas-imitados/|title=Los más imitados|publisher=Algarabía.com|first=Astrid|last=García Oseguera|date=August 28, 2017|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=April 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420144323/https://algarabia.com/top-10/los-mas-imitados/|language=es}}</ref> Madonna was aware of being often emulated; during the promotion of her 1994 single [[Secret (Madonna song)|"Secret"]], she shared in internet, an audio file where she recorded a part saying: "It's Madonna. Often imitated, but never duplicated".<ref name="secret">{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/horoscope-for-3-may-check-out-what-the-universe-has-in-store-for-you-this-tuesday-10624381.html|title=Happy 53rd to the Queen of Pop|work=First Post|date=August 16, 2019|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503204923/https://www.firstpost.com/living/horoscope-for-3-may-check-out-what-the-universe-has-in-store-for-you-this-tuesday-10624381.html}}</ref> Journalists from media outlets such as ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' and [[Whalerock Industries|Wonderwall]] have used a same description.<ref name="dup1">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-10-08/madonna-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon|title=Madonna makes Jimmy Fallon very nervous as she flashes her backside to audience|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 8, 2021|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=October 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211009012400/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-10-08/madonna-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon|first=Nardine|last=Saad}}</ref><ref name="dup2">{{cite web|url=https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/photos/madonnas-life-in-pictures-29913.gallery|title=Madonna's life and career in pictures|publisher=Wonderwall.com|date=October 8, 2018|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503204947/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/15/barbara-ellen-on-madonna-sexist-slurs-pop-surivor|first1=Marisa|last1=Laudadio|first2=Jessica|last2=Wedemeyer}}</ref> At the [[1999 MTV Video Music Awards]], there was a special tribute to Madonna with dozen Madonna-dressed drag queens. Her response was: "All I have to say is that it takes a real man to fill my shoes".<ref name="MTVtribute">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/6121549/drag-queen-divas-photos-katy-perry-lady-gaga-cher-madonna|title=Music Divas & Their Drag Queen Look-Alikes|magazine=Billboard|date=May 27, 2015|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629010344/https://www.billboard.com/photos/6121549/drag-queen-divas-photos-katy-perry-lady-gaga-cher-madonna}}</ref> A year prior, in 1998, "The Blonde Exhibition" was a dedicated tribute show in Las Vegas by 11 professional impersonators.<ref name="LasVegasTribute">{{cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/madonna-mania-impersonators-honor-singer-vegas/docview/281794483/se-2|title=Madonna Mania; Impersonators Honor Singer In Vegas Vein|work=Daily News|date=August 6, 1998|access-date=October 6, 2024|page=L3}}</ref> In "She's Not Me", from her 2008 album ''[[Hard Candy (Madonna album)|Hard Candy]]'', she explored the idea of being emulated by another woman.<ref name="Davisson">{{harvnb|Davisson|2013|p=96}}</ref> Finally, the [[world record]] as the largest gathering of people dressed as Madonna at the same time in a single event is 440. It occurred on 30 August 2014, by the 2014 Fool's Paradise Drag Party in Fire Island Pines, New York. This feat was listed by both [[Guinness World Records]] and World Record Academy.<ref name="WRA">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldrecordacademy.com/mass/most_people_dressed_as_Madonna_Fire_Island_party_breaks_Guinness_World_Records_record_214079.html|title=Most people dressed as Madonna|publisher=World Record Academy|date=September 27, 2014|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503194159/https://www.worldrecordacademy.com/mass/most_people_dressed_as_Madonna_Fire_Island_party_breaks_Guinness_World_Records_record_214079.html}}</ref><ref name="GWR">{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/115507-largest-gathering-of-people-dressed-as-madonna|title=Largest gathering of people dressed as Madonna|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]]|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220503194204/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/115507-largest-gathering-of-people-dressed-as-madonna}}</ref> |
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Madonna has paid tributes to other historial and modern woman.<ref name="NYMagazine">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-gCAAAAMBAJ&dq=Madonna&pg=PA58|title=Art mark Stevens: Performance Anxiety|date=July 7, 1997|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=September 20, 2023|page=59}}</ref><ref name="QueenF">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/madonnas-most-iconic-looks-throughout-the-years/|title=Madonna's Most Iconic Looks Throughout The Years|date=July 27, 2015|access-date=June 30, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=<!--Not stated--> }}</ref><ref name="Sollosi">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/madonna-fashion-evolution/?slide=6066967#6066967|title=Madonna's fashion evolution|date=June 28, 2022|access-date=July 1, 2022|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Mary|last=Sollosi|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220701081206/https://ew.com/music/madonna-fashion-evolution/?|archive-date=July 1, 2022}}</ref> In 2012, she told the audience during a concert of the MDNA Tour, "imitation is the highest form of flattery".<ref name="MDNA">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/madonna-144-1261712|title=Madonna continues Lady Gaga feud: 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'|work=[[New Musical Express]]|date=September 17, 2012|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=May 4, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220504034439/https://www.nme.com/news/music/madonna-144-1261712|first=Nick|last=Levine}}</ref> |
Madonna has paid tributes to other historial and modern woman.<ref name="NYMagazine">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-gCAAAAMBAJ&dq=Madonna&pg=PA58|title=Art mark Stevens: Performance Anxiety|date=July 7, 1997|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=September 20, 2023|page=59}}</ref><ref name="QueenF">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/madonnas-most-iconic-looks-throughout-the-years/|title=Madonna's Most Iconic Looks Throughout The Years|date=July 27, 2015|access-date=June 30, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=<!--Not stated--> }}</ref><ref name="Sollosi">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/madonna-fashion-evolution/?slide=6066967#6066967|title=Madonna's fashion evolution|date=June 28, 2022|access-date=July 1, 2022|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Mary|last=Sollosi|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220701081206/https://ew.com/music/madonna-fashion-evolution/?|archive-date=July 1, 2022}}</ref> In 2012, she told the audience during a concert of the MDNA Tour, "imitation is the highest form of flattery".<ref name="MDNA">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/madonna-144-1261712|title=Madonna continues Lady Gaga feud: 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'|work=[[New Musical Express]]|date=September 17, 2012|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=May 4, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220504034439/https://www.nme.com/news/music/madonna-144-1261712|first=Nick|last=Levine}}</ref> |
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In the 1990s, a scholar described her as a "replicant" in the sense she is an "image of images, mirror of mirrors", who "re-multiplies and re-changes and dissolves itself".<ref name="Stramaglia"/> Most notably, she personified [[Marilyn Monroe]] with assistant professor S. Paige Baty, and historian [[Robert D. Richardson]] concluding in 1995, that she reproduces herself as Marilyn in outfits, hairstyles, and mannerisms.<ref name="Baty">{{harvnb|Baty|Richardson|1995|p=72}}</ref> However, Madonna was also identified by some as the "Queen-of-Seeming-as-Being herself".<ref name="Rieser">{{harvnb|Rieser|Phillips|Fuchs|2013|p=122}}</ref><ref name="Baty"/> In this regard, Italian professor Massimiliano Stramaglia from [[University of Macerata]] explained in 2022, that some had reported she "never stops looking like other stars, including Monroe".<ref name="Stramaglia">{{cite journal|url=https://revista.uclm.es/index.php/cuadernosdeinvestigacionmusical/article/view/2817|title=Madonna's Music Videos as Audiovisual "Performances".|date=May 11, 2022|journal=Cuardernos de Investigación Musical|access-date=July 7, 2022|first1=Massimiliano|last1=Stramaglia|first2=Tommaso|last2=Farina|pages=151–162|number=15|publisher=[[University of Macerata]]|doi=10.18239/invesmusic.2022.15.13|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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Though she largely benefits from Monroe's image, others noted Madonna's impact on Monroe's image in her generation. Scholars [[Robert Sternberg]] and Aleksandra Kostić said "Madonna's TV-pictured soft-tousled blond hair popularized the sexy, Marilyn Monroe look of the 1950s".<ref name="Sternberg">{{harvnb|Sternberg|Kostić|2022|p=125}}</ref> "The woman who will not die", recalled [[Gloria Steinem]], echoing Madonna's representations of Monroe, and saying she further puts her as "an ever-present fixture in everyday American culture".<ref name="Rieser"/> Steinem also claimed she subtracted Monroe's image of "vulnerability".<ref name="Rieser"/> Similarly, in ''Shiny and New'' (2021), English journalist [[Dylan Jones]] mentioned the theme of "vulnerability" and said that she was "referenced whenever Madonna was mentioned by the press".<ref name="Jones">{{harvnb|Jones|2021|p=online}}</ref> Similar perceptions were mentioned by music critics [[Anthony DeCurtis]] in ''Present Tense: Rock & Roll and Culture'' (1992) and, [[Simon Frith]] in ''Sound and Vision: The Music Video Reader'' (1993).<ref name="DeCurtis">{{harvnb|DeCurtis|1992|p=265}}</ref><ref name="Goodwin">{{harvnb|Goodwin|Grossberg|Frith|2005|p=121}}</ref> |
Though she largely benefits from Monroe's image, others noted Madonna's impact on Monroe's image in her generation. Scholars [[Robert Sternberg]] and Aleksandra Kostić said "Madonna's TV-pictured soft-tousled blond hair popularized the sexy, Marilyn Monroe look of the 1950s".<ref name="Sternberg">{{harvnb|Sternberg|Kostić|2022|p=125}}</ref> "The woman who will not die", recalled [[Gloria Steinem]], echoing Madonna's representations of Monroe, and saying she further puts her as "an ever-present fixture in everyday American culture".<ref name="Rieser"/> Steinem also claimed she subtracted Monroe's image of "vulnerability".<ref name="Rieser"/> Similarly, in ''Shiny and New'' (2021), English journalist [[Dylan Jones]] mentioned the theme of "vulnerability" and said that she was "referenced whenever Madonna was mentioned by the press".<ref name="Jones">{{harvnb|Jones|2021|p=online}}</ref> Similar perceptions were mentioned by music critics [[Anthony DeCurtis]] in ''Present Tense: Rock & Roll and Culture'' (1992) and, [[Simon Frith]] in ''Sound and Vision: The Music Video Reader'' (1993).<ref name="DeCurtis">{{harvnb|DeCurtis|1992|p=265}}</ref><ref name="Goodwin">{{harvnb|Goodwin|Grossberg|Frith|2005|p=121}}</ref> Some other entertainers, have channeled or have been compared to both Madonna-Marilyn Monroe styles, including [[Camila Cabello]] at the [[2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards]],<ref name="Cabello">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/iheartradio-awards-camila-cabello-channels-madonna-havana-performance-1093664/|title=iHeartRadio Music Awards: Camila Cabello Channels Madonna With "Havana" Performance|date=March 11, 2018|access-date=February 8, 2023|first=Andrew|last=Unterberger|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> [[Paris Jackson]] during her modelling debut in 2017,<ref name="Jackson">{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/paris-jackson-channels-madonna-in-sexy-shoot/news-story/17d5151d1e1479d5a4a66e50d1bf8a5d|title=Paris Jackson channels Madonna in sexy shoot|date=January 19, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2023|first=Bryan|last=Hood|work=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]}}</ref> or [[Paris Hilton]].<ref name="Hilton">{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a552054/paris-hilton-channels-madonna-marilyn-monroe-in-new-music-video/|title=Paris Hilton channels Madonna, Marilyn Monroe in new music video|date=February 18, 2014|access-date=February 8, 2023|first=Robert|last=Copsey|work=Digital Spy}}</ref> |
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A Madonna impersonator is an entertainer who impersonates American singer-songwriter Madonna. Professional or dedicated Madonna impersonators have existed since at least the mid-1980s, and were sometimes sorted as "tribute acts". As an established artist, Madonna impersonators have seen a notable demand, many of them performing in front of thousands people and visiting several countries in their professional Madonna career as some media outlets have reported. Notable Madonna impersonators include Chris America, Denise Bella Vlasis and Venus D-Lite. Others impressionists have included Madonna in their repertoire, such as Tracey Bell, Charlie Hides and Véronic DiCaire, while Nadya Ginsburg and Alejandra Bogue dedicated Madonna-inspired monologues.
First impersonations on Madonna started with her fans, mainly young female audience when they copied and emulated her no later than 1985, and which were counted by thousands around the world. This phenomenon was later defined as the "Madonna wannabe". Prominent look-alikes contests were made and received press coverage. An example occurred in 1985 led by Macy's and had Andy Warhol and Nina Blackwood among others as judges. The winner gained nationwide briefly fame as "the best Madonna look-alike" according to MTV. Over the years, impersonations on Madonna have been documented among her fandom, through fan conventions, tours, and themed parties among other cultural manifestations, such as competitions and TV shows.
In early 2000s, J. Randy Taraborrelli considered Madonna as "one of the most emulated female performers in show business history". At some stage of her career, American journalist Ricardo Baca also estimated her as the most imitated woman in the world. Madonna herself, have dedicated the song "She's Not Me" from her 2008 album Hard Candy, which talks about of being emulated by another woman. The world record as the largest gathering of people dressed as Madonna at the same time in a single event is 440, registered in the Guinness World Records in 2014.
Background and origins
[edit]Madonna inspired a substantial number of her fans to dress like her in her early years.[1][2] The frenzy also called the Madonna wannabe phenomenon, made possible to some retailers opened up clothing departments inspired in her style. "Look-a-like Madonnas popped up all over the world", wrote European magazine Music & Media in 1985.[3] One of the most significant contests was made by Macy's when they inaugurated Madonnaland the same year, having Andy Warhol, Madonna's stylist Maripol, MTV contributor Nina Blackwood, and Madonna: Lucky Star author Michael McKenzie as the judges. The winner, a 16-years-old girl, gained nationwide briefly fame as the best Madonna look-alike around according to Nicole Guanlao from MTV.[4]
Professor Santiago Fouz-Hernandez wrote in Madonna's Drowned Worlds (2004), that for her emulators, there was a roadmap of designers, boutiques, stylists and personal shoppers, further saying "the list drew a map that any Madonna impersonator, from a professional drag performer to someone merely dressing for a social engagement, could follow".[5] Since that year, part-time or full-time Madonna impersonators have existed.
Levels of imitations
[edit]Types and reviews by authors
[edit]Over her decades-long career, Madonna impersonators have been look-alikes, cosplays, sound-alikes also incorporating drag performance, pastiche or parody. Various of her impersonators are tagged as tribute bands and even impressionists. Throughout amateur and other flattery forms, various fans have channeled the singer.
Journals or other authors have dedicated commentaries and analysis, including Australasian gay & lesbian law journal in 1993, and Joanne Garde-Hansen from University of Warwick in her book Media and Memory (2011).[6][7] Justyna Stępień from University of Szczecin, also analyzed Madonna's case of impersonators and tribute bands such as all-males acts, "Mandonna" and "The Madonna". The first band, choose a kitsch representation of Madonna, in their fashion and vocal, which led Stępień to call it a "camp impersonation".[8] Talking about gender differences, authors of Intercultural Communication: A Reader (2014) illustrated this point using Madonna's case: [A] female impersonator will attempt to look and sound as much like Madonna as possible, to create the illusion of Madonna as a tribute to her talent. The drag queen, on the other hand, will portray an exaggerated version of Madonna, playing with her persona to distort it in humorous or ironic ways.[9]
Selected cultural depictions
[edit]In 2014, an editor commented she is one of the "classics" female celebrities names who accumulate "numerous" impersonators in U.S contests.[10] Coty Alexander, for example, have appeared in Legends in Concert, Las Vegas' longest-running tribute show according to Los Angeles Times in 2015.[11] In Ibero-America, she has been performed in programs such as Mi nombre es...,[12] Buscando una estrella,[13] or both Chilean and Peruvian TV series Yo Soy.[14][15] In Tu cara me suena from Spain, she has been imitated multiple times, included performers by Anna Simon, Carolina Ferre, Llum Barrera, Rosa López and Lucía Jiménez.[16]
Satirical imitation have been also documented. Actor Joaquín Reyes made a Madonna impersonation at La Hora Chanante, which Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia later included as one of his best imitations on TV.[17] Mexican trans woman performer, Alejandra Bogue ("La Bogue") dedicated a monologue series called No soy Madonna pero soy la Bogue which led to be toured in several theaters around the country.[18] In 2022, Brazilian performer Michele Da Costa also personified Madonna at Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her show called Like a Virgo.[19] Others satirical references, include videos like "Just Lose It" by Eminem or "Like a Surgeon" and "Perform This Way" both by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
A tribute show is also vaguely another form. Spanish actress Claudia Molina was hired to be Madonna in the Spanish tribute show, Remember. Live tribute to Madonna. Although Moline clarified she was an actress, not "a Madonna impersonator".[20] Advertised events, like the opening of club Tao in 2019 with famed attendees included Indya Moore, G-Eazy and David Arquette, used Madonna impersonators.[21]
Others adopted Madonna as their identity in real life while receiving press coverage. "Madonna Badillo", a travesti woman who adopted Madonna's as her "alter ego" in her life, was a Venezuelan-born LGTB activist living in Maicao, Colombia. She was often called by the press as the "Colombian Madonna" or "Madonna from Maicao".[22][23][24] A similar case was documented by Pedro Lemebel. In his book Loco afán: crónicas de sidario (1996), referred to "Madonna Mapuche", another travesti who adopted Madonna as their identity.[25] Italian TV personality Paola Barale was sometimes referred to as a Madonna look-alike.[26]
Various other examples were featured in books and noted in films. In 1994, author Frank Ching wrote about a 25-years-old male impersonator in China, called Wang Zheng, in a context of a conservative culture.[27] Ukrainian activist Ulyana Bostwick as cited in Tatiana Mamonova and Chandra Niles Folsom's book Women's Glasnost Vs. Naglost: Stopping Russian Backlash (1994), talks about a Madonna-lip sync imitator from Latvia called Medea, who received coverage by several foreign and Soviets newspapers, but her appearances as a Madonna impersonator caused her some problems in the conservative Soviet culture of her time.[28] William Gibson refers to a pornographic virtual reality program featuring a Madonna impersonator named "McDonna".[29] Films such as Without You I'm Nothing (1990) includes a brief scene of Denise Bella Vlasis as Madonna,[30] and Like a Virgin (2006) which plot is about a trans woman Madonna impersonator.[31] In Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022), Evan Rachel Wood plays Madonna.[32]
Examples of dedicated Madonna impersonators
[edit]The following is a list of notable Madonna impersonators garnering significant press coverage:
- Chris America: She began professionally in 1984.[33] America has performed as Madonna at venues around the world including the White House and appeared in television programs of hosts like Oprah Winfrey and various documentaries.[34] In 2013, Meredith Hoffman from DNAinfo called her the world's "top Madonna impersonator"[35]
- Denise Bella Vlasis: Denise began her Madonna career professionally in 1985. In 2009, Greek Reporter named her the most successful Madonna impersonator,[36] while a contributor in The Florida Times-Union recognized her as "the top Madonna look-alike", also noting her industry forays, including founding the Tribute Productions[37]
- Melissa Totten: She started around 1991 or 1992. In 2013, Totten released a tribute album called Forever Madonna.[38] In 2012, The Indian Express referred to her as "arguably the best Madonna impersonator in the world".[39] As of 2011, she visited more than 30 countries and performed front a 2 million attendance.[40] Sometimes, Totten replaced Madonna in official events and acted as her "official double"[41]
- Coty Alexander: According to Legends in Concert, her Madonna portrayal has been recognized by media outlets such as MTV, Travel Channel, Los Angeles Times and The New York Times among others.[42] In 2023, The Daily News touted her as "one of the most sought-after Madonna tributes in the United States"[43]
- "Carolina Baily" (b. Elías Figueroa): Is a cross-dresser Madonna look-alike impersonator. He is known as the "official" Chilean Madonna double.[44] According to The West Australian, he started professionally since 2001.[45] Baily gained nationwide attention after Madonna's first concert in Chile, Sticky & Sweet Tour in 2008, and quickly received the attention of international outlets such as Rolling Stone, Daily Mail or The Sun as well.[46][47] Around this time, he had weekly performances up to three times in front of crowds of up to 20,000[45]
- "Venus D-Lite" (b. Adam Guerra): Media outlets such as MTV and VH1 have called Guerra the number one Madonna impersonator[48]
- Rinaldo Borba: A male impersonator, according to La Stampa is the official Madonna cosplayer in Brazil.[49] He started in the late 1990s[50]
- Verônica Pires: Official Brazilian impersonator approved by Warner. She started her Madonna professional career in 1990[51][52]
- Jimmy Moore: Moore debuted in the industry personifying Madonna, although expanded his catalog of personifications.[53] He has recorded approval from singer's inner circle, like her manager Guy Oseary.[54] In 2012, Montreal Gazette headlined him as a "Fame Montreal Madonna impersonator",[54] while another website called him the best Madonna impersonator[55]
- Tasha Leaper: Leaper, from United Kingdom, defined herself a tribute act, rather than an impersonator. In 2019, Rachel Lopez from Hindustan Times named her "one of the most recognisable Madonna impersonators",[56] while Carlos Sala from La Razón referred to her as "Madonna's most recognized impersonator"[57]
- "Miss Madonna" (b. Jodie Jackson) According to The Guardian she started in 2009, and Jackson identifies herself more a tribute act rather than a look-alike.[58] The same publication, in their 2022 article, describes she found "success",[58] and in 2013, she was recognized in her industry as UK's number one Madonna tribute by The Agents' Association of Great Britain[59][58]
- "Queerdonna" (b. Greg Tanian): Drag Madonna impersonator knew in the New York nightlife of the 1990s and for his "super-sized" 400-plus-pound weight. American journalist Michael Musto commented that "Queerdonna proves that anyone can be Madonna and, conversely, that Madonna is in everyone"[60]
- "Beardonna": (a portmanteau of slang word bear and Madonna) is a satirical impersonation of Madonna made by Rob Donadio.[61][62] Beardonna has received press citations by media outlets such as Asbury Park Press (AAP) and Philadelphia magazine, for his Madonna personification or tribute shows such as "Like a Bear"[63][64]
- Sandra Amato: From Argentina, she was described by national newspaper La Nación in 1996, as an "apocryphal" and "very vernacular" version of Madonna.[65] In 2019, she was part of the TV special program Dobles de por vida by Telefe Noticias[66]
- "Diana Groissman" (b. Pablo Moscoso): Chilean cross-dresser Madonna impersonator, whom started in the late-1990s.[67][68] He performed in several locations in Chile, and also in Argentina, and appeared in advertisements[67]
- Johni Ray: According to a 1995 article from Nevada she started around 1987. At the time of that publication, she had visited 15 countries[69][70]
- Lisa Antoinette: Madonna impersonator from the United Kingdom, was voted in her native country as "the best female pop star look-alike in the United Kingdom" according to a 2006 article of The Malta Independent[71]
- Kelly Michaels: According to Sherilyn Connelly of SF Weekly, Kelly is known "as one of the better Madonna impersonators in the late '80s".[72] She received media citations by publications like Icelandic newspaper Tíminn in 1991,[73] and Connelly described her as having a "serious Madonna fixation"[72]
- "Madiva": A MTV personality, gained a brief notoriety after being mentioned by Madonna around 2003. Her official website, Madonna.com called him "New York's most infamous Madonna impersonator"[74][75]
In 1993, Los Angeles Times reported about Blond Exhibition, a group of Madonna impersonators who "do every look Madonna has ever done"[76]
Others
[edit]Various full and part-time celebrities impressionists have included Madonna in their repertoire, including special segments like Nadya Ginsburg and his web series The Madonnalouges.[77] Following a non-exhaustive list:
- Tracey Bell[78][79]
- Charlie Hides[80][81]
- Véronic DiCaire[82]
- Elaine Chez[83]
- Athena Reich[84]
- Nadya Ginsburg[77]
- Fátima Flórez[85]
On the other hand, Chad Michaels known for his Cher performs, confessed he tried first to do Madonna, but was not convinced and preferred to focus on Cher.[10]
Impact
[edit]In 1991, a Hollywood-based company of more than 30,000 look-alikes, lumped Madonna and Michael Jackson as "big moneymakers", being appeared in the top one percent requested of the company, according to Orlando Sentinel.[86] Madonna impersonators appeared again in the annual 1993 list, within the top ten of the most requested celebrities look-alikes according to Time magazine.[87] In 2019, Rachel Lopez from Hindustan Times commented that "for a woman tribute artist, there's probably no better muse than Madonna", adding that there are costumes, and also music, from "over three decades of chartbusters".[56]
American journalist Ricardo Baca estimated Madonna as the most imitated woman in the world at some stage of her career.[88] In Madonna: An Intimate Biography (2001), J. Randy Taraborrelli has concurred that she is "one of the most emulated female performers in show business history".[89] In 2017, Spanish-language website Algarabía, included her among their list of the "most imitated celebrities in competitions, shows and television programs".[90] Madonna was aware of being often emulated; during the promotion of her 1994 single "Secret", she shared in internet, an audio file where she recorded a part saying: "It's Madonna. Often imitated, but never duplicated".[91] Journalists from media outlets such as Los Angeles Times and Wonderwall have used a same description.[92][93] At the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, there was a special tribute to Madonna with dozen Madonna-dressed drag queens. Her response was: "All I have to say is that it takes a real man to fill my shoes".[94] A year prior, in 1998, "The Blonde Exhibition" was a dedicated tribute show in Las Vegas by 11 professional impersonators.[95] In "She's Not Me", from her 2008 album Hard Candy, she explored the idea of being emulated by another woman.[96] Finally, the world record as the largest gathering of people dressed as Madonna at the same time in a single event is 440. It occurred on 30 August 2014, by the 2014 Fool's Paradise Drag Party in Fire Island Pines, New York. This feat was listed by both Guinness World Records and World Record Academy.[97][98]
Tributes by Madonna
[edit]Madonna has paid tributes to other historial and modern woman.[99][100][101] In 2012, she told the audience during a concert of the MDNA Tour, "imitation is the highest form of flattery".[102]
In the 1990s, a scholar described her as a "replicant" in the sense she is an "image of images, mirror of mirrors", who "re-multiplies and re-changes and dissolves itself".[103] Most notably, she personified Marilyn Monroe with assistant professor S. Paige Baty, and historian Robert D. Richardson concluding in 1995, that she reproduces herself as Marilyn in outfits, hairstyles, and mannerisms.[104] However, Madonna was also identified by some as the "Queen-of-Seeming-as-Being herself".[105][104] In this regard, Italian professor Massimiliano Stramaglia from University of Macerata explained in 2022, that some had reported she "never stops looking like other stars, including Monroe".[103]
Though she largely benefits from Monroe's image, others noted Madonna's impact on Monroe's image in her generation. Scholars Robert Sternberg and Aleksandra Kostić said "Madonna's TV-pictured soft-tousled blond hair popularized the sexy, Marilyn Monroe look of the 1950s".[106] "The woman who will not die", recalled Gloria Steinem, echoing Madonna's representations of Monroe, and saying she further puts her as "an ever-present fixture in everyday American culture".[105] Steinem also claimed she subtracted Monroe's image of "vulnerability".[105] Similarly, in Shiny and New (2021), English journalist Dylan Jones mentioned the theme of "vulnerability" and said that she was "referenced whenever Madonna was mentioned by the press".[107] Similar perceptions were mentioned by music critics Anthony DeCurtis in Present Tense: Rock & Roll and Culture (1992) and, Simon Frith in Sound and Vision: The Music Video Reader (1993).[108][109] Some other entertainers, have channeled or have been compared to both Madonna-Marilyn Monroe styles, including Camila Cabello at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards,[110] Paris Jackson during her modelling debut in 2017,[111] or Paris Hilton.[112]
See also
[edit]Some other depictions in film:
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